Black Cat Silverstar BNC to BNC


@ wig

Are you still mesmerized by this digital cable or have you found something better?
garrard

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@ garrard,

So mesmerized that I will be ordering a Black Cat Digit-75 with BNC to BNC within the next few days and selling my 3 other very good sounding BNC SPDIFs.

It's hard to describe how string instrument come alive with such beauty and grace... Still can't explain how BC silver coated copper has more extension than my other 5N pure silver conductor cables which sounds very good indeed.

Not sure how Chris does it but his Silver Star MK II was amazing and the Digit-75 I hear is much better.


Wig :)


@ celander

SW1X Reference SPDIF (UK) 1.25M

Revelation Audio Labs Reference SPDIF 1.25M

Snake River Boomslang Reference SPDIF 1.37M

Wig


No problem and these will find a new home after receiving my Black Cat Digit-75 next week.

Wig

@ garrard,

Yes, the Boomslang is very good indeed but in my system the Black Cat Silverstarr MK II is more open with better separation and refined layering. I primarily listen to acoustical instruments and this is where the BC SPDIF is in a league of its own; instruments are full bodied with a life-like resonant quality to them with notes being projected or swelling up toward the listener creating the atmosphere, decay and the reverb of the acoustical space.

@ aniwolfe

I also owned the Empirical Reference BNC and it was a decent SPDIF but no better than the Oyaide DR510 I was currently using. Your MK II will continue to get better as it settles into your system and at the asking price, it’s an outstanding cable.

Wig

Guys,

Had the opportunity to listen to the BC Digit 75 cold and right out of the box and it’s amazing! Cut from the same cloth as the Silverstarr MK II but with a lower floor noise, better transparency and more impactful bass.

Have it on the cooker and will integrate into my system on Wednesday but allow it to settle for 4-5 days and should be more of a revelation!

The midrange is so pure and addictive, now I know why I was mesmerized and just had to buy the BC; hit me up if you are looking for some very good SPDIF that I will not need...

Wig


My BC Digit 75 has been burned in and have settled nicely into my system, it is not as transparent as the Boomslang but is so musical and has the ability to place life-like images within your listening space with a more refined midrange and better placements of images within the soundstage...

Wig
@ garrard,

Digit 75 is more transparent with better bass and lower floor noise over the Silverstarr but the Boomslang is way more transparent over both SS and Digit 75.

BC strengths are the illusion of real instruments occupying a space with your listening environment and the Boomslang is like listening to a high resolution CD, you hear all the detail and ambiance but don't feel like you are a part of it but it's still a fantastic SPDIF.

Wig

@ garrard

I think you are really going to like it and I didn't want to send my loaner cable back to The Cable Company...

@ shkong78

The Tron was tempting but couldn't justify spending that much for a SPDIF.

Ron

I am using Jay's CD2 MKII Transport as well and it is a fantastic sounding player connected via a Black Cat Digit 75 SPDIF BNC/BNC...

Wig
@ aniwolfe

Thanks for the update and I am certain it is going to get even better! Chris has got musicality mastered...

Wig :)