Sakura Systems OTA Cable Kit

Hi Slawney - Thanks for cheering me up! For a minute there I thought I needed to sell the LAMMs and look for something else which might be good enough for the OTA. What do you think? Are Tenors good enough? :)

Let us know what you think about going back to NBS...

BWhite: Your system looks pretty good to me. Lamm and Syrah (yum yum:-). Albert tried a pair of my OTA IC's, quite some time ago, on a Sony 9000 player and felt that they lacked weight in comparison to his standard IC's. I did not have enough spares to allow him to try the OTA on the analog setup as he requires two of everything. This is system dependent as I have not experienced any thinning of the sound in the various setups that I have used so far, but would not be surprised if this were to eventually happen. How is it working in the HT system (with longer runs)? Still no problems after having had a chance to listen to it for a while? I am still interested in running some satellite speakers in the bedroom (once I get back to work) as this would be more cost effective than maintaining a separate system, plus we really don't want any gear in there (a small TV is our limit). I figure the runs would have to be approx. 40' long unless I decide to channel out the floor, then 25' would do.

Bwhite: OTA demands nothing less than the silver-wired Convergents :-) Dekay: those are very long runs of OTA speaker cable. When I was getting started with the kit, I tried out two lengths of OTA speaker cable: 3.4 meters and 1.8 meters. The shorter run was A LOT better in nearly every parameter. I know that Yoshi at Sakura Systems is pretty adamant about keeping OTA speaker cables as short as possible. But if that is what the satellite speakers need ... keep us posted.

Sorry for keeping out of discussion for so long, been quite busy lately. Hope everyone is doing fine?

Bwhite: Why the sarcasm? So, you have some expensive amps, do we need to establish you as a god or something? Don't take it personally, Ivo did not mean to offend you, he's too nice a guy for that. Besides, you better should hear his setup before jumping on... I am sure you would get an idea or two about setup sinergy after hearing it.

Nobody said OTA is the best cable in the Universe and it is quite normal that there may be setups in which other cables may work better or better suit owners preferences. Even if look at the NBS line, there are some cheaper models that suit some very expensive setups better than the Statement.

I find quite odd the remark you made: "It seems a little too fast to be accurate...". The way I see it, there is no such thing as too fast, only what I've seen so many times is too slow. But, I can accept that slower cables may appeal to certain audiophiles. For me, faster is more accurate as it enables better reproduction of high order harmonics. If that is achived over the complete audible freq. range and not to introduce the time domain smear in ref .to the freq. range through the variance in impedance, then it is a full score.

Slawney: looking forward seeing you in Frankfurt. I am coming on May 7th. You know the hotel we are staying at.

Dekay: I wish you the fast return to work and let us know how long run of OTA works. I wouldn't be overly optimistic but then, it may work... Haven't tried it as I keep runs always as short as possible, longest I tried was 3m but that was in the show. Normally, I use 2m for speakers and rarely longer IC than 0.7m.

Asa: ... nothing for you this time... I see you are quite happy not everyone like the cable you haven't even heard (which, of course didn't prevent you from disqualifying it automatically). I always like to see people happy. :-)

To all those who like and use OTA: Try to keep the cables off the floor, in the air. You may use fishing line or some cable elevators. No need for fancy stuff, just something non-metallic to keep the cable in the air. Fishing line is even better, hung from the ceiling, gets closer to the real air floating which would be the ideal position for OTA (as for any other cable).

To those who doesn't like OTA: cheer up, it is not the end of the world.

Cheers,
Sead

Sead - I am actually quite offended by YOUR comment and less offended by Ivo's.