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01-28-02
Please, don't use ota from cartridge to phono stage! my ment ... Sead
01-28-02
Btw: "the problem is the bare ota wire itself is too st ... Slawney
01-28-02
"sead: "please, don't use ota from cartridge to p ... Sead
01-29-02
Ok, sead, no ota tonearm wire for the time being. i suppose ... Slawney
01-29-02
Bill, i've been using the ota as power cords for more than 8 ... ivos@
01-30-02
Thanks a lot for the detailed feedback. it's interesting to ... Btw
02-03-02
I agree with the post - several posts back - about not twist ... Redkiwi
02-12-02
So far i have used three storatos power cables in my system. ... Slawney
02-14-02
Ota power cords. i'll try your method with my next 2 power c ... Btw
02-14-02
ģin short, let me just say that i was shocked that storatos ... Sead
02-14-02
would like to try it myself. anybody wants to go for it to ... Eldragon
02-15-02
Pssst! i keep hearing fire trucks outside my window, but no ... Slawney
02-21-02
Got my ota cable kit today - swapped out my audio note an-vz ... Bwhite
02-22-02
All right bwhite! i'm just about ready to jump in on this ki ... Davej857
02-22-02
Hi davej - i purchased two kits & used it to wire up my home ... Bwhite
02-22-02
Bwhite: what are the longest cable runs that you are using ... Dekay
02-22-02
Hi dekay, the longest run i am using is about 25 feet t ... Bwhite
02-22-02
Hey bwhite! sounds like a great idea.i have been looking ... Davej857
02-23-02
I made up some of the knotted ota digital cables (80"/4 ... Slawney
03-04-02
Has the furor over the ota cables died? Styxtrekr
03-04-02
Thanks "b" and slawney for the updates. if i can ... Dekay
03-04-02
Styx: "furor" hardly describes this product's fol ... Dekay
03-05-02
As previously mentioned, i have been experimenting with ferr ... Slawney
03-06-02
Slawney: is there a website for mec? i have not heard of t ... Dekay
03-06-02
"i tried ferrite magnets a year or so ago with various ... Sead
03-06-02
Crap: i rewired the tt again today and am getting a low lev ... Dekay
03-10-02
I have completed the ferrite experiments this weekend. my c ... Slawney
03-10-02
Hi slawney: the ota phono cables worked fine before, i just ... Dekay
03-13-02
Dekay, sounds as if you accidentally "bridged" you ... Slawney
03-13-02
Slawney: just had a thought. think that i will try a tiny ... Dekay
03-20-02
Ok, so who is currently offering to sell dome of their extra ... Artg
03-29-02
I recently discovered this thread, and, drawn to the enthusi ... Smilemakr
03-31-02
Hey smilemakr,the ota sounds great.i should say that i also ... Davej857
04-01-02
Dave, thanks for the info. after running the purist audio ... Smilemakr
04-10-02
Hi ota owners. i bought the ota kit about six weeks ago and ... Outlier
04-10-02
...does it matter if the positive and negative sections of ... Bwhite
04-10-02
I have found ota cables to be as quiet or more quiet than sh ... Redkiwi
04-23-02
The significant noise/buzz i was hearing with the ota has di ... Outlier
04-24-02
Outlier: ask brulee. lol. he replaced fim with the ota. Dekay
04-24-02
Dekay: i know - brulee introduced me to the ota. still, i h ... Outlier
04-24-02
Hi outlier - after 500 hours with ota, i ended up going back ... Bwhite
04-25-02
Hi bwhite, i'm relieved to know i'm not the only one questio ... Outlier
04-25-02
Hi outlier, i have tried nearly everything within reason.. ... Bwhite
04-25-02
Bwhite: ahh, you've ended up where we started. i have been w ... Asa
04-25-02
Hi asa - the ota vs. the ksl-spc (copper) speaker cables is ... Bwhite
04-26-02
Ota cables are so natural and neutral that they sometimes pr ... ivos@
04-26-02
Ivo from your post, i gather you are very enthusiastic about ... Bwhite
04-27-02: Slawney
Bwhite: puncto primal, puncto final. By returning to the AN/NBS combination, it seems that these expensive cables cannot be surpassed by OTA in your system. (BTW, your Lamm amplifiers are probably "good enough for OTA" ;-) Peronally, I have been proceding systematically through a series of OTA ferrite experiments for the last few weeks. To cut a long story short, the changes inflicted on the system through ferrite manipulation did not seem to me an unambiguous improvement upon closer listen. The most annoying aspect at points was the infiltration of the magnetic field inside digital components, and even onto speaker connection posts, as well as resistance changes on OTA, and problems with maintaining its clarity and pacing. At this point, I think I get the best results with the ferrites attached to non-audio component cables (lamps, tel. answering machine,...), reaching the same conclusion as sead did long ago. As far as OTA power cables, they are just as neutral as OTA signal cables, and with my rather poor mains I am back to the old glory of NBS Statement PCs for three crucial connections, with OTA still on three AC connections. This OTA/NBS power cable combo actually works very well, the OTAs being cut to the size appropriate for best component positioning, the NBSs being fitted in as best they can and creating an amelioration to the mains current, more extension, smoothness, volume, immediacy, and engendering a sound stage in which the listener believes that they hear events residing very deep in the recording. I am very happy with the OTA analog interconnects: when I replaced the NBS Statement interconnects with OTAs, I heard--for one thing--an unexpected improvement in bass definition and contour. I noticed the same with the OTA speaker cable: the amps in my collection (the most powerful of which is 35 watts) were working hard just to drive the NBS speaker cable, let alone the speakers themselves. For this reason (and others) I agree with Redkiwi that OTA speaker cable is hard to beat. It relays "sforzandos" much better than NBS speaker cables, and, overall, sounds through OTA speaker cables have the exactitude they have in dreams, with only the glistening due to the sound alone, just like the world itself, so integrally there, the sound stage a "parallel universe," and a form of illusion. But as soon as one enters the field of personalized judgement on this score, argument becomes insane, demented, weird, extravagant, and pointless given the different requirements of all of our systems. Just to satisfy myself on this score, I am going to replace the OTAs with the NBS Statement interconnects and speaker cables after three months of non-use and see what better satisfies me: OTA or NBS. I cannot help but believe that the operation of switching cables to compare them in order to believe finally "It's true! Cable X is a superior cable with my audio system!" is a permanent, pathetic, physical sonic demand in me, a kind of escape from a congenital and metaphysical incompletion, and dissatisfaction:-).
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04-28-02
Hi slawney - thanks for cheering me up! for a minute there ... Bwhite
04-28-02
Bwhite: your system looks pretty good to me. lamm and syra ... Dekay
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