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Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit

Has anyone tried this "minimalist" cable kit? After receiving a recommendation from someone with similar musical values to myself, and whose ears I trust, I could not resist ordering one. I will report on how they sound in a few weeks, but am interested in others' opinions too.

For those that have not heard about them look at www.sakurasystems.com for an interesting read. The cable sounds as if it is very close to the specification of the conductors in Belden Cat5. So I may have spent around 100 times what the kit is worth. We shall see.

If you have not heard this cable, please don't bother posting your opinions of how it MUST sound here. Nor am I that interested in hearing how stupid I must be to order this kit - it's my money and you are free to make different decisions with yours. Sorry for this condition, but I am bored with those that have nothing positive to offer on this site, and post their opinions based on deductive logic rather than actual experience.
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slawney
242 posts
 
Ivo: thanks for your post on the 0.65mm OTA power cords. This must be the ones 47/Konus used in Frankfurt, right? You formerly used Electrocompaniert, Transparent, and OTA 0.4mm power cables in the past. Are the comparative statements in your 5-17-02 post only a comparison of 0.4 OTA and 0.65 OTA power cables? Also, how good are your house mains?
Has anyone used multiple OTA runs on the "live" and "neutral" sides of their power cables and woven them together, adding resonance control material "between" and "around" the multiple runs in the process?
ivo
13 posts
 
Slawney: You're welcome. Yes, 0.65 OTA that is now in my system was used in 47/Konus room in Frankfurt.
I was listening to 0.4 OTA power cords for almost a year so all of my comparisons are between 0.65 and 0.4 power cords.
The electricity in my house is bad, very bad. My house is the LAST ONE from the transformer station so everybody takes the AC power before it comes to my Humpty/Dumpty supplies. I'm going to make dedicated line from the circuit board in the near future. Maybe I'll get something with that. I was thinking to use 0.65 OTA as a power cable from the circuit board to the wall AC outlet.
davej857
33 posts
 
Ivo,
I'm in the process of putting together some 0.65 power cords and am thinking of running the 0.65 from the wall outlet to the breaker box like you mentioned in your post.Have you tried it yet? I'm a little nervous about running such a small gauge wire to the box.I really can't see the difference in using it as a power cord and running the 0.65 from the AC outlet to the box,as long as the AC outlet is left in the chain as a means of disconnecting the equipment.Now lets see, where are those oven mits and that fire extinguisher....
I am also considering the JPS labs in wall AC wire; but would really like to stay with the Storatos.I'd be interested to hear how you're coming with your rig.
Any words from the wise on this?
davej857
33 posts
 
I should have mentioned that my current gear (no pun intended) is 25 watt Gaincard and Wadia cdp,a fairly low current draw I would think.
ivo
13 posts
 
Dave, I'm sorry I didn't reply on your post. I was on vacation last week, no internet, no hi fi. No, I didn't try to run 0.65 OTA from the wall outlet to the circuit box. I just made a dedicated line for my hi fi wall outlet with no changing the wires: my electrician just rearranged the circuit box. The improvement was obvious from the first moment. I already mentioned that, when I tried 0.65 OTA as a power cord, I noticed a certain softening in the bass region. Now, with the dedicated AC line, the softening just gone.
I'm still thinking of using the OTA as a power cord between the box and the wall outlet. I have some concerns: the box is very far from the wall outlet - more than 12 meters so I need 24 meters of OTA. Than, I don't know whether to put OTA in a kind of a tube or to leave it free, but in that case I don't know how to fix it on its way to the AC wall outlet. Practical problems. And we all know that OTA is so sensitive on twisting or tightening.
Regards,

Ivo
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