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In Reply to: RE: Quality Silver Plated Copper Pure Silver Interconnects. posted by el34eh@yahoo.com on October 25, 2016 at 07:10:43
Ohno processed wire comes in 6 and 7 nines purity (7 is way more expensive). UP (ultra-pure) OCC (Ohno Continuous Cast) wire is a trademark. Only three companies make this raw wire; Neotech, Wan Lung, and Furukawa under license. The idea is to make wire that has fewer crystal boundaries. IMO, not enough audible difference between 6 and 7 nines wire but OCC wire sounds much better than 4N commercial and OFC wire.
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Here's the full story behind the new Oyaide 102 SSC conductor that has replaced the discontinued Furukawa PCOCC-A conductor.
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To my knowledge Wan Lung and Neotech is the same. Or to be more speciific; Neotech is a registered trademark of Wan Lung. Neotech is the marketing/distribution branch of Wan Lung.
We use UPOCC silver made by Wan Lung in our products, but the order is handled by Neotech. (However, for some reason the invoice comes from BAYLOR DISTRIBUTOR INC., La Mesa, CA, U.S.A. Probably to facilitate payment transactions.)
I made my power cords using Neotech with top of the line Furutech plugs....the best p/c's I've heard.
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Once again........, I thank you for your willingness to share. As with the whole CA thing, this has proven to be very educational.
...just so happens my 2 favorite cables are Clear Day and Wireworld. You have to hear them in your own system to decide for yourself....they are very similar. The difference I hear is an "ease"with Wireworld that is extraordinary...but that's on MY system.
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Hi SgreenP,
Truth be told........, I had narrowed it down to three, which includes the Cabledyne Vanguard along with these two. And while I do understand the said differences between Silver Plated Copper versus Pure Silver, there's a part of me that's quite taken with the WW USB cables and power cords I do own, so in that sense if nothing else I'll borrow a pair of said Silvef Ecplise 7 ICs from the Cable Company next week, as I must add I'm a true proponent of mostly anything which consist of some form of OCC | UP-OCC-A conductors.
So it shouldn't hear to sample these alongside one another........., as a Clear Day Cable IC should be arriving around the same time, so I'm looking forward to finding out my own " truth " on said differences as well.
Can highly recommend the Clear Day.Probably should audition the speaker cable at the same time.The IC is slightly "soft" in the top-end,but retains its' musicality.Very solid performer everywhere else.The SC is slightly" dark" up-top.Maybe the Berylium copper connectors.
On the used IC market,check out the entry High Fidelity CT-1.These cables tend to give a good slice of everything-very balanced in SQ.
As an alternative to the Clear Day SC,you might contact Keith at kallenscath@gmail.com.He has sourced a military surplus wire that is stunning.It is a stranded copper cable that is silver-plated.Very neutral and extended without sounding so.He was offering auditions.Get it w/o the extra jacketing.The cable is white colored and should be shot-gunned,similar to the Clear Day DBL-SG.Have him mark directionality.Run toward speaker on"+" and toward amp on the "-" return.
Around $400 for 8' pair of shotguns.
Happy hunting.
Tom:cat
Good morning Tidycat1,
I'd like to thank you for chiming in as well, as it appears that many of you've in fact reassured me of the fact that said Clear Day Audio ICs have to be heard in home ( while my pair is due in a couple of weeks ) having owned Paul's wonderful LS Cables in the past, but regretfully sold them, as I didn't think they'd work with the solid state Integrated's I had at the time, yet worked wonderfully with my two tube Integrated's.
As far as the High-Fidelity line goes........, I've yet to see any of them which I'd call reasonably priced, so tend to only watch cables within my means, yet would like to thank you along with the others for making said recommendations on my behalf.
Yet, might I ask if this Keith guy has a site or link that you'd provide?, as I'd love to check his wares out, if you don't mind sharing that is?, if nothing else you can merely send it to me via PM, any and all options are welcomed, provided they're within my budget under said $1.000 price range.
Thanks again.....
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