I’ll compare the TP Koltura D18 1M to the following 180 degree 5-pin DIN interconnects:
Morgana 1M
Gothic Audio Ella 1M
Naim Lavender (1.25M???)
Via SN3 + HCDR & NDX 2 + XPS-DR
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Nice. Please keep me posted. I’ve ordered another cable from TP today. Depending on the outcome, I may go full loom.
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I’ve just ordered one too.
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Great. Which one have you?
Something we can’t mention !
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I have been told off for mentioning some of his products, perhaps admins have relaxed their rules?
As I posted earlier in the thread, so long as it’s not a discussion about anything that’s an unauthorised modification to Naim equipment, I.e. a non-Naim PSU, fake SNAIC or Burndy cable substitute, then it’s OK, otherwise, please respect and abide by forum rules.
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Which product of his that you had mentioned? Cables not carrying power is fine, I suppose.
There are many discussions about Morgana and Chord DIN-XLRs on this forum and accepted. Why would you think TP ones are any different?
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You are in a good mood Richard. Because those who will discover this thread will have the curiosity, for some, to open the TP site. And damned, “ Nom d’une pipe en bois”, they will discover the Alibaba cavern of the forbidden.
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FR, there’s no substitute for the real thing. 
Are you feeling better?
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Yes, thanks asking.
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I ordered, as noted upthread, from TP. On March 31st. Still no shipping confirmation and no reply to my email asking for an order update (it remains in the “Processing” status on their website).
Just to set expectations as for shipping speed and customer service level. Not great so far.
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Yep, its not a great experience. No answer to emails nor any updates. Depending on what you order it could be 6 to 8 weeks. However, my listening experience says it is worth the wait.
It is annoying not to reply to a simple email; it builds confidence and is good business.
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They are based in Hod Hasharon, Israel. Not the best place in the world these days I guess given everything going on….
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I’ve ordered mine on April 1, and still processing as well. I had ordered twice from TP prior to this one, one of them had taken less than a week, and the other one had taken 12 days until they were ready to ship. It is taking longer than I expected for me too. I’ve communicated with Yair over the email few times, he sometimes writes back but sometimes doesn’t. AFAIK, expected lead time for cables are two weeks. Hope you have yours delivered soon.
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Just got an email back from Yair that he will be able to ship mine mid next week.
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I actually just got my tracking info this morning.
Great! Give it some time to burn in. Mine sounded great after couple days but completely opened up after a month.
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Koltura D18 5-pin 180-deg DIN 1m interconnect UPDATE:
I have only had this interconnect running roughly 24 hours as I type this. Initial impressions were…honestly, not very good. HOWEVER, so far that opinion is now invalid. What I’m hearing now is very good and vastly better than initial impression. It’s my inference that these cables arrive with basically zero time on them.
For sound quality specifics @ 24 hours: depth is now excellent and exceedingly natural. Tonal color/harmonic richness is immediately very good but not quite at the level of ‘great’. Tonal performance started out as significantly worse than “fair” and was worse than a few eBay knock-offs I’ve heard…so the improvement from 0 hours to 24 hours is nearly impossible to overstate. Air is actually better than expected for a copper cable (though Koltura seems to use Mundorf Angelique cable stock in a special physical arrangement that claims to mimic Naim’s geometry), as is overall SS&I. Mundorf Angelique is technically an alloy of copper/gold/silver…but it’s mostly copper…and that may explain how this cable sounds more open than usual and doesn’t immediately present with the bass slam/depth/punch/strength that I personally associate with copper. That’s pure speculation on my part, though.
Compared to Lavender: There is less weight and bass depth than Lavender, but Koltura has more of nearly everything else, including the Naim-ey resolution without getting in the way of the music. Both sound very organic. Already, Koltura is ahead of Lavender.
Compared to WH Morgana: Morgana has a spatially flatter, and slightly more edgy (mid + treble), presentation compared to Koltura. Trumpets sound artificially ‘blatty-er’ with Morgana. Morgana bass depth, weight, punch, and overall PRaT is still superior…but that is the onyl area where I would grade Morgana above Koltura right now.
Compared to Gothic Audio Ella: Ella as a whole is very articulate and light on its feet. It’s not bass-light, but it simultaneously remains Naim-ey but is the weakest of the bunch in bass. However, bass punch is still top-tier and best out of all cables so far, including Koltura at 24hrs. Very dynamic. Ella would be superb for speakers that could use more soundstage holography and tolerate more articulate…but slightly less, bass. Mayhaps speakers that sit very close to the wall. Ella, too, benefitted from significant break-in time. Really only maturing by the 300 hour mark.
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Intresting in your ongoing reviews of Koltura, especially vs morganna, which i use in my system. And given the price difference it sounds like Koltura is a good alternative. Although the poor comms and extended kead times from TP sound similar to those i experienced from WH !
Still waiting for my cable from TP. Ordered at start of the month.
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