Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit

All right Bwhite! I'm just about ready to jump in on this kit myself. I'll be watching (yeah I'm a tightwad) and waiting to hear about your experience with this stuff. Are you using the OTA on your whole system? I'll agree that 15 minutes is just a wee bit optimistic to expect any real quality. I recently have been burning in a new set of the little Triangle Titus speakers.Man,they sounded awful at first.Now after 3 months of burn in,I cant believe what comes out of those little guys.Hope you (we)dont have to wait that long on the OTA!...Will look forward to your next post....

Hi Davej - I purchased two kits & used it to wire up my home theater and my two channel system. I couldn't manage to use it all - I would be willing to sell a partial kit to you if you're interested that way you don't have to take on the entire 600 expense. I have 8 connectors and about 20 meters of wire left if you're interested let me know.

After listening for an evening - I think the OTA has outstanding potential to be a real giant killer. It doesn't have the "flavor" of most other cables I've tried and perhaps that is a good thing - the OTA is quite neutral.

The neutrlity comes as an immediate shock since I have grown so accustomed to colorations and used various colorations to build my system into one that I imagined to be the "perfect color" - something that I had thought was neutral but clearly not. Right now, I'm not quite sure what to do with the more neutral coloration that OTA is showing me since it makes my system sound so much different.

Over the course of the evening the OTA changed its tone frequently & I expect alot out of this cable.

BWhite: What are the longest cable runs that you are using (to other than ambient speakers)? I should have tried longer runs (in the beginning before cutting up the cable) to see how they sounded, but did not think of it @ the time. Also, are you using the OTA as IC's throughout the system? It can also be used to replace digital and phono IC's. You have already made the offer (and lots of people want to get a "piece" of this kit), but I would suggest hanging on the the extras for use down the line. If a run were to break in the middle it would need to be replaced, plus I have broken five of the white center posts on the RCA's to date.

Hi Dekay,

The longest run I am using is about 25 feet to ambient (rear surround) speakers. The longest interconnect is about 1.5 meters. I wasted the first 1 meter pair of interconnects as they were way too short after stripping and breaking TWICE while trying to assemble and ended up with a 1.5 foot pair which I use from my DVD player to the home theater processor.

I cannot tell a difference between the long ICs and the short as far as sonics goes.

In addition to the two kits, I purchased extra sets of the RCA plugs. I'm covered for a while plus I have a significant quantity of left over wire. The offer to sell the extra stuff was made to allow someone else to reap the benefits of this kit for much less than 600 bucks.

Hey Bwhite!
sounds like a great idea.I have been looking for someone to go in on a set.I'll email ya after I get off work...thanks! dave