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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. Redkiwi  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 05-21-01

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 06-21-01   Redkiwi: next time you are up to bat, please explain the im ...   Dekay 06-22-01   I was getting the same peripatetic (!) image with the maples ...   Kitch29 06-22-01   Kitch: i am starting from scratch again with a new set of i ...   Dekay 06-23-01: Redkiwi Try twisting them lightly Dekay. I find that untwisted, they sound a bit like the Magnan cables, albeit with much better PRAT than the Magnans. I think my cables are pretty much run in now, and I found that images were a bit "wafty" as a friend of mine puts it. Not quite "there". Till I tried a light twist, and images becaome more solid, giving me the same solidity as I get with my other cables, but with all the PRAT, clean transients, expanded soundstage and lack of grain still intact. Redkiwi  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 06-23-01   Redkiwi: thanks, i will give this a try in couple of weeks ...   Dekay 06-25-01   Guys, i'll read this entire post tomorrow. dekay, thanks for ...   Lak 06-26-01   Caterham makes a suggestion, redkiwi and decay do all the ho ...   Brulee 06-26-01   Bruce, it's good to have your endorsement of the product. i ...   Dekay 06-26-01   I was getting to the point where i was going to suggest trad ...   Kitch29 06-26-01   47 labs ota power cables next? shunyata owner's desperately ...   Slawney 06-26-01   I am ready to take the plunge! by reading all of the above ...   Bobheinatz 06-26-01   Slawney, did you notice the dark grey isolation shelves tha ...   Caterham1700 06-26-01   Come on guys. were they crimped, soldered or other to the d ...   Dekay 06-26-01   hi dave, 99% likelyhood that they were crimped if at all p ...   Caterham1700 06-26-01   Thanks ken: i will take a look at the crossover connections ...   Dekay 06-29-01   Caterham1700, i was wondering where those isolation shelves ...   Slawney 06-29-01   My ota cables are now back on the woofers after burn-in, and ...   Redkiwi 06-29-01   Redkiwi: i logged 300+ hours on my set, but it was easy bec ...   Dekay 07-01-01   Hey brulee, we're waiting!   Kitch29 07-01-01   Hi kitch29, how you been? what are we waiting for? i'm thick ...   Brulee 07-01-01   Sorry to be a skeptic, but why is $600 for a 50 foot (meter? ...   Moto_man 07-01-01   Moto: because it does not sound the same. i have already e ...   Dekay 07-01-01   Dekay, to answer your previous question, my beach house is u ...   Redkiwi 07-01-01   Redkiwi: cold sounds good to me right now. i can't stand a ...   Dekay 07-02-01   Hi dekay i have been playing with some daruma bearings rece ...   Redkiwi 07-02-01   Red and other ultrathin cable users, these designs have to b ...   Megasam 07-02-01   Megasam, i tried the home-made variety (three different desi ...   Redkiwi 07-02-01   I wonder what the wide variance in soundstaging charcteristi ...   Kitch29 07-02-01   I am not familiar with the daruma ii's. is there a website ...   Dekay 07-02-01   Red, since i feel mibs give the best sound i would use them ...   Megasam 07-02-01   Thanks sam: i like his initials, they are kind of catchy.   Dekay 07-03-01   G'men, would darumaii support ~50lbs (weight of my cdp)? als ...   Gregm 07-03-01   One last point, darumas ii have no weight limit listed, and ...   Megasam 07-05-01   Thanks, mega.   Gregm 07-08-01   Hi james, thank you for the kind words. this is probably my ...   Sead@ 07-08-01   Hi, me again_ “caterham1700, i was wondering where those i ...   Sead@ 07-08-01   Dear ken, i will have to dissapoint you - i couldn't make t ...   Sead@ 07-09-01   After much soul-searching, study and prayer, i have decided ...   Kitch29 07-09-01   Whatever you do don't flog yourself with the cables, somethi ...   Wirehead 07-09-01   Yes kitch, how is the sound? should we be trying the ota ou ...   Dekay 07-10-01   Hello everyone, i just could not resist saying something he ...   Hazim 07-10-01   Hi sead, it would have been nice to talk to you at frankfurt ...   Slawney 07-10-01   Hi james, »hi sead, it would have been nice to talk to you ...   Sead@ 07-12-01   Anyone interesed in splitting a set? i would love to try th ...   Mpheaven 07-13-01   Hi hazem, excellent post. i know exactly what you are saying ...   Brulee 07-19-01   Dekay was good enough to send me a couple of feet of the ota ...   Kitch29 07-19-01   Hi kitch29, "and those guys at the frankfort show used ...   Sead@ 08-16-01   Does the 47 labs, gaincard amp really have to be used with t ...   Kalan 08-17-01   nice to see that the forums are back. has anyone tried th ...   Palmnell 08-22-01   Hi, 4708 ota is too thick and too inflexible for internal t ...   sead@

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