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Oyaide Cables

Information on this cable brand was showing up in another thread, which is fine, but I figured this cable line deserves it's own thread.  I have very little experience with the brand so far as I have only had the Black Mamba V2 PC  in my system for about 200 plus hours and just installed the  TUNAMI GPX-R V2 PC last night.  I only need one PC for my system at this time as my Integrated amp has a DAC and my music streamer doesn't take after market PCs.    Firstly, the Black Mamba V2 PC is excellent.  I know audio is very system dependent, but in my system the BM V2 was the best PC I have had, it really made a noticeable difference.  It kind of gives you the  best of both words, good clarity and extension but at the same time the system is relaxed and natural sounding.  Very important if you have a lot of rock and pop and poorly produced material in your music collection.   The Tsunami GPX-R V2 PC improves upon the BM V2 in that the air and spacing is better, the stage is deeper and wider,  and the bass is still tight, but thicker.   I am thrilled with these PCs so I ordered the Tunami Nigo V2 speaker cables and those should be here soon.  I am very happen with the Western Electric 14 GA, but after hearing how good their PCs are, I just had to give the Oyaide SC a try.     Anyway, bottom line is I suspect it would be very hard to find a line of cables that sound this good at such affordable prices.  A Big thanks to Wig for letting me know about these PCs and Speaker cables and guiding me along.  
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yeah, you never know how things are going to work together.  I tried a $1300.00 power cord on my power conditioner awhile back, it sounded flat and dull compared to a $700.00 PC that I had on it normally.   
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The TUNAMI GPX-R V2 PC is definitely warmer than the Black Mamba.  Even so, I found the Black Mamba easy on the ears even though it had good extension and clarity.  Like I mentioned, the Tunami  pretty much expands the stage and puts more space/air around and between the instruments.  The Tunami does not have the detail and clarity of the Black Mamba yet.  I have about 70 hours on the Tunami so far.  Not sure if it will improve from here or not.  

I have the speaker cable ordered, but it has not shipped yet.  Not sure wha the hold up is. 
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Well, I guess the speaker cables are on back order.  Part of the reason I don't have them now is my fault, they had them in stock the day I ordered.  When you order from the Japanese place they make you confirm the order, but the confirmation email they send is really busy and in more than one language.  When placing the order, I check marked the payal circle, but the website does not take you to PayPal.  You have to wait to get the confirmation email.   I confirmed back, but didn't read the busy email saying I still needed to go to PayPal to pay for it.   So, it never shipped.  This is the only store I know of that doesn't take you to payal when you are ordering on the website.  Oh well.  
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I just got the speaker cables.  My were already terminated with their banana plugs.  I take it white is to red and black is to black?  Or white is positive and black negative.  That is how I am going to hook them up anyway. 

Lak, interesting you prefer the Black Mamba over the Tunami.  I need to swap the Black Mamba back in for a direct comparison against the Tunami.  I will probably wait a few days before doing that so I can burn in the speaker cables. 

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Thanks jond.  I have the cables in, but not the jumpers yet.  
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I just swapped the Black Mamba in for the Tunami for two different tracks. I’m starting to wonder if I prefer the Black Mamba too. The Tunami has things so spread out, a very expansive stage and a lot of space around the instruments, but the Black Mamba is tighter, more focused, and a little more cohesive. They both sound great, it just comes down to preference. So I’m just not sure right now. That will be a battle for another day. For now I have to make jumpers and install the OYAIDE TUNAMI II SP-B V2 speaker cables.
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This site has them

https://global.rakuten.com/en/store/chuya-online/item/92496/
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Well I compared the Black Mamba to the TUNAMI GPX-R V2 and at this point I prefer the Black Mamba.  I didn't think I would early on, I thought I would like the Tunami, but the Black Mamba just seems more focused and coherent.  I could live with either one really, I will probably switch back and forth every couple of weeks or so. 
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It is weird, I will not say one is better than the other.  It just depends on what your in the mood for or what fits best with your gear.  Like I said, I really enjoyed the GPX R V2, it has it's strengths for sure and I will likely revisit it soon.   In my system the Tunami GPX R-V2 kind of spreads things out, creates a lot of air and space plus provides a thicker heavier bass.  The Black Mamba still images well, the stage is quite as wide or deep, but things are very focused and coherent.  At first I thought the GPX R V2 was the warmer of the two, but I no longer think that is the case.  Both are natural sounding and work well with most of the recordings.  In other words, they don't sound brittle, bright, hard.  I am very sensitive to that these days and if a cable exposes that in a recording at to high of a level, out it goes.  Obviously, they can't fix crap recordings, but at least they are listenable. 
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sadono, are you saying the BMS are dry sounding?
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