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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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tomg95123
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Excellent thread.

@ desktopguy - was your new Oyaide coax a DIY or was it assembled a the factory? I'm looking to upgrade my coax connection.

Have 2m of the BM bulk cable on my workbench now. Awaiting delivery of a set the Oyaide 004 plugs. Intend to replace the old Signal Cable Magic PC on the new dac. On another Saturday evening will move the new PC to the AN Soro integrated and have an extended listen with the vinyl rig. *Very* much looking forward to both sessions.
tomg95123
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@ozzy - very much looking forward to your comparison of the BMV2 and the CTM power cords.
tomg95123
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@ t_ramey - you are spot-on about the cable to the power conditioner. I assembled a 2m BM cable with Oyaide P/C-004 plug & IEC this past Saturday morning, intending to replace the old Signal Cable pc on the dac. No break-in time and the confused, incoherent sound from the dac led me to move it to the PSA power plant (also connected by an old Signal Cable pc) instead. Greater current flow over the course of the day and maybe-just-maybe I'd have a decent listen by the evening. That was Saturday morning. By 9PM Saturday nite with the new cable still on the conditioner, the soundstage had deepened considerably and had become more 3D with a richer, fuller, more fleshed-out tone. Guitar strings shimmered like they're supposed to, cymbals had a nice "taaang" to them, Louis Armstrong was in the room and there was a disparity among the recordings like there should be. I lost some deep thump in the drums, but that may yet return. Stayed up and annoyed the neighbors until past midnight. I think that cable may just stay on the power plant for a while longer.
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