I just ordered Arcadia RCA. Will receive it soon. They will be installed between the step up and the pre. Hope they are well protected from EMI and RFI because I still have some noise when I listen vinyls (earth is well connected and cables as far as possible from each other). We will see.
Zavfino
Many nice gents in this site, highly reputable common folks audiophiles like @lalitk @wig and others have mentioned these, so it’s probably time to create a specific thread on Zavfino, a direct sales cables company based in Canada with presence ‘ distributors in US, also direct:
I took the advice of these folks with a power cord, the Prima MK2
I could not be happier with this cord, something that would easily cost $2,000 or even $3,000 from other better known cable makers. It’s outstanding, for about $500. Absolutely amazing build, and packaging too. It sounds great, very quiet. I am sure the cheaper PC, the Majestic at $390 is very good too:
I now have the Prima speaker cables on my way. Call me “sold”.
No BS, truly top quality cables company that flies under the radar. Very affordable too. Take a look. No relation to the company, just a happy first time customer, thanks to my Audiogon friends here
I took the advice of these folks with a power cord, the Prima MK2
I could not be happier with this cord, something that would easily cost $2,000 or even $3,000 from other better known cable makers. It’s outstanding, for about $500. Absolutely amazing build, and packaging too. It sounds great, very quiet. I am sure the cheaper PC, the Majestic at $390 is very good too:
I now have the Prima speaker cables on my way. Call me “sold”.
No BS, truly top quality cables company that flies under the radar. Very affordable too. Take a look. No relation to the company, just a happy first time customer, thanks to my Audiogon friends here
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@senza I’m waiting on my Arcadia RCAs as well and they’re also for the link between phono stage and preamp. They have an uphill battle against a well broken in pair of BlueJeans RCAs which are surprisingly awesome in that spot. But for the price I couldn’t resist trying the Zavfinos. |
@audphile1 I think you’ll find that Zavfino cables have an exceptionally linear frequency response, particularly compared to pretty much any cable near their price, once they are fully broken in, perhaps closer to 300 hours than 200. When mine were new, they were more forward sounding, slightly less transparent, and highs were not as extended. Give them time. My experience is very similar to how Juan Manuel described them. I really wouldn’t change much of anything he described. The only thing I would add is that even though they are quite open and extended on the top end, I hear the lowest sub-bass region is being very slightly rolled off, including the all copper cables. This may just be my preference speaking, as I like to have a sound signature which has above average sub-bass energy. I’m using a non-Zavfino power cable on my DAC to achieve the sub-bass energy level I want, along with a couple other sonic qualities. However, I’m very picky about bass presentation, and the Zavfino cables are super transparent and fast throughout the entire bass region. I found that for my subwoofer, this desirable quality of bass response can be brought forth even more by using multiple Zavfino all-copper cables in the signal path closest to my subwoofer. Specifically, a power cable on my preamp, an interconnect from there to my sub (an Arcadia), and a power cable on my sub. Overall, I’m very happy with them now that they are well broken-in. Five of my eight power cables are Zavfino, and two of the five interconnects that I currently use are Zavfino. |
@gladmo hopefully I won’t need to go thru the entire break in as I picked up a used pair. Just some time to settle. |
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