All his ebay items has to do with IC cable's. So if it is military surplus cable,,i have no idea. maybe it is military surplus cable,, who cares where he got this wire from.
All I am saying is that, no I have not heard big brand IC's ever in my life,,I was brought up on buying Radio Shak IC's, then moved up to say the $19.99 - $29.99 Best Buy IC's, (figured the $49.99 were just a more fancy package/cable , but better??),,so thats all I know,, What I am hearing in navships IC's, is amzing, I was expecting the same sound as the cheap $50 generics ,,,really, maybea bit more or equal,, I was pleasantly surprised right off, 1st 10 seconds,, after 4 reference cds, 1 song from each,, it was a solid confirmation.
I was delighted, as some of the pain of the $350 DIY flop, was resolved by these $45 IC's, = problem resolved, solution found,,and with the 1st pick of the countless IC's out there.
Maybe there are superior IC's, for a few bucks more,
My mod budget is scheduled for other projects.
navsips will be the last IC cable I will ever buy. I think some audiophies chase after all these high tech IC's, as if by some magic , THIS IC will be the one that rasies the bar of fidelity in my system. = Not going to happen.
Let me explain what I mean. The IC cable, a transparent one, such as navships, will carry whatever electorns that are comming from the source/amplification.
If the electrons are colored, muddy, murky at that source,,, = not even a $$$$$IC Cable will resolve that distortion issue.
All this time using the cheap no name brand generic cable,,I thought it was the preamp jadis clone that was at issue,,,the reality was the IC cable was of low quality.
Pluged in navships, now all my mods in the 3 components, Sparksolab Descrete Opamps, Mundorf Caps, Takman meatl resistors, Tele tubes, Svetlana 6550s; can not function at their best, .
This is why i believe the IC component is critical. It is the pathway which can be colored/distorted, or is it allowing high fidelity to pass through. ,
A speaker cable is a speaker cable,,,,, a 12 gague copper speaker cable, = all are exactly identical in carry the electrons,, One that costs $$$$$$$ is not going to offer even a miniscule gain over Home Depots $15/50 ft spool of 12 gague THHN stranded wire.