@alectiong , I have a response from my friend melbguy1 (David), here it is:
Cheers,
John
"Hi alectiong, thanks very much for your post. I am unable to respond personally after I previously cancelled my A'gon membership, however I hope to re-join A'gon at some point in the future.
I haven't tried the new Jorma Statement xlr's, but as you know I previously owned Prime sc's before upgrading to Statement. There are certainly some distinct differences between the two cables. Firstly Prime are obviously single wired, whilst Statement are shotgun cables. The Prime sc's use the big Bybee Quantum copper purifiers, whilst the ic's use Bybee Slipstream gold quantum purifiers. Statement eschews Bybees altogether. Basically Jorma pushed the limits using an even higher grade of materials than Prime, incl: narrower gauge copper strands which were very difficult to produce. The copper strands are then wound in parallel with ultra pure ceramic glass fibers to form a tube before the dielectric and shieldings are added. Re: the narrower gauge of copper wire used for Statement, Jorma found that the thinner the tube is, the better the resulting sound. Finally, Statement uses ultra dense walnut barrels. I'm a believer that everything used in cables matter; and walnut is one of the best sounding hardwoods.
In terms of how they compare sound-wise, my Dealer and I a-b compared my old Jorma Prime sc's to the Statements in his main room & the difference was immediately obvious. Although my fully run in Primes were smoother sounding as expected, the Statements had much greater resolution, and in terms of the sound stage, opened up a whole vista. Once fully burned in, the cables should smooth out and be superior in this area also. I am really impressed with these cables. In terms of tonality, Prime sounds warmer, whilst Statement is a more neutral, reference type cable. Overall Statement retains the naturalness and harmonic richness Jorma is known for, but takes it up a whole nutha level which is crazy, as I thought the Prime sc's were just wonderful. And they still are, it's just that Statement is clearly better.
Btw as some folks here may know, Jorma Kosky passed away last year. However the good news is his long-time friend and partner Leif Marten Olofsson from Marten has taken over Jorma Design and is continuing Jorma's legacy. In fact, they are expanding the range."
Cheers,
David.
Cheers,
John