Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit

Redkiwi: I logged 300+ hours on my set, but it was easy because I used a SS amp for 200+ hours of it. No way would I have been able to do that with the tube amp alone in such as short time. I am glad to hear that they have worked out for both applications on your setup as I had no way to judge the "way low" frequencies myself. Now all that I have to do is to find a way to keep "Eddie the Thug", our largest cat from clipping them off of the speaker terminals (he's the cat that "hugs" the speakers). Kitch gave me a few good ideas that I will check out. Are you going to try it out in the SS system at the getaway residence? Ken has done the true test though, IMO, his vinyl posts of late have me drooling for a turntable and a phono preamp again. I shopped a few thrift stores out in the Valley today (as in Valley Girl) and the LP assortment was mind boggling @ 99 cents a copy.

Hey Brulee, we're waiting!

Hi Kitch29, how you been?
What are we waiting for? I'm thicker than most.

Sorry to be a skeptic, but why is $600 for a 50 foot (meter?) spool of 24 guage copper wire and a few terminators a good deal? What, if anything, is the difference between the OTA 24 guage OFC solid core copper wire and 24 guage copper wire purchased at an electrical supply house at substantially less? I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade . . . just wondering why I shouldn't just DIY for a lot less . . .

Moto: Because it does not sound the same. I have already experimented with the OTA plastic RCA's and (26) gage solid core silver and copper "quality wire" from other sources and cannot achieve the sound of this cable. I came up with one set of IC's using a pseudo air dialectic design, that sounded good, but after a few weeks listening concluded that they (though better to me than some pro IC's that I have used in the past) are not nearly as good as the stock OTA. The kit contains 50 meters of cable, by the way. Consider me an audio fascist if you must, by I tend to judge items by the end result (how they sound), not by how that sound is achieved and this stuff is apparently not your average run of the mill 26 gage Teflon insulated cable. So, for $600 I have enough cable to install speaker wire in two systems, plus have three sets of IC's at my disposal. The fact that both the IC's and the speaker cable are by far the best sounding that I have ever used, makes it a frugal purchase I would say. I will still play around with different IC designs, because it is cheap fun and I figure that I can't burn down the house doing so. Anyway, give it a try and see what you come up with. Oh, and I am pretty sure that the copper wire is 26 gage, but am not positive.