Who's done the DIY PC thing using the Furutech OCC cabling?

[richidoo]

Hi Bryan,
I found this on the speltz website:
"The Anti-Cable wire is made of one solid piece of highly annealed, super long drawn, Continuously Cast Oxygen Free Copper."
Rich

[bpape]

Actually OCC stands for Ohno Cast Copper.  There are lots of oxygen free coppers that are not OCC or CCC (continuous cast copper - like vampire).  The OCC is OEM'd for Harmonic Tech by Furutech.

Bryan

[richidoo]

Thanks Bryan. That makes sense.

[rollo]

Its not only good for PC and Speaker cables. I changed the internal wiring of my TVC with great affect. Its just good wire. Curious to know how the PC works out.


rollo

[shep]

I'm still sulking (waiting game...new amp 3months and counting) BUT I am so tickled with my OCC speaker wires that I have to jump in for a plug here. In terms of detail, ease of presentation and a sense of natural-ness, I have never heard their equal (which isn't saying much since I have no realistic way to compare to anything out here in the boondocks (the midnight bellow of a cow in labor?). The great thing is that they cost me all of 40$! Mine are certified and come directly off the reel from a really nice on-line shop in Singapore. There can't really be any quarel about this: meaning, until someone comes along with a better way to treat raw copper and draw it into wire, this is the cream de la creme. The issue gets thorny when you begin to discuss dialectic, guage and config. (twisted or straight) One school (mag. wire swears by the enamelled approach, the other (mine) is a thin layer of very pure Teflon). Running bare ends, no connectors, insures maximun sonic gain however you go. How I can go on! well the money saved here can be used elsewhere to feed the Nervosa beast!

[bpape]

Oh yeah.  I've been trying to find some silver braid for making my own coax type cabling.  I want a pure OCC copper core with a silver return/shield.  Theory is lower restriction to ground but no silver in the signal path TO the equipment (sorry - not a silver fan at all - at least not in the audio signal path)

Chris VenHaus uses a similar concept but the core isn't OCC - just OFC. 

Bryan

[steve]

Hi Bpape,

     Any thoughts of cryoing the cord? Has anyone done any experimenting to see if single crystal that is cryoed will give the same improvements vs multiple crystals that are cryod? I wonder if the improvement would be as great with single crystal?

[bpape]

Are you offering to do one free and I'll not do one so I can compare? 

Bryan

[steve]

Are you offering to do one free and I'll not do one so I can compare? 

Bryan

I am so quick to spend your money.      I was just curious if you were and if anyone out there might have done some testing. Sometimes I get carried away with testing.

Seriously, I am thinking about your idea Bryan. First, I will call Jenny tomorrow as she and hubby knows alot about this kind of thing. Maybe they will have some info, from their experiments, that might benefit others out there.

Take care Bryan.

[steve]

I had a nice long conversation with Jenny, and no need to experiment. The lower quality wire will show a little more impovement with cryoing than the better quality wire, relatively speaking, but not that much.

Take care.

[bpape]

I assume we're talking power cords here.

Bryan

[pmkap]

Sorry for resurecting a deceased thread.
In the last six months I've evaluated the following POCC powercables -
Furutech 12ga unshielded FP - Alpha 3, $120/meter retail
Furutech shielded 14ga PCOCC FP-3TS20, $72/meter retail
and
Harmonic Technology 11ga POCC shielded cable, $65/meter retail

I'd rate the Furutech 12ga and HT Pro-11 AC cable best, with the shielded Furutech last. Obviously, this is system/connector dependant, with the Furutechs showing an affinity for the Furutech connectors, and the HT a preference for Oyaides. , although the Furutech F-11M(Cu)/F-11(AG)IEC is IMO, a pretty good universal combination.
To be honest, IMO, none of these cables are as good as what I settled on for cables or connectors, that I now purchase as an OEM for my commercial products. But consider the self interested source and take that with a large pinch of salt.

Given that, anyone want some bespoke name brand cable and connectors, cheap? PM me.
Carl - I've no doubt broken some rules, so feel free to edit and delete as you see fit.

[mgalusha]

I'm looking forward to hearing your commercial offerings Paul.

mike

[richidoo]

Me too...  Any details forthcoming yet?

[pmkap]

Well, assuming I can motivate my lazyass self  , Mike Garner (Tweekgeek) might have some of my doodads at RMAF.