Xangsane Cryo OCC vs Sterling Silver XLRs

Curious about tariff on  these, if any.

@rja I did not have to pay any tariffs on the cables from China but I did pay $45ish on tariffs for my new Gustard X30 from France.  

Side note I paid tariffs from France on my Gustard A26 as well a year and a half ago.  So at this time, no additional cost has been incurred from buying overseas.

@stillbuyingtoys Good to hear.   I'm still on the fence on which cable to try next?   Xang 9005 or the solid core Audiocrast IC102.  I did pick up the Viborg silver XLRs.  I've been partial to solid core designs based on all my success with DIY Helix's.

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I'd be willing to bet that this is the same cable as my Veritas Argentum.   

I'm also going to re-terminate my Xang 5500s with the base Viborg copper/rhodium plugs.  Don't think it will make much of a difference, but why not...

@mbolek Being as though the XS-5500s already have gold plated red copper connectors, I do not see any sound improvement in going to Viborg's red cooper rhodium plated plugs.  I have Viborg's XLR and RCA connectors with rhodium plating which are solid but I think that red cooper with any plating will produce the same sound to "my ears".  

If you are going to swap connectors, I would look toward OCC connectors for the sound improvement but now we are talking double the money for that slight incremental step towards your audio nirvana.  With that money, I would put it on a fuse upgrade vs a connector upgrade since the existing connectors are of good quality.  My $.02.

Please report back with your findings because this is how we all learn and begin to experiment.

@mbolek  Any comparisons made yet on the xs-5500’s vs the Argentum cables? I’ve been reading this thread and the Veritas thread wondering if anybody has tried the two cable makers. Racking my brain trying to figure which way to go for my next set of interconnects so any help is appreciated.