Acoustic Zen MC2 110 ohm?


I’ve been reading various posts, trying to get up to speed on RCA digital cables. I want to connect a Node2 to my Marantz CD player, to get the benefit of the better DAC.

I’ve found several mentions that a true 75-ohm impedance cable is very important for sound quality. I’ve also seen several people praising the AZ MC2. But when I see the specs for the MC2, it appears to be 110-ohm impedance. Am I missing something here?
ron_hartman

I'm here to correct my answer from last year in case someone comes across this thread.  I emailed Acoustic Zen and they confirmed that the MC2 cables, even with the RCA termination, are 110 ohm.  They are not 75 ohm.  Both of my DACs (a Holo May and a Schiit Yggy) require/recommend a 75-ohm cable, hmmmm. 

I’ve been using a 1m MC2 with RCAs and it sounds excellent in all respects, so if the 110 Ohm rating is impacting the sound I certainly don’t hear anything negative. I emailed AZ about this but never got a response, which was a bit disappointing. I’ve looked a little online and the answers were mixed as to whether this is an issue or not. All I know is the MC2 was a huge step up in performance across the board from both my Apogee Wyde Eye and Stereovox XV2 (descendant of the Kimber Illuminations D60) cables that are both considered to be pretty decent so I was very surprised at the absolute level of improvement it provided. Maybe someone more knowledgeable about digital cables here might have some thoughts on this?

@soix I've been considering a new digital coax cable to go between my Denon DCD-1700NE sacd player and my Gustard R26 dac.  Using the various cables that I had, streaming sounds better than cd playback through the same Gustard dac (I2s input).

I can rip cds to my Innuos Zen Mk3, so I'm not wanting to spend the money on a dedicated transport. 

I read your comments and decided to try the Acoustic Zen MC2.  I found a nice used cable on USAM. It delivered today and I've got it hooked up.  I need to spend more time with it, but so far, it seems excellent. 

110 ohms be damned.  Lol. 

@sls883  Hey thanks for the follow up and glad it’s working out so far.  Nice system BTW!