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I looked at Sommner cable some time ago and was discouraged by the mixed reviews it received. And since I could not find a way to just buy a few metres, I abandoned the idea.
To date I use balanced cables by Gotham (Swiss), Chord, Van Damme, Klotz and Proel.
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Given what I'm hearing at the moment, that was a mistakeOriginally Posted by Barry
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Some here http://www.thomann.de/gb/sommer_cable_carbokab_225.htm in small quantities and a Paypal friendly site.
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It's available on eBay as well.
Thomann have loads of stock, but their customer service is a tad strange, relying on experts to verify that the Cordial 6mm2 speaker they sent me was in fact not the Sommer Peacock AES/BEU cable I had ordered.
I had to ship it back (pre-paid by Thomann) and on receipt of it, an inspection was performed before they sent out the cable I had actually ordered...
It was sorted in the end, but it was a lengthy process.
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Cheers for that, I'll go the Ebay way then.It's available on eBay as well.
Thomann have loads of stock, but their customer service is a tad strange, relying on experts to verify that the Cordial 6mm2 speaker they sent me was in fact not the Sommer Peacock AES/BEU cable I had ordered.
I had to ship it back (pre-paid by Thomann) and on receipt of it, an inspection was performed before they sent out the cable I had actually ordered...
It was sorted in the end, but it was a lengthy process.
Just curious if you or anyone else tried wiring up the Klotz the same way as the Sommer cable (both conductors for +ve and the screen for -ve)? I've just used the last of my Klotz and MS Audio plugs for a friends ICs so can't experiment further 'til the slow boat gets in again.
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Yes , I sent Marco a set wired like this and he wasn't keen on it , and I agreed but as ever YMMV .
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I''ll take your word for it Brian, if you and Marco don't rate them on your systems I'll try some of the Sommer cable.
Already got a set of Sommer Polaris and they are very revealing and not too pricey, but there's something about making your own ICs that's very rewarding not to mention the savings involved.
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Thanks guys,
I've ordered 1m to try out between the CD player and my preamp, fully balanced.
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I've found the answer to this for myself - the Atratus III used Yarbo screened cable, with multiple twisted solid core conductors, so that explains why it's not very flexible! Details here
http://www.yarboaudiophile.com/en/di...roID=101318957 . I can't find a price for it, but Epiphany Acoustics certainly weren't making a good living out of selling the Atratus III with this stuff and KLE silver plugs, at just a whisker over £100!
That aside, I have some of this Sommer Carbokab cable coming, and I'll make up some interconnects to compare with the Atratus - it would be nice to have some screened cables for use with the SUT that are very flexible and as good as the Atratus. It's a shame that the excellent NVA SSC is not screened in the normal sense and therefore unsuitable for tonearm connections.
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