聖HIJIRI Users thread

I have now read this whole thread and I am intrigued by the power cord.  I recently purchased the Hiijiri Takumi RCA cable after doing an extensive A-B-C comparison with Inakustic, Hiijiri, and the Tchernov.  What a shootout it was.  

I also noticed that many of the people on this thread are from the Helix Dueland DIY thread.  I had 6 of those power cords made for me.  I am sensing even though the H-D power cords are good, the Hiijiri are just on another level in SQ and price.  

It has been a couple of months of dormancy but I would love to hear if everyone owning the Hiijiri power cords are still saying these are end game.

@lalitk 

Oops, I misspoke.  I actually have the Kiwami RCA cables. After reading 5 pages of Takami power cords I just typed wrong and I am functionally blind so it is hard to read what I type.  That said, the Kiwami is a super RCA cable.  I am going to be testing the Tchernov USB vs the FTA Callisto on my Lampi Pacific.  Then I hope to test the Takumi on my Inakustic Power conditioner and may be the Lampi.  

@debit

I have the 3500P and am very happy with it. I just asked about the 4500 and they are back ordered to January 2023.  I was told the 3500 can more than hold its own.  I had the Inakustic 2404 reference power cords going into a SR orange duplex box.  I just sold all of my Inakustic cables.  For the time being, I have a DIY Helix Dueland power cord but I have a feeling I am going to end up with the Takumi.

If I do I feel like I need three Takumi's: One for the 3500P, one for the Lampi Horizon, and one for my Lucas Audio Music server.  That is a major investmentand I am not sure I could hide that investment from my spouse,  LOL.

@jafant 

The Takumi is above the Nagomi.   I have two Takumi and one Nagomi.  I Have the Nagomi on my Lucas Audio Music  Server and the Takui on my Inakustic 3500P Power condition and Lampi Horizon DAC.  The price difference is steep.  

I have the full Hijiri loom except for speaker cables.  Did you compare the Hijiri speaker cables to Sternklang?   I need to buy 3 -4 sets of speaker cables sometime before the end of the year when my Aries Cerat Aurora speakers show up.  

I just ordered another Hijiri RCA cable.  I will now have a full loom of Hijiri Power cords and interconnects.  Thanks again Colin King at Gestalt Audio in Nashville.  In the next 6 months I have to order 3 pairs of speaker cables to support the crossovers on my Aries Cerat Aurora speakers.  I can see me following Lalit;s lead and buying 3 different cables.

Besides Lalit, (I know what speaker cables he has), for those using Hijiri PC's and Interconnects, what speaker cables are you using and why?

@pokey77 

I wish I could update you on my Aries Cerat Equipment but I am not receiving it until the end of the year.  Right now, I have the AC Essentia Mono amps.  I will be getting the Aurora Speakers, Ageto Pre, and Kassandra 2 DAC.  I will report out on WBF when the time comes.

As far as cables go, I believe I reported my findings somewhere here or WBF.   About 8 months ago I did a shootout between my custom Dueland Helix Custom Power Cords with Hijiri, Tchernov, and Inakustic.   I would rate them as follow:  Hijiri / Inakustic /Tchernov / Dueland Helix.  The bottom line was that the Hijiri was just more musical, lush, and detailed, with excellent bass response.  I ended up buying The Hijiri Takumi for my Inakustic 3500P Power Conditioner and Lampi Horizon DAC.  I traded all of my Dueland Helix cords for a Hijiri Nagomi which I have in my Lucas Audio LDMS.   Right now I have MIT AC Rev 2 for my AC Essentia amps.   When I get the AC equipment, I will use the Takumi's on the Essentia Amps and move the MIT's to the crossovers.  I do have the MIT's listed for sale on US Audiomart.  It won't bother me if they do not sell as I need them regardless.   BTW, I just added the Network Acoustic Muon Pro cabling and Filter ethernet cords and they shine!!!!!  They shine even more after I added a very inexpensive D-Link switch to them.  I was shocked.

I have two sets of Hijiri RCA cables and I had one Sternklang SPDIF cable.  Again, thanks to Colin King at Gestalt Audio in Nashville, I was able to demo various RCA and Spdif cables.  Because the Hijiri was a little lush, I really liked the added punch that Sternklang provided.  

I did have the Inakustic interconnects...I think the 4004 air but I can't remember.  They are fantastic cable in their own right and I had 11 offers to buy them when I listed them in one hour.  Obviously, I priced them too low lol.  

My speaker cables were custom-made by my speaker maker.  They are all silver. 

Now, when my AC equipment arrives, I need two more pc's, and 4 sets of speaker cables and I am switching to BNC from SPDIF.  I have to say I am intrigued by the QSA Landrei series of cords and cables.  I might try them given you get a 30-day money-back guarantee.  

I love Hijiri and Sternklang.  Tchernov just never did it for me.  I would be willing to try the Hijiri SM2 but I would need to sell the Nagome if there is any interest out there.  

I have found Sternklang to provide a little more punch and detail while Hijiri is a little more musical.  I agree the combination of both makes perfect sense. 

@kclone 

So now that you experienced the Takumi....what's next?   LOL