Stereovox XV2 vs Zu Audio Ash MK II

I had the Stereovox XV2 in my system for a while but I sold it and preferred the Acoustic Zen MC2 instead. Better extension from top to bottom. Would not work with a bright system in my experience however. It is lively and sparkling from top to bottom and has more presence in my experience. Not bad for $150 used on Agon.

Kenobi

Mooglie, I just discovered Stereovox has a XV2 replacement, the XV Ultra. Since I was happy with the XV2 and familiar with the sound, I plan to try to XV Ultra. As far as ASI Liveline, I'll try their spkr cable.

Kenobi, there are so many cables in the market and system dependencies ... there is only a best cable for ones system.

Let us know how it sounds.

Knghifi

ASI Livelines are the best interconnects I've tried as well and have been a mainstay. Have not gotten around to trying it as a digital cable however but should be interesting.

Please chime in regardign their speaker cables once you have some experience.

Kenobi

Kenobi,Mooglie ...

On the Stereovox XV2 Ultra digital cable, I decided to get the Modwright mod for my Oppo BDP83 so canceled my order.

My local ASI dealer dropped off sets of spkr, power and ic cables for me to audition. I had to postpone the audition due to home remodeling until now.

Overall I found the ASI Liveline cables to be excellent ... sound is clean, focus, not fuzzy and open.

Compare to my Synergistic Apex speaker cable, I found the Apex has more body, ambiance, bass ... more natural sounding ... I prefer my SR. On the power cord, compare to my ESP Reference the ASI was clearer but seems to limit current. Music flow more at ease and more information with the ESP.

I could easily live with either but the differences are not worth changing in my system.

XLR connections in my system are much superior to RCA and the dealer only has RCA ICs so comparison was tough. Overall I prefer my Zu Varial XLR to the ASI Liveline RCA in my system BUT (big BUT) I could tell that the ASI are superior. The ASI was less congested, cleaner, less fuzzy ... I would like to audition a XLR ASI Liveline in the future and possibly replace my Varials.