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Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit

Has anyone tried this "minimalist" cable kit? After receiving a recommendation from someone with similar musical values to myself, and whose ears I trust, I could not resist ordering one. I will report on how they sound in a few weeks, but am interested in others' opinions too.

For those that have not heard about them look at www.sakurasystems.com for an interesting read. The cable sounds as if it is very close to the specification of the conductors in Belden Cat5. So I may have spent around 100 times what the kit is worth. We shall see.

If you have not heard this cable, please don't bother posting your opinions of how it MUST sound here. Nor am I that interested in hearing how stupid I must be to order this kit - it's my money and you are free to make different decisions with yours. Sorry for this condition, but I am bored with those that have nothing positive to offer on this site, and post their opinions based on deductive logic rather than actual experience.
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megasam
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Red, since I feel MIBs give the best sound I would use them under CDP. The darumas are not built to hold as much weight
as RBs or MIBs so if your speakers are not too heavy by all
means try them under speakers.

Dave AGON member DK405 sells daruma II, he is in CA and very reliable. You will have to find some way to nuetralize Whale AC cord weight use these in your system, Absolute cords are great for bearing isolation, very light. Final Labs makes them but have few dealers, DK405 (Dave Kerns) has website with photos

http://hometown.aol.com/dk405/myhomepage/index.html
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megasam
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One last point, Darumas II have no weight limit listed, and should work fine for 50lb unit. MIBs seem more robust and better suited for very heavy objects, I believe Aurios says they can support up to 1000lbs. Max sway is @1/2 inch in any direction but only occurs if you push/touch unit, swaying stops soon and unit appears stationary in actual use.

Now who else has an ultrathin cable experience?
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megasam
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Red and other ultrathin cable users, these designs have to be the mechanically the best possible design for bearing
isolation devices(Aurios MIB, Rollerblocks, Daruma II) as
they offer almost no resistence to the free floating effect
of bearings on CDP. Now you must address the AC cord.

Daruma II are best value of bearing isoaltion group by far, MIB and Rollerblock take the sound improvements even further, for a price. I have been obsessed with bearing isolation for CDP and own one set of all three to experiment
with. I feel any of these is superior to any cone set I have heard under CDP

I am glad to see so many are trying this rather radical step of ultrathin minimalist cables, I will sit back till the dust settles and like Capt Kirk will watch you brave
audiophiles "boldly go where no audiophile has gone before"
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