I said that I'd provide some details about the differences in sound between my Black Mamba cables and NVA LS5 cables once I'd let the Black Mamba's run in for a couple of weeks. Well that didn't work out quite to plan as I've only just got round to doing a comparison over 4 months later. On the plus side I know the Black Mamba is well and truly run in now.

So just to recap, when I first tried out the Black Mamba I thought that it sounded pretty much the same as the LS5 but there seemed to be a difference in the bass that I couldn't decide if was better or worse. So to try the LS5 again I swapped back to it and lived with it for a week.Over that week I felt that the tonal balance had shifted towards the higher frequencies, with slightly less bass punch and slightly more sibilance at the top end.

Swapping back to the Black Mamba this morning the bass punch was back and the sibilance gone. The level of detail in the sound seemed to be the same between both cables. So I'm definitely sticking with the Black Mamba for now as it seems to match better with my system and ears.

Hopefully this will help other people to decide which of these excellent cables might suite their needs the best.