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Who makes the best copper cables?

I’m a hardcore cable dork 

I’ve been through many cheaper copper cables and even more medium to higher priced silver cables. 
I mainly own Furutech project v1

but they are not a cable. After they warm up they disappear from the system which is great. I love that. But I’ve tried to make everything in my system like that

now I want to add a little of that thick voluptuous copper timbres into my system. 
I know copper can be just as resolving as most silver. Clarus crimson was unreal in details but it was too slow,dark and bloomy

i do not like cables that have capacitors to try and artificially alter sound staging also do not like shunyata. Good but too cool and artificial sounding 

Anyone have any recommendations?

bthrb4u
vthokie83
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bthrb4u

I get what you're trying to do, and I don't think you need really expensive cables to accomplish it. I would suggest OCC copper cable and only Gold connectors, not Silver or Rhodium. Here are some excellent cables that do that:

AntiCables Level 3 power cords

Audio Sensibility Statement Copper OCC interconnects (not their Silver), Testament speaker cables, Testament power cables

RAMM Audio OCC Elite 7 or 8 interconnects, Amadeus speaker cables, Zeus power cables

Zavfino Arcadia interconnects, Nova or Prima speaker cables, Legion OFHC, Fina or Prima or Majestic power cables

If you are open to finishing your own cables: Neotech, Oyaide, SAEC, Furutech, Acoustic Revive (All Japanese).....all have OCC or better bulk cable, and finish with gold plated copper connectors (not brass, or any other material). You'll save more than 50% and end up with a much better product.

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pindac
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The Copper that will be keeping the Signal extremely resolved, but adds a hint of a Richness of Tonality is the Wire D.U.C.C.

Mitsubishi are also launching to the market, their latest version of this wire type, but that is unable to be commented on as a impact on the End Sound produced.

Low Eddy Connections on both Wire and Chassis, will assist with adding resolution and enabling the sonic of the wire to be better defined.

toronto416
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Here's another vote for Audio Sensibility in Toronto, Canada:

https://audiosensibility.com/blog/

I have the Statement SE line throughout my system - power cables, interconnects, speaker cables and jumper cables - and they all use OCC copper (Ohno Continuous Cast) copper.  OCC copper has very long copper crystals - OCC copper has one crystal per 125 meters, whereas OFC copper has 5,000 crystals per meter.

There is a fascinating Toronto connection with OCC copper - Dr. Atsumi Ohno received his PHD in Metalurgical Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada - and there is a family connection between Dr. Ohno and Audio Sensibility.

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