The good Karma cable thread

[karma67]

you wont be,take your time mate.

[Hammer]

PM sent

[brian2957]

Sorry for the late reply to this one as I had Jamie's cables last week and a short review was required . Work definitely gets in the way of my music pleasure
I was sent two cables , one shorter than the other , both of which fitted very nicely between my preamp and power amp .
Firstly , I listened to the shorter of the two . These interconnects were pleasingly open in my system , with plenty of detail . However , they were a bit soft sounding with a noticeable lack of focus and bite . The midrange was slightly recessed and bass was not as tight as I would have liked . I'm not a bass head and prefer the bass to drive the music rather than vibrate the furniture and have the wife knocking on my door telling me to turn it down . So the bass was certainly good enough for me in that respect .
Where would I use this cable ? In a system which was overly bright with a prominent top end or an overly forward presentation . I think this cable would do a very good job here .
If this was the only cable which I owned I could certainly live with it in my system and be quite happy .

Next to be plumbed into my system was the longer cable .
Now this was more like it for me These cables had much better focus than the first . Nice tight bass and better leading edges . Again , probably more detail with nicely presented mids which brought voices , in particular , further into the room . The top end was also better than the first with instruments sounding more realistic .
TBH when I checked my notes I didn't write much about this cable because I was too busy enjoying the music . This cable really suited my system and I really liked what it did . Nice one Jamie .
Obviously I can only comment on these cables within the context of my system , my room , and my ears . So YMMV

[Wakefield Turntables]

you wont be,take your time mate.

Thanks.

[karma67]

Sorry for the late reply to this one as I had Jamie's cables last week and a short review was required . Work definitely gets in the way of my music pleasure
I was sent two cables , one shorter than the other , both of which fitted very nicely between my preamp and power amp .
Firstly , I listened to the shorter of the two . These interconnects were pleasingly open in my system , with plenty of detail . However , they were a bit soft sounding with a noticeable lack of focus and bite . The midrange was slightly recessed and bass was not as tight as I would have liked . I'm not a bass head and prefer the bass to drive the music rather than vibrate the furniture and have the wife knocking on my door telling me to turn it down . So the bass was certainly good enough for me in that respect .
Where would I use this cable ? In a system which was overly bright with a prominent top end or an overly forward presentation . I think this cable would do a very good job here .
If this was the only cable which I owned I could certainly live with it in my system and be quite happy .

Next to be plumbed into my system was the longer cable .
Now this was more like it for me These cables had much better focus than the first . Nice tight bass and better leading edges . Again , probably more detail with nicely presented mids which brought voices , in particular , further into the room . The top end was also better than the first with instruments sounding more realistic .
TBH when I checked my notes I didn't write much about this cable because I was too busy enjoying the music . This cable really suited my system and I really liked what it did . Nice one Jamie .
Obviously I can only comment on these cables within the context of my system , my room , and my ears . So YMMV

Thank you Brian for your review,im pleased you enjoyed them. there is another pair being put together to try to eliminate the issues mark and oli commented on earlier,1st impressions for me are positive.

[karma67]

loan cables are on hold for a while as they need some TLC,also the plugs are showing bad signs of wear which is shit considering the cost of them.

[CageyH]

Yes, unfortunately the KLEI plugs mark up really quickly.

[Hammer]

loan cables are on hold for a while as they need some TLC,also the plugs are showing bad signs of wear which is shit considering the cost of them.

Shame I was looking forward to a visit front the postman this week

[karma67]

update,
well ive found a new occ cable to try,i always found with various cables ive made up that although they sound fine through the cdp they seemed to go down a touch when used in phono duties.
they all had a common theme,no shield,the new cable is shielded and ive made a new external phono cable and a pair of IC's so it runs right through to the amp via the paradise.no hum at all.

i have to say im very happy with the results,a nice big (tall) soundstage with good detail top and bottom,its had a week of burn in and use and yes i have heard it come on song
i have ordered 10 meters and i intend to make a loan phono cable and ic for others to try.

[Bigman80]

update,
well ive found a new occ cable to try,i always found with various cables ive made up that although they sound fine through the cdp they seemed to go down a touch when used in phono duties.
they all had a common theme,no shield,the new cable is shielded and ive made a new external phono cable and a pair of IC's so it runs right through to the amp via the paradise.no hum at all.

i have to say im very happy with the results,a nice big (tall) soundstage with good detail top and bottom,its had a week of burn in and use and yes i have heard it come on song
i have ordered 10 meters and i intend to make a loan phono cable and ic for others to try.

Are you confirming that you experienced burn in? I hope so lol, I know I'm not imagining it

Well done on persevering, it takes a special kind of nutter lol (hello! *Waves*) to keep on buying, trying and evaluating every minute detail of the performance for every bit of cable you get, but when it lands right on the bullseye, its a great reward.

Good on ya.