Anyone wish to comment on the Hijiri digital cables?
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聖HIJIRI Users thread
Based on a discussion with another forum member, I've been reading up on this Comback Corporation brand. The reviews I've found have been pretty positive, but I've also learned over the years to take all reviews with a grain of salt. So the purpose of this thread is for users to share their input on 聖HIJIRI cables. When you share, if you'd discuss what model of HIJIRI you demoed and what brands/models they were compared to, that'd be very helpful.
A little background: a few years ago I was reading the Audio Envy threads and decided to give them a try as the seemed to compete with much higher-priced cable. So I decided to give AE a try. I found both the $179 P2 and the $279 M3 to easily best an Isotek power cord at $1k. So that got me thinking even more about value products. I was about to give Zavfino a try and then was given another recommendation to give HIJIRI a try. So this is how I got here. I'll be very interested to hear all user comments on HIJIRI and this should be a good repository for the brand.
Here is their website: www.combak.net
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Thanks @pokey77, it was getting confusing to me trying to nail down pricing of the power cords as the list of Hijiri prices shown earlier on this thread nor some of the links shown didn’t include power cord pricing either. And this link:
Shows the Hijiri HCS speaker cable prices roughly $2500US at 3M. It says (x 2) so I don’t know if it’s $2500US per one pair or for two? Is it one pair for the left channel and one pair for the right channel? I wonder if gestalt has any sales as a previous poster mentioned? Maybe X-Mas or end of year sales? @aniwolfe, I need your help on this. What was the cost of your Hijiri HCS speaker cables? As to the scroll down pdf? I copied the url link and what do you know? I got the scroll down purely by accident and decided to leave it!
Now that, got my attention.
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Hi guys, i've heard about Hijiri cables but very difficult to find a distributor in Europe to demo these cables. I'm looking to replace my Gryphon VIP XLR interconnect and SC because since they are silver cables they tend to be bright with my Thiel CS 3.7s speakers. The only problem is that i don't want to loose the level of clarity i have with my VIP cables but still would like more meat on the bone, better bass and smoother trebel. Soudstage and imaging is spectacular with my Gryphon cabling. I wonder if the Hijiri top of the line XLR and SC could offer me what i'm looking for ? The rest of my system consists of a Gryphon Diablo 300, Aqua LinQ streamer, Aqua Formula xHD Rev 2, Paul Pang Quad Switch, Audioquest Niagara 3000 and Firebird PCs. The system is very well balanced and listening to good quality recordings is very impressive, almost no glare just a little lack of meat. When the recordings are not so good this is another story. |
@thieliste - have you tried using this link - maybe you can find someone in Europe for Hijiri via this Harmonix/Combak distributor list - Hijiri is part of their product line International Distributor Listing (combak.net)
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“yes i found a distributor in my country but he doesn’t have them on loan” That’s unfortunate and bit disappointing that dealer in your area is not willing to offer loaners or trials for serious buyers. Now I do feel very fortunate to have the trial flexibility here in mainland and it’s only appropriate to acknowledge Colin @gestalt for his flexibility, understanding and superb customer service. |
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“Well my Hijiri distributor has only had the brand since last december, that’s why he doesn’t have them on loan yet.” Your dealer should have no trouble in procuring HIJIRI cables for home audition as long as both parties are willing and motivated. I know, I can get any HIJIRI cable to my door within 7-10 days. Good luck with the trial! |
...I like to read what diy guys are up to.I trust there judgment on a different level,i’ll bet these do sound wonderful...got me evaluating my lol "endgame" as they say. I had sold what to me were my more expensive cables this summer and wanted to try some of the usual diy budget stuff...I have been looking at the zavfino and yes they are in a comfort zone that i can do without guilt...this level of cable would most likely represent my last... |
@lalitk @digsmithd : I stopped using “my endgame” a while ago 😜
In all seriousness @digsmithd , as Lalit said, and other people who do DIY cables (and high quality cables) have said in the past, it’s hard to match Zavfino quality/ cost ratio for those prices. Let alone your labor / time. Can they bettered by other cables? Of course! But again, you and I can only do what we are comfortable with. |
Sorry I didn’t mean to discourage anyone who wants to build their own cables…there is this sense of pride and accomplishment that you wont get from buying XYZ brand. I’ve been down that road with Furutech, DH Labs…lol! If one enjoys building cables, cool. The point i was making is this, for the price / performance you get from Zavfino cables, it makes very little or no sense to go through the trouble of building your own cables. |
Thanks guys for reply’s...point takin and i agree...no discouragement here my friend...and pride...lol,they are made well me being the neurotic guy i am for detail.Its been fun and a pain in the arse doing the diy speaker cables.Got rid of my last bit of wire/ic’s too. Ill most likely love the zavfino primo for my modest system.
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Im talking speaker cable lalitk...yeah modwright is running 200 aside fwiw.Thanks for your experience. |
Selling an item new is a dealer’s option to send out demos or trial units. It would probably help sales, especially with a relatively new item from an unknown brand. I have tried and bought many items that way. And... if you buy or sell an item used it is typically at 50% off and there would be info available, so you take your chances. ozzy |
@grannyring I would like to ask why you went for the Nagomi cables as opposed to the more expensive Takumi PCs? Was it purely financial or didn't you think the cost/reward was enough? I understand the Nagomi is $1350/m. How much is the Takumi? I bought many of their Harmonix isolation products many years ago and they've served me well. |
@lordmelton , my decision was purely financial. The Takumi is close to 4x the price and that is simply far above my budget. |
@grannyring Thanks buddy I agree $5k+ is not what I would want to spend either. I'll probably give the Nagomi's a try. Do you find they are better suited to power applications or pre-amps,servers and DACs? Appreciated. |
I have one on my conditioner, integrated amp, music server and dac. I find the Nagomi works well on all the above! I noticed nice sonic improvements in each position. I found the most improvement on my Puritan 156 conditioner. Next in terms of level of impact was my integrated amp. Then came the dac and finally my server. This was my experience with my particular gear and system. |
@grannyring Perfect, I was looking for a good PC to power my power conditioner or an extension bar fed from my conditioner, just the job. Thank you. |
Wow! And Puritan supplies it’s own quality power cord. Does anyone know if the 聖HIJIRI cables/power cords are burned in prior to shipping? If so, what duration? As this knowledge would help out a lot with the mentioned earlier 14 day trial period if one wanted to return power cords. |
@grannyring , how would you compare a set of well-made DIY Helix Air RCA interconnects, to either the HIJIRI or Zavfino? |
I'm trying to find some more info on the HIJIRI technology in the cables but can't find any. How are they fabricating these interconnects that they are so vastly outperforming the competition? I've heard of other brands making low capacitance connectors which can help. Also, Audio Envy interconnects claim a very low capacitance for the whole interconnect. But how is HIJIRI rising above these other brands? |
Not sure it is accurate to say they “ are vastly outperforming the competition”. Competition is a great big universe of brands and none of us have heard them all. Also, Hijiri is marked by a certain beauty of flow, tone and purity that will appeal to many, but perhaps others will want more of this or that other sonic attribute. The whole subjective thing comes into play. I will say they must be heard to find out if they “do it” for you like others have experienced.
Cable making is every bit an art also. Two cooks may be given the very same ingredients and asked to prepare the same dish. Both can taste very different. Cable building with like materials is the same. The Hijiri designer is skilled with the ingredients he uses. This is also a piece of the Hijiri “magic” as it should be. Can’t read about this in specs etc…. My speaker cables appear to be high purity, solid core copper. The connectors are very high quality, but I don’t know if they are made internally. The Nagomi power cord is very flexible suggesting stranded conductors.
There are many online reviews to be found on his offerings. |
Easy there big fella, I did not take @fai_v question as being negative at all. Fabricating/fabrication does not always mean an invention of a non truth. I work in construction as a draftsman and the words fabricating or fabrication are used all the time. They too mean to construct or manufacture something, especially an industrial product produced in a shop or the field from some sort of plan or detail. Almost everything built is from some sort of fabrication process, including our audio gear. And if you read what grannyring wrote, he actually took the time to explain to @fai_v the fabricating process of building cable from stock parts. One of the things I respect about Bill is not the fact that he has audio knowledge I admire, but how he treats people. He try’s very hard to be civil to everyone and take the time to teach. We would all do well to follow his example. Does this mean I’m some what of a pushover? No but the typed word can be taken wrong as opposed to talking to someone face to face. Or even on the phone. We are to old for this, and everyday someone who used to be here on agon has gone on...Let’s enjoy this hobby. Now, albeit I completely understand if one had a few glasses of wine or some shots of some fine Tennessee bourbon though!☺ |
@tyray you are correct. I work in architectural manufacturing and what I meant by the word fabricating was gathering the required source materials and then making the part or parts, or in this case, the cable. @grannyring , yes, it was not accurate for me to say that the Hijiri cables are vastly outperforming the competition. They appear to be handcrafted and are able to offer a unique presentation to music. |
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