Detailed, airy, very easy and beautiful highs, opens up the soundstage.

Bass could be bit more controlled,
Not the most neutral cable i have heard, but you will forgive......

Well, i feel that my review is pretty late, looking at all those before, but hey, i don't have them that long yet. Yamamura was brought under my attention just 2 years ago and it was predicted to a very good cable, especially when using Tube amplification.

Before that, my system was performing very well on the XLO Reference speaker cable, a very realistic and fast cable. Beautiful sounding on voices, and all other acoustical source with plenty of micro detail in it.

So i had my doubts, if the Yamamura cable really would be so much better sounding than other cables i had been listening to. Besides that, it appeared that the Yamamura is not often seen on the 2nd hand market and due to the production years ended a long time ago, they are really hard to get.

I got myself advised by someone driving a Audio Company in the Netherlands, that Cardas Golden Cross would be the cable to go for, specifically in my set, with the Manley Stingray integrated tube amplifier and Audio Physic Tempo speakers, supported by the Yamamura bearings under them (which made a hell of a differende, but man....dont touch it, they really are balanced out on 3 very small steel balls)

At that time, looking around for the Cardas Golden Cross, i hit a YAMA Internet search ending up in UK at a former Yamamura dealer, just having one set of the Millenium 4000 speaker cable left, never used with the original protecting pewter still intact on the spades.

So i had to decide to take the risk, getting these cables to the Netherlands and eventually find out that the cult thing around Yamamura is not backed by the quality of the product. So i feared my first HiFi disaster coming up.

I received the well packed cable shortly after my payment and opened it with the idea that i finally owned a Yamamura Millenium 4000 Spkr cable set, of which i really was unaware of its performance other than was told me by Audio experts.

Given the exellent performance of the XLO's i had my expectations set low for the Yamamuras, especially because the first period these cables needed to burn in before their performance could be judged properly.

To my very surprise, directly from the start the Yamamura cables opened a soundstage i was not aware of, my system could present !

Details flowed around in spades, in front and depth without becoming too analytical, i must confess that the richness of detail and air was so astounishing that i felt myself sitting with a smile swapping music and listening for hours till late at night to all kinds of acoustical adventures. I noticed that i rediscovered my music.

This even got better after weeks when the cables developed their reallly musical character while buring in. Sometimes i swapped them with the XLO's to understand if i wasnt building up a pre-occupation for the Yamamuras but noticed, though still a very strong and fast cable, the XLO was not able to open that soundstage with the same width as the Yamamuras did.

Still i have not said farewell to the XLO. Maybe to keep them as a source of reference, maybe to use them to compare with the outstanding quality of the yamamuras, i dont know. Sometimes i swap them, but just long enough to have the XLO living up again, an understand that i miss the soundstage of the Yamamuras....

What the effect is of the Yamamuras, is that i still look around for it, especially for the M5000 or M6000 interconnect RCA, and understand that this product has been produced to the extreme with care and insight.
I cannot recommend it better. They may have been bypassed by other (much more exotic/expensive) cables, but where music and emotion matters, they are allright for me !

Still looking for Yamas,
Aad

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XLO, vd Hul, Fadel Art, vMeedervoort

beautiful dynamics, non-fatiguing sound, overly warmth presence could be of benefit to some systems

Expensive. Noticeable warmer than most cables I've auditioned. Bass not as tight or defined compared to similarly priced reference cables

I used these cables in my system for approximately 2 months. I have to say that I was "wowed" by them from the very beginning. However, as time went on, I began to notice some slight shortcomings compared to other reference cables that I've used in the past. At the time, I was using these cables in an all Classe Audio system with Vandersteen and Martin Logan as my speakers of choice. I felt these cables were very good, but not great, especially considering the competition at the same price. Other offerings from the cable companies listed below all had less expensive cables that could match or exceed the performance of this cable. Having said that, these cables certainly had me listening for many hours a day and were a pleasure to audition. They can easily tame an overly bright system, but I don't feel that that's the job that a cable is supposed to do. These cables' overly warm presentation in an already warm sounding system was basically a disaster - dull, lifeless, closed in. But, in a neutral or bright sounding system, their "sound" could be an advantage by compensating for the front ends tone. In my system, there were times I thought I was listening to an all tube front end which sounded wonderful, if not overly euphonic or inaccurate. Detail and transparency were excellent but not at the reference level you would expect at this price. Simply too expensive. They compare favorably with Cardas Golden Reference, but I feel that Cardas has the edge in the bass and also being more detailed. Kimber also has more detail, but also has a more leaner sound.

Similar Products Used:

Cardas, Kimber, Siltech, Zcable, JPS Labs

SOUND

Very highly priced

I am using M-6000,M-4000 balanced & M-4000 speaker cables.I am looking for a PC on the used market.Those cables are the best as far as my system is concern:ARC LS-2B,ARC VT-100 & ML Aerius i.

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A lot

Very smooth and detailed.

Termination should be WBT.

The Yamamura-Churchill M6000 Speaker cable is a complex shielded design that meets all (hi-end) expectations.
Very clear,smooth and coherent,with a touch of warmth.
A superior product in every way. Excellent.

Similar Products Used:

Nordost SPM Ref,Hovland Reference,Van Den Hul The Third.

smooth nonmechanical,non fatiguing sound

none

For me these are the very best speaker/interconect/power cbles around.I use a combiation.3000 power/preamp;4000power/power amp;6000 power/cd player.Quantum is used from my wall socket to my power line conditioner.4000 speaker cables and interconnects finish off my cabeling.If I could afford it Id probablly go for all Quantum power cables and 6000 speaker and interconects.

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cardas gold cross

detailed without sounding etched.
Highly musical

These cables are a revelation. they combine the fullness
of the wireworlds and the detail of the nordost with a very liquid sounding midrange and delicate extended highs. Bass power is not as powerful as the XL's but hey that is 3 times the cost.


The Millenium 6000 is considerably better and more natural sounding than the 4000 and quantum series but genrally share the same musical traits.
The BEST spkr cable I have found that suits both tube and SS applications.I really cant praise these cables enough.

Just try them, you might feel the holy grail is here.

Similar Products Used:

Transparent reference XL (2mths on loan),
Nordost SPM spkr cable

wireworld silver eclipse and gold eclipse iii.
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Review - Yamamura 6000 Speaker cables :These are wonderful cables. Transparent, detailed, large soundstage,
suspended instrument activity. These cables are expensive but worth
every penny. What a positive change these cables have made in my system. Please audition.
My system :
Wadia 23, Bat VK-5, Counterpoint NPS-200, AudioTruth Opal 3x interconnects,
Sonus Faber Concerto, BU Areial 5, BU Linaemun Model 11.

Further to the Yam's I went through earlier. Be Yam is really on to something - the 3000 range - which are now in residence with me have been another absolute revelation. The 4000 interconnect is not in the same league as the 6000 but is close, very close.
In all probably the finest in cabling and not too expensive either. I'm getting all Yammed up for now. My only reservation (still) is for the pwoer cords - I feel that Kimber is on to something good as well and am not too sure as to which one is better (for me)

All this is being used in a fairly revealing and highly musical system comprising of a MichellGyro/QC/SME4/BenzM09/ARC PH-3 or CJ EF-1; Siltech 4-56 or Yam 4000; CJ premier 14; Yam 6000; CJ Premier 11; Yam 3000 to SF Guarneri's. The Digital side of lifeis handled (presently0 by a Denon DVD 3000 into a MF X10D (with Amperex Bugle boys 6DJ8's - boy is this wonderfull) - all this shows the difference pretty easily and the Yam's have probably made an order of magnitude difference in the system. Converted.

The entire Yam range s superb, just mix them jusiciously. The 500 intercionnect is smooth, almost roleld off, the 6000 islivelier and to me far better. For speaker cables, the 500 is livelier and the 6000 smoother - so go figure. Even the 1000 and the 3000 speaker cabes are superb. I think they address the RFI problem very well and also give a tube sound to the music, detailed and extended smooth highs; full mids and a boppybass. Very very musical.

Extremely spacious, detailed non fatiguing sound. Smooth, even frequency response. Great dimensionality and staging. Excellent ambience retreival. Very musically correct. Quiet.

Hint of excess warmth.

These cables allow my system to come alive with a sense of realism I did not experience with other cables. Images seem to float on a slient black background surrounded by a cushion of air. They provide a great deal of detail without being the slightest bit etched. Beautiful, very correct sounding midrange, liquid highs and very even bass response. They are fast sounding without being "zippy". Again, musically correct, not hi-fi. Never overly forward or in your face but by no means excessively relaxed or distant sounding. Other cables may have certain strengths but I have not used any other cables that allow my system to sound as coherant and musically correct.
The Wireworld Silver Eclipse seem to have slightly deeper bass response (excessive and too warm in my system) but sound far less open, airy and detailed. Cardas Golden Cross was too slow, warm and recessed in my system for my taste. Transparent Super was very bright, forward, etched with a very noticable suckout from the midbass down. Each time I put the Yamamura cables back in my system their strengths became more and more obvious. While these cables are rather expensive the effect they can have in the right system are dramatic. They truly bring out the best in my system.I can't recommend these cables highly enough.

My system consists of:
EAD T-1000 Transport
Classe DAC1
Audible Illusions Modulus 3A
Conrad Johnson Premier 12's
Audio Physic Virgos

Yamamura Millenium 5000 Interconnect - DAC to Preamp
Millenium 4000 - Interconnect - Preamp to Amps
Millenium 6000 - Speaker cable
Yamamura Digital AC cord - DAC
Wireworld Gold Starlight - Transport - DAC

I have also used Millenium 3000 speaker cable and it too is excellent if at its price point however it is slightly harsh sounding and lean when compared to the much more refined sounding 6000 which is in an entirely different league. To my suprise, the digital AC cord (the model escapes me) provided and obvious improvement in speed, detail and a lowering of the noise floor.

Similar Products Used:

Wireworld Silver Eclipse, Cardas Golden Cross, Transparent Super