Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit

Slawney just to add:
I went through Bolder Cables who sent it (OTA) to Ray Kimber facility in Utah when having my ART DAC modified in order to see what effects the treatment might have.

I used a set of untreated sets of OTA terminated with Eichmann plugs . I tried a few combo’s to see what the effects of cryo might have on playback. I also used sets of Belden Digital to test. These were listening test and I had no measurements done as I do not have any test equiptment available to me at the moment.

The best I can describe what I have found is in the word Presence. It finally came to me when comparing the Belden’s that on Classical guitar the plucks were more distinct using the cryo treated cables.

I still think that whatever or whoever you choose to do the treatment it is wise not to treat anything you do not want to take the risk of damaging. Weather it be Cables, Capacitors ,Transformers or a hairbrush.

I do not think I will have the Caps, Inductors or Resistors Cryo’d that will be used in the upgraded crossover parts for risk of damage. Kharma is said to use cryo’d components upon request for it series of speakers which is said to Lower the noise floor,but as always there is no info provided on how they established that claim.

Abex, thanks, your questions to Charles Beresford were excellent. Thanks for sharing his response.

Slawney
Where did you hear that the OTA was Cryo'd?

Have you measured what the Impedance is Per\Meter of the OTA?

And do you know what the exact Gauge of the OTA is as I do not have a wire Gauge?

TIA

Hi folks. Interesting discussion. I am thinking about buying a few meters of OTA cable. I use cheapo PVC CAT5 solid core cable now (two single cables, like the OTA cable). Does anyone know how big the difference is !? (in other words does it justify the $50-70 I have to spend on 8m of the OTA). Redkiwi, could you maybe explain the differences in more detail to me !?

Thanks in advance,

Fedde

Abex, here are answers.

>Where did you hear that the OTA was Cryo'd?

Right here, on this voluminously long thread, the following was posted on 12.05.01:

»Is it cold-treated, annelaed in some way, a mono-crystal filament, or an alloy of some kind?«

>Of course it is cold treated and of course it is mono->crystal, I could not imagine a good cable done other way.

Nevertheless, there is still some uncertainty about whether or not Storatos is cryo'ed..

>Have you measured what the Impedance is Per\Meter of the OTA?

My ohmmeter is currently not stable enough in the range required for such a measurement :-)

>And do you know what the exact Gauge of the OTA is as I do not have a wire Gauge?

Is its 0.4mm, then its 26 AWG.