聖HIJIRI Users thread

Besides Lalit, (I know what speaker cables he has), for those using Hijiri PC's and Interconnects, what speaker cables are you using and why?

@willgolf 

Hoping you'll start an Aries Cerat thread and talk about your system. I can't even imagine how good it must sound.

Also, it'd be great if you'd comment on what Hijiri power cords and interconnects do for you system compared to what you used previously.

I use Hijiri HCS 25. They are perfectly balanced top to bottom. I especially like how they set the stage just a tad back compared to many speaker cables that sound a tad forward and forced to my ears.

@pokey77 

I wish I could update you on my Aries Cerat Equipment but I am not receiving it until the end of the year.  Right now, I have the AC Essentia Mono amps.  I will be getting the Aurora Speakers, Ageto Pre, and Kassandra 2 DAC.  I will report out on WBF when the time comes.

As far as cables go, I believe I reported my findings somewhere here or WBF.   About 8 months ago I did a shootout between my custom Dueland Helix Custom Power Cords with Hijiri, Tchernov, and Inakustic.   I would rate them as follow:  Hijiri / Inakustic /Tchernov / Dueland Helix.  The bottom line was that the Hijiri was just more musical, lush, and detailed, with excellent bass response.  I ended up buying The Hijiri Takumi for my Inakustic 3500P Power Conditioner and Lampi Horizon DAC.  I traded all of my Dueland Helix cords for a Hijiri Nagomi which I have in my Lucas Audio LDMS.   Right now I have MIT AC Rev 2 for my AC Essentia amps.   When I get the AC equipment, I will use the Takumi's on the Essentia Amps and move the MIT's to the crossovers.  I do have the MIT's listed for sale on US Audiomart.  It won't bother me if they do not sell as I need them regardless.   BTW, I just added the Network Acoustic Muon Pro cabling and Filter ethernet cords and they shine!!!!!  They shine even more after I added a very inexpensive D-Link switch to them.  I was shocked.

I have two sets of Hijiri RCA cables and I had one Sternklang SPDIF cable.  Again, thanks to Colin King at Gestalt Audio in Nashville, I was able to demo various RCA and Spdif cables.  Because the Hijiri was a little lush, I really liked the added punch that Sternklang provided.  

I did have the Inakustic interconnects...I think the 4004 air but I can't remember.  They are fantastic cable in their own right and I had 11 offers to buy them when I listed them in one hour.  Obviously, I priced them too low lol.  

My speaker cables were custom-made by my speaker maker.  They are all silver. 

Now, when my AC equipment arrives, I need two more pc's, and 4 sets of speaker cables and I am switching to BNC from SPDIF.  I have to say I am intrigued by the QSA Landrei series of cords and cables.  I might try them given you get a 30-day money-back guarantee.  

@willgolf 

Thank you for posting your feedback. I’m glad to hear you found Muon Filter and Ethernet cable effective in your system. If I may make a suggestion, try the 聖HIJIRI SM2R-L "SOUND MATTER" Power Cord for your LDMS. This is an amazing cord for the money considering it will get you very close to TAKUMI sound. I am reposting my impressions below. I think you will be very happy with SM2R-L over Nagomi. 

“The 聖Hijiri SM2R-L power cord took 300+ hours to open up.  My listening test were conducted at 400 mark.

For direct A/B comparison with “TAKUMI”, I swapped the SM2R-L back n forth on my Accuphase Integrated. I listened to variety of high resolution files stored on my Aurender SSD and Qobuz.

What struck me immediately is the similarities between the SM2R-L and TAKUMI power cords.  I heard much of the same characteristics of 聖Hijiri TAKUMI maestro in SM2R-L i.e. conveying the music in a most natural way without emphasizing any elements of music and with finesse and fluidity.  Again with SM2R-L, the designer's emphasis remained on the mid-range. The vocals through this PC were simply stunning and my connection with music was just as engaging as with “TAKUMI” power cords.  IMHO, the SM2R-L fills the performance/price gap between the NAGOMI and TAKUMI power cords nicely. I don't think SM2R-L meant to compete with TAKUMI's  so in that aspect, SM2R-L has easily surpassed my expectations at 60% cost of TAKUMI's. Switching back and forth between "TAKUMI" and SM2R-L revealed why I'm still biased towards TAKUMI's :-) The TAKUMI’s in my system simply digs deeper into the music and reveals every nuances you didn’t know you were missing with SM2R-L or Nagomi power cords. It’s not like SM2R-L is lacking in details or holding back anything but you’re in different stratosphere of resolution with TAKUMI’s. 

Is SM2R-L worth the 2X cost of Nagomi's? Well, I'll let you be the judge of that! I do honestly believe, if you hear both of these power cords in your system, there is a darn good probability that you're going to end up preferring SM2R-L over Nagomi's. ”