Acousctic Zen Sil. Ref. II and Absolute, anyone?

AZ cables, in my experience, offer the most without charging insane prices.

When you pull them from the box you know right away that they are really well constructed.

I've used matrix refII ($500), silver refII ($1,000), and Absolute($2,500) I.C.'s in all combinations. I think they are all excellent choices at their respective price point's. If you system seems "bright" to you use one or more matrix ref II's and save some money. If not then try what your budget allows. From an overall prospective I would say you gain about 10% performance with each step up in terms of clarity. This obviously comes with quite a price. I currently use all absolute IC's but I could see equal improvements by investing the extra money in something like listening room improvements. Also I buy cables at 50-60% of retail so this helped make the absolutes more reasonable. -Jim

Thanks for this thread, I have been wondering the same question. I use Silver reference1's and hologram and was contemplating the Absolutes, reluctantly, they are pretty expensive. It sounds from the last post, as though I can save my money, without too much risk. Much has been said about mixing Silver and Matrix reference, I prefer all Silver reference, but I suspect it is a matter of system synergy