Xangsane Cryo OCC vs Sterling Silver XLRs

I would love to do the same, and when I can swing it I will, but for a long time I have been using a biwire set of copper cables, an exotic brand from Australia whose name I can't recall. They were given to me as part of a purchase of a tube amp years ago that I ended up hating. They've beat out several others, but I'd feel confident buying the Xangsane.

Curious about tariff on  these, if any.

@rja I did not have to pay any tariffs on the cables from China but I did pay $45ish on tariffs for my new Gustard X30 from France.  

Side note I paid tariffs from France on my Gustard A26 as well a year and a half ago.  So at this time, no additional cost has been incurred from buying overseas.

@stillbuyingtoys Good to hear.   I'm still on the fence on which cable to try next?   Xang 9005 or the solid core Audiocrast IC102.  I did pick up the Viborg silver XLRs.  I've been partial to solid core designs based on all my success with DIY Helix's.

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I'd be willing to bet that this is the same cable as my Veritas Argentum.   

I'm also going to re-terminate my Xang 5500s with the base Viborg copper/rhodium plugs.  Don't think it will make much of a difference, but why not...

@mbolek Being as though the XS-5500s already have gold plated red copper connectors, I do not see any sound improvement in going to Viborg's red cooper rhodium plated plugs.  I have Viborg's XLR and RCA connectors with rhodium plating which are solid but I think that red cooper with any plating will produce the same sound to "my ears".  

If you are going to swap connectors, I would look toward OCC connectors for the sound improvement but now we are talking double the money for that slight incremental step towards your audio nirvana.  With that money, I would put it on a fuse upgrade vs a connector upgrade since the existing connectors are of good quality.  My $.02.

Please report back with your findings because this is how we all learn and begin to experiment.