Xangsane Cryo OCC vs Sterling Silver XLRs

@stillbuyingtoys I've been doing the DIY cable thing for years.   The options from Xangsane have peaked my interest.   I recently ordered their XLR OCC variant (Xangsane XS-5500 frozen 6N hifi OCC).  Looking at the bulk silver 1105 (stranded) and 9003 (solid).

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I have always preferred solid OCC conductors and my go to cables have been Helix designs (aka WillieWonka).  I remember listening to Neotech years ago and thought they were the really good (could never afford them and ended up buying the cheaper stuff from the likes of VenHaus and Partsconnexion).   Using Viborg and AECO connectors.

With that said, I have deviated from my DIY lane and have the Veritas Argentum X currently installed between DAC and amp.   They are local to me and figured,  would give them a try.  Probably build an Xangsane/Viborg combo to see if compares to the Veritas.

I'll let you know how it goes and would offer to help terminate/assist if you want.

@mbolek I almost pulled the trigger on the XS-5500 as they are in direct comparison of the Neotech's offerings in the Saraha line without the fancy geometry.  

Have you received the XS-5500's?  If so, what is your impression of the cables?

@stillbuyingtoys I have not received the 5500. Can’t expect the next day shipments like Amazon...

I looked at the pricing again and it has doubled what it was back in Jan (maybe they play the discount game as does Amazon). I figured if I liked the cable out of the box, I would re-terminate with some potentially betters connectors. These will be a good comparison to my DIY Helix OCC builds.

Need to figure out which silver version (1105/9003) to try.   Probably end up getting both, never can have too many XLRs....

@stillbuyingtoys Just received the 5500s. Pretty impressive build quality and very nice packaging (similar to Viborg). Out of box sound is good. I’m not a burn in guy and would be happy adding these to my XLR stable.  Added a couple pics to my system folder.