Optical cable

Posted by: Snait39 on 23 July 2012

Hi all,

 

What do you think, it is worth to invest in an more expensive optical cable?

At this moment I use an entry Oehlbach optical cable. Will a wireworld supernova for example improve?

Maybe someone can post his own findings between an entry optical and an more expensive ( better?) one.

Thanks in advance.

Regards

Christiab

Posted on: 23 July 2012 by Guido Fawkes

Wireworld Supernova 6 is the best optical cable I have used .... the only one that matched it was the TCI Kukri which is no longer available as far as I know. 

 

To my ears these cables sound better from a Mac Mini to a Naim DAC than any USB or Firewire converter I've tried and much better that the Chord optical cable. 

 

The music just sounds clearer - I guess less noise is the reason. 


Never tried an Oehlbach so can't comment, but it is plastic and the cables I prefer are glass so I'd probably prefer the Supernova. 

Posted on: 23 July 2012 by Iver van de Zand

Dear Snait,

 

As an alternative to the Wireworld cable, you might want to take a look at Supra. These are around €60. I used Supra for more than a year in the past, and very happy with it. Open sound, lots of detail and a lot of "air" in the sound. In the same price-range I tested AudioQuest but wasn't to happy with it.

 

Iver

Posted on: 23 July 2012 by Guido Fawkes

I've tried AQ and agree with Iver - not tried Supra, but sounds a good option from Iver's description. 

 

The TCI was around £60 and every bit as good as my Supernova 6 (I still have both), not sure why they stopped selling it - perhaps they didn't sell enough. 

Posted on: 24 July 2012 by Snait39

Thanks both to let me know your findings.

Will try supra / wireworld and make a decision.

Regards

Christian

Posted on: 25 July 2012 by meissmar
+1 for Supra.
Posted on: 28 July 2012 by naimUnT
The glass is preferable to plastic for sure! I'm not sure I am able to detect significant changes between glass cables! I'm using Nodost!
Posted on: 29 July 2012 by Fozz

+1 for wireworld supernova, superb upgrade linking mac mini to NDAC. well worth it.