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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. 05-22-01   The kit will be arriving later this week and i will let you ...   Dekay 05-22-01   don't fret kiddies. you'll only feel stupid for a short whi ...   Caterham1700 05-22-01   I may be stupid, but i am not alone. in fact i like the com ...   Redkiwi 05-23-01   hi red, i first started out with the speaker cables alone ...   Caterham1700 05-23-01   Yes ken, when i tried the solid core stuff years ago, each t ...   Redkiwi 05-26-01   Redwiki, looking forward to your results with the sakura sys ...   Slawney 05-27-01   The cables have gone through some interesting changes. but ...   Redkiwi 05-27-01   I would like to make a few notes on ic assembly for those th ...   Dekay 05-27-01   Just a comment on what i term smearing. if smearing of soun ...   Redkiwi 05-27-01   Redkiwi: both of the ic's that i was using before are solid ...   Dekay 05-27-01   Hi dekay. i am using the 47labs for interconnect and speake ...   Redkiwi 05-28-01   Redkiwi: i shoved the cable so hard the first eight attempt ...   Dekay 06-02-01   Well blow the feathers off m'kiwi and call it a wallaby! li ...   Redkiwi 06-02-01   Redkiwi, you lone ranger! do you have the otas between your ...   Slawney 06-02-01   Slawney. i happen to agree with your comment about the coin ...   Redkiwi 06-04-01   Kimosabe, the bass has arrived. still a little rubbery at t ...   Redkiwi 06-04-01   Sorry slawney i didn't answer your question. i only have th ...   Redkiwi 06-05-01   I'm sold now. i will be brief. the sound is vibrant (perha ...   Redkiwi 06-06-01   I received my speaker cable and 2 pairs of ic that dekay (th ...   Brulee 06-06-01   Welcome to the lunatic fringe brulee, me ol' mate.   Redkiwi 06-07-01   Redkiwi, i am jealous. it cost me 50 times more in cables t ...   Slawney 06-07-01   Hi slawney. your 50 times more expensive cables may well be ...   Redkiwi 06-07-01   I have approx. 250 hours on both the ic's and the speaker ca ...   Dekay 06-08-01   You know guys, everything you've said - and its all very goo ...   Asa 06-08-01   Asa: please include your detailed observations on the audio ...   Dekay 06-08-01   I just received a flyer from maplshade and they now have imp ...   Dekay 06-09-01   Get back on the merry-go-round, dekay. we're all still ridin ...   Kublakhan 06-11-01   Red, brulee,...- i just couldn't pass up trying the ota kit ...   Jcbtubes 06-11-01   I've got mapleshade double helix on order, about a week befo ...   Kitch29 06-11-01   Kitch: i will be very interested in your take on the ota vs ...   Dekay 06-11-01   Just the speaker cables, dekay. you'll have to pry my silver ...   Kitch29 06-11-01   Kitch, good, you just saved me a bundle (even on a 30 day ba ...   Dekay 06-11-01   Apart from the upper bass just plain disappearing for a few ...   Redkiwi 06-12-01   Might it be worth trying garden hose on the woofers and ota ...   Kitch29 06-12-01   Kitch29, i suspect it would destroy the coherence of the pac ...   Redkiwi 06-14-01   Kitch29 - i will eat my hat now because i think you are righ ...   Redkiwi 06-14-01   Kiwi, so you presently have ota everywhere but the woofers. ...   Gregm 06-14-01   Just digital sources, but otherwise correct gregm. from wha ...   Redkiwi 06-15-01   not so fast, red. so far after 8 months of using the 47 lab ...   Caterham1700 06-15-01   Ok ken (as mr webb said), but i will have another go when th ...   Redkiwi 06-19-01   Redkiwi and dekay-as you know, i've been breaking in the map ...   Kitch29 06-19-01   Kitch: i am glad to hear that they are working well in your ...   Dekay 06-19-01   As i was writing here about an hour ago, i'm noticing that s ...   Kitch29 06-19-01   Very interesting kitch. i don't know anything about the map ...   Redkiwi 06-19-01   Redkiwi- they're about 24 gauge with a thin shield; very sti ...   Kitch29 06-19-01   Kitch: the soft plastic rca's are much easier to take off w ...   Dekay 06-21-01   I have been using the ota cable kit in the system listed in ...   Dekay 06-21-01   Interesting post, d-k. thanks for info!   Gregm 06-21-01   Ps: i forgot to mention (in my rambling) that i will also b ...   Dekay 06-21-01   I largely agree with dekay's findings, but came off using co ...   Redkiwi

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