聖HIJIRI Users thread

@pokey77 

I wish I could update you on my Aries Cerat Equipment but I am not receiving it until the end of the year.  Right now, I have the AC Essentia Mono amps.  I will be getting the Aurora Speakers, Ageto Pre, and Kassandra 2 DAC.  I will report out on WBF when the time comes.

As far as cables go, I believe I reported my findings somewhere here or WBF.   About 8 months ago I did a shootout between my custom Dueland Helix Custom Power Cords with Hijiri, Tchernov, and Inakustic.   I would rate them as follow:  Hijiri / Inakustic /Tchernov / Dueland Helix.  The bottom line was that the Hijiri was just more musical, lush, and detailed, with excellent bass response.  I ended up buying The Hijiri Takumi for my Inakustic 3500P Power Conditioner and Lampi Horizon DAC.  I traded all of my Dueland Helix cords for a Hijiri Nagomi which I have in my Lucas Audio LDMS.   Right now I have MIT AC Rev 2 for my AC Essentia amps.   When I get the AC equipment, I will use the Takumi's on the Essentia Amps and move the MIT's to the crossovers.  I do have the MIT's listed for sale on US Audiomart.  It won't bother me if they do not sell as I need them regardless.   BTW, I just added the Network Acoustic Muon Pro cabling and Filter ethernet cords and they shine!!!!!  They shine even more after I added a very inexpensive D-Link switch to them.  I was shocked.

I have two sets of Hijiri RCA cables and I had one Sternklang SPDIF cable.  Again, thanks to Colin King at Gestalt Audio in Nashville, I was able to demo various RCA and Spdif cables.  Because the Hijiri was a little lush, I really liked the added punch that Sternklang provided.  

I did have the Inakustic interconnects...I think the 4004 air but I can't remember.  They are fantastic cable in their own right and I had 11 offers to buy them when I listed them in one hour.  Obviously, I priced them too low lol.  

My speaker cables were custom-made by my speaker maker.  They are all silver. 

Now, when my AC equipment arrives, I need two more pc's, and 4 sets of speaker cables and I am switching to BNC from SPDIF.  I have to say I am intrigued by the QSA Landrei series of cords and cables.  I might try them given you get a 30-day money-back guarantee.  

@willgolf 

Thank you for posting your feedback. I’m glad to hear you found Muon Filter and Ethernet cable effective in your system. If I may make a suggestion, try the 聖HIJIRI SM2R-L "SOUND MATTER" Power Cord for your LDMS. This is an amazing cord for the money considering it will get you very close to TAKUMI sound. I am reposting my impressions below. I think you will be very happy with SM2R-L over Nagomi. 

“The 聖Hijiri SM2R-L power cord took 300+ hours to open up.  My listening test were conducted at 400 mark.

For direct A/B comparison with “TAKUMI”, I swapped the SM2R-L back n forth on my Accuphase Integrated. I listened to variety of high resolution files stored on my Aurender SSD and Qobuz.

What struck me immediately is the similarities between the SM2R-L and TAKUMI power cords.  I heard much of the same characteristics of 聖Hijiri TAKUMI maestro in SM2R-L i.e. conveying the music in a most natural way without emphasizing any elements of music and with finesse and fluidity.  Again with SM2R-L, the designer's emphasis remained on the mid-range. The vocals through this PC were simply stunning and my connection with music was just as engaging as with “TAKUMI” power cords.  IMHO, the SM2R-L fills the performance/price gap between the NAGOMI and TAKUMI power cords nicely. I don't think SM2R-L meant to compete with TAKUMI's  so in that aspect, SM2R-L has easily surpassed my expectations at 60% cost of TAKUMI's. Switching back and forth between "TAKUMI" and SM2R-L revealed why I'm still biased towards TAKUMI's :-) The TAKUMI’s in my system simply digs deeper into the music and reveals every nuances you didn’t know you were missing with SM2R-L or Nagomi power cords. It’s not like SM2R-L is lacking in details or holding back anything but you’re in different stratosphere of resolution with TAKUMI’s. 

Is SM2R-L worth the 2X cost of Nagomi's? Well, I'll let you be the judge of that! I do honestly believe, if you hear both of these power cords in your system, there is a darn good probability that you're going to end up preferring SM2R-L over Nagomi's. ”

@willgolf 

I really appreciate your update. I can't wait to read about the AC gear you have coming on WBF around Christmas!

I also really appreciate your excellent comments on Hijiri. It seems nearly all who try them buy them. I've spoken to Colin a number of times on cables as well as DACs and streamers. His reputation precedes him, he is a gentleman. Like yourself, I believe @grannyring also uses Hijiri power cords but uses a different brand of interconnects, Tchernov if I remember right. I think that Lalit may use Sternklang as well, again if my memory is correct. As the OP of this thread, I do want to try Hijiri, but I want to finish the Network side of my front end first. I appreciate the comments on NA Muon Pro Streaming System, that is one of two items I am considering. What I really like about it is that is it passive, so no power cord or LPS or DC lead. And it has a number of positive user comments already. 

Will thanks again for coming by and commenting on Hijiri.

@lalitk 

My friend, I sure appreciate the repost of your comments on Hijiri. It seems the 聖Hijiri SM2R-L power cord is the sweet spot and the pricing makes it more doable when I need 4 power cords. I'm taking notes and thinking it through. Again, thanks for the insightful feedback.

@pokey77 

You’re welcome my friend! As to your earlier post, I am using full loom of 聖HIJIRI “Million” series in my system. As far as SM2R-L PC, it’s currently being used on my SACD player along with Sternklang XLR IC’s. I’ve written in detail on Sternklang cables in my thread, check it out. As I mentioned earlier, SM2R-L has a gorgeous sound and I’m glad Combak decided to revive this cable. In any case, I recommend auditioning both SM2R-L and TAKUMI in your system and let your ears guide you.