Is there anyone using this Black Cat cable?
I was wondering if it is any good. I need one between the transport and dac probably using BNC's
I know Gazjam did own one some years ago
Is there anyone using this Black Cat cable?
I was wondering if it is any good. I need one between the transport and dac probably using BNC's
I know Gazjam did own one some years ago
Bev
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I'm tony.
Bev,
I will text him to let him know-if memory served he found something even better bnc-bnd wise, leave it with me see if he comes back to you.
Thanks Tony
Gary has pm'd me about the cable and he said "One of those 'last cables you'll buy' kind of deals..its that good"
Bev
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I'm tony.
Great, Gary really knows his stuff.
Best of luck Bev.
Received the Black Cat cable today..
Just putting in between transport and Dac
Will report back once I've given it a proper listen
Bev
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Well Gary (Gazjam) was right about the Black Cat cable, it's fantastic... and getting better by the day..
I really have to thank Gary for giving me the 'heads-up' on this cable
I am using it between the Naim CD5XS and Naim Dac and it just sounds lovely
The best I can descibe it is 'analogue' sounding but bare in mind I am useless at describing what I hear.. that's the best I can do at the moment though
It is not a particularly cheap cable but I think it is worth every penny
It comes in a nice little wooden box which is signed by the maker Chris Sommovigo
Here is the link where I purchased the cable from
http://www.highendcable.co.uk/Stereo...%20Digital.htm
Bev
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£245! It had better be good at that price.
Barry
Bev
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Yup, it is.
One of the things I suggested to Bev was that if your using very high quality digital kit you dont want to hamper its performance if you can help it, and given the quality of her kit it was worth aiming high for cables.
Do it once, do it right and lose that nagging itch that your kits not doing its thing.
Cost aint neccessarily a factor on quality of course, as oor Brian’s Klotz (and no doubt you guys’) homebrew wires would show.
Personal expereience though: I looked into digital hookups between transport and dac and listened to a fair few different digital cables and concluded that the Black Cat was noticably the best BNC cable Id heard in my system and allowed my digital kit to really do it’s thing.
Using the RCA adapters it comes with, it was the best Rca Spdif cable I’d heard in my setup.
My other ‘last’ digital cable was for XLR connection from my Transporter to Dac, from an American Company called Morrow Audio...stumbled across them over on the Steve Hoffman forum, did some digging and tried one.
Their Dig4 XLR to XLR blew away the other 3 XLR cables Id tried with it, really top notch.
Dont think about digital cables anymore, jobs a good’un.
Last edited by Gazjam; 25-11-2017 at 12:16.
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Gary that's how I view the Black Cat cable... I can't see it being beat without spending a huge amount more...
I would have kept my lovely SLIC digital cable but I needed BNC connectors as my CD5XS only has BNC outputs and the SLIC is RCA only
Strangely enough the Silverstar was about the same price as the SLIC, give or take
The Silverstar also lets the 'boogie' of the Naim shine through...
Bev
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