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GR Research Power Cables

This will be the first review of this kind I have ever written. I just received my second and third GR Research power cables in the mail today. These are quite simply the best value of any component or cable I have ever purchased.

I put the first one on the amp. It replaced a similarly priced well regarded cable. No contest. More air, better separation, more dynamic. Across the board better, significantly better. I quickly ordered two more, wondering how they would sound on my DAC (Lampizator Atlantic TRP) and CD transport (Sim Moon 260D). On the DAC the cable being replaced is almost 3 times the cost of the GR Research cable. Again, no contest at all. The GR Research cable wins hands down in every respect (the one caveat here, and I hesitate to mention it, is the soundstage is still a little messy. But this is with almost 100% certainty a break-in issue).

No affiliation with the company, or industry for that matter. Just very excited about such a solid and affordable product. There are no reviews online and for those looking into them; I wanted to add a touchstone that might be of help. They have some great videos online as well that are worth watching.
abdodson
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nwres
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Wondering if those Ebay cables are really OCC and not OFC?

Wig, impossible to know for sure. But I will let the sound decide. 
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wig
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@ oldhvymec

Took your advice and bought a pair of those OCC Speaker Cables to compare against 2 similar brands using the same geometry and cabling but listed as OFC!

My ears are telling me that they are OCC and sound much better than the OFC, more refined, much cleaner, tighter imaging, better laid out sound stage and better texture/ nuance.

Keep in mind, this is with zero burn-in and all for $123... Most spades or bananas would cost that.

Wig
tektuk
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Sorry for coming late to the party here but I found this thread on the googlemachine and realized that it could potentially point me in a decent direction while actually covering all the three options I’m pondering. 
I’m running 3 m lengths of Kimber tc12 today and quite honestly, nothing within my reasonability range has ever given me much pause sonically. Annoyingly, I’m finding myself in the situation of having to move my new amp to the side and thus needing at least 4m lengths. I can’t say that I’m to fond of the idea of paying ball park €1600-2000 just for having the same cable just a tad longer (yes I know, I can easily sell my 3m cables but I do so love hoarding;))

So, here comes the big question, has anyone around here done any comparative sonic tests between the KK tc12, Danny’s GR research 16 or 24 strand cables and finally the OCC tc12 cables from “enjoyhifi” that @oldhvymec has suggested?

Since none of these cable are available for testing over here in Sweden it’d be nice to at least have some sort of indication before jumping.
Big thanks from a forum noob for whatever guidance I might get👍
ebm
9,311 posts
 
Cheap junk I will pass big time.
fleschler
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As a beta tester for GroverHuffman cables, we have tried half a dozen Furutech A/C & IEC plugs over several decades.  We found that the more expensive ends tended to be brighter sounder with higher resolution and the lower end plugs maintain more body.  After trying many plugs from other companies, Grover found Taiwan all copper plugs that had good grip, excellent build qualities, a neutral sound resulting in great body and adequately high resolution to use with his power cables.  They cost less but sound (or lack of sound) great. 

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