Acoustic Zen Matrix reference II IC

@stuartk I had all these cables. I prefer the Silver Ref II for the phono stage and Absolute Copper for DAC to pre and pre to amp. The Matrix Ref II is warmer than the Absolute Copper. In my system I don’t find the Absolute Copper dark sounding. They’re detailed with great mids and big textured bass. 
I also tried the Absolute Copper speaker cables and that’s when it became too dark sounding. 
It will ultimately depend on your system. 

@audphile1 

Very curious. You run tube monoblocs and a tube pre-amp yet do not find the A. Copper too warm yet with my SS Hegel H390, the A. Copper cast a deep gloom over the music. The rest of my system , while tipped to the warm side of neutral, is not overtly warm and my room has it's share of of glass and hard surfaces. 

I use a Schiit Lokius EQ between dac and amp and will try swapping out one run of the Silver R. IC's for the Matrix R. 

Thanks for your input. 

I have Pass preamp and amp. Where did you see that I run tube monos and preamp?

Oh-- I looked under your system and thought I saw Rogue monoblocs and pre-amp. Don't have an explanation! 

the pass gear I've heard has sounded great to me. 

I used to have Rogue ST100 and RP1 that I upgraded later to RP5. Rogue is good but it isn’t Pass. 
 

Matrix/Silver combo is nice. Not sure why you require schiit equalizer though. Less is more in the signal chain….just my $0.05.