I paid £122/metre for my Spectre. No regrets. At all.
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It certainly lived up to its name !
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I wonder how many pairs of Spectre were actually sent to customers before the company folded. And where is the roll of cable now….
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I got mine, so that’s two pairs we know of.
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I got mine, they replaced my Phantoms. Pretty awesome to be honest. My advice if some come up for sale bag them.
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My understanding is that Phantom was tin plated OF copper, not OCC. Spectre was OCC with no plating.
Sorry I meant Spectre. previous comment edited.
With the Specters not being available now except as pre-owned, I guess you would highly tecommend the KS-1s?
I think a lot of people were planning on Phantoms or Spectres at some point.
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Absolutely. KS-1 is an amazing cable and great value for money too.
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Which company produced the Phantom cable for Witch Hat?
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I did have Spectre on order…
I just found it interesting that Which Hat had done their own research of numerous other cables which I assume possibly included tin and silver plated and maybe even solid or Litz silver and they preferred just OCC Copper.
With regards to the silver cable, I did actually speak to them on the phone and they told me that they’d tried silver so it’s not assume or possibly.
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Thanks, good to know from someone who has experienced all the other cables I was considering.
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Yes, interesting. I, myself, have always had a healthy respect for OCC copper in cables. I’ve often thought that the wind of the wire was more important than the add-ons to the composition. But hey, what do I know … 
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Cables are very subjective. I’ve heard the KS-1 and although I thought it better than NACA5 I considered it inferior to Phantom.
It’s a pity the Spectre cables failed to appear as those who heard them stated they were superior to all the above.
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I’m using TQ Ultra Black II that it’s much more expensive than KS-1 however I’m going to test KS-1 in the next few weeks. I’m looking for something a little bit airy and less bassy. I’m really curious to compare them in my Naim/Kudos 606 system.
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It depends on a lot of factors in my room the phantom didn’t work well but I love my ks1 cables.
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I had Phantom, tested Spectre but much prefer KS-1. Even though it proved a gateway drug to me buying Kudos T505 ‘speakers lol.
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I found the original TQ Ultra Black put way too much bass in my Naim/Kudos system. I switched to KS-1 which although leaner was much more to my liking.
I had though previously enjoyed the TQ with PMC speakers. Shows it isn’t one size fits all.
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Thank you very much for your feedback. I like TQ Ultra Black II, voices are amazing but probably not really transparent. More on the warm side. I’m tempted to try something more neutral and KS-1 will come in the next few days.
Same experience here with TQ Ultra Black.
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