Zavfino and Neotech OCC Interconnect


I am looking at some interconnects from these two companies, and was wondering if anybody had experience with both. Looking at the NEI-3001 from Neotech and the Arcadia from Zavfino. If anyone has experience with both of these cables, please chime in. I’m trying to find a cable that is not bright and more neutral sounding.

 

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Zavfino Arcadia is an ok cable. Nothing to write home about. I would say it’s a little dull sounding. The Neotech is silver plated copper and sounds a bit more open. Between the two I’d say Neotech is a better choice but depends what connectors you have on it. Decent gold plated RCAs should be fine.

As an alternative, I would recommend Audience OHNO interconnects. I think they’re better balanced over all. 

@audphile1 Do you have a preference on OCC speaker cables? Was pretty set on the Arcadia or something from Kimber.

Ok so…I don’t have a preference for OCC cables. I’ve heard crappy OCC and great OFC and vice versa. I wouldn’t focus too much on that. To be honest, Zavfino Arcadia belongs to a category of crappy OCC cables. It’s cheap for a reason. 
Audience is much better. Go for the OHNO interconnects with matching speaker cables and Audience forte f3 power cords. Other cables I would recommend is Audioquest, Kimber, Cardas, Nordost, Acoustic Zen, DH Labs. Whatever’s in your budget on a used market would be the best value. TWL is another cable brand that  has good sounding cables at this price point. Again, OCC doesn’t mean the best sounding cables. 

@audphile1 Thanks for the great info.

I had just started looking into the Audience OHNO III speaker cable after you mentioned the interconnect.That is pretty much at the top of my price point but has my attention for sure. Kimber, Cardas and DHlabs would be options for sure. Do you have a goto line from each of those companies or is the Audience the best value out of the four?

Kimber 4tc and 8tc are very well regarded. Cardas I have only tried higher end.
Here’s a crazy good speaker cable. I used these a while ago with B&W N803. Slightly on a warmer side but great especially for what it costs on a used market. Read reviews.
Acoustic Zen Satori

99.9999%-pure Zero Crystal copper.