New Zu Mission cable

Salmonsc

What didn't impress you about the Mission ICs or SCs? Did you audition them and find the Mission line lacking? What were your issues with them? So far my only gripe is the pricing. The Mission line is still available for 65% off.

Tholt

I'm not sure exactly why Zu cxled the other product lines. Maybe to just to simplify things and focus more on the speaker line?

Nonoise

Looking fwd to your thoughts on the Mission SCs. I gave mine over 300 hours of break-in non-stop. I played different kinds of music each day with them.

Artmaltman

With Zu still offering the 65% off the Mission cable line I'd give them a shot. I confirmed with Zu if you buy the cables new and not B-stock the 60 day return policy applies. I paid $200 + shipping for my 3M Mission SCs. The exact same cables can be had now for approx $140 + shipping.

Thanks everyone and have a Happy New Year.

Game over. At least for me. Just got my new Burson integrated and boy oh boy, it just blew all the smoke, dust and debris out of the Mission cables. All of them. Maybe the high winds we've been experiencing out here in L.A. helped.
I dunno.
Hate to highjack this thread but all you need is something really special to get immediate benefits from the Mission cables. You've got nothing to lose and a lot to gain from experimenting with them. If there is an improvement (and I know there will be) at the 200-300 hour mark, I'll just wear this shit eating grin for all next year.
The amount of improvement has not been subtle.
Far from it.

Nonoise,

You've making me very curious about the PCs. I picked up a pair of the B-stock interconnects to fill a soon to be gap in my system (adding a SUT) and they have really exceeded my expectations, turning out to be very good cables and not just for the price...

I recently discovered another affordable power cable I love, but with the promo/b-stock pricing these Zus are actually cheaper... Shoot, even the B-stock events are a hundred less...

Anyone else play with their power cables and find them to be as great a value as the interconnects?

They are excellent in my system (and system synergy is sooo variable). I retired some very expensive Crystal Ref speaker cables because the Missions have an impressive synergy with the Soul Superfly spkrs. I love the aesthetic of the Mission and the build quality. Even at full pop prices, they are a high value proposition IMHO. I'll be getting some Mission IC's cause the spkr cables are so good.

Gopher,

You really can't go wrong with the trial period on the PCs. I believe they didn't have much selection in B-stock Mission cables when I got mine. Slim pickens. I waited too long. That PC was the first thing I inserted and had I not gotten anything else, I would have been happy not knowing what I was missing. Removed haze and grunge I didn't know I had.

Erik0zpm,

You are so right about system synergy being a huge variable. As I said before, my new Burson just powered through the cables with its superior power supply and advanced circuitry compared to my older one. With the older one I would have had to wait a lot longer to find out and even then, I truly believe it wouldn't sound as great as what I'm hearing with the new one. And yes, the build quality set me back some: they are some nice looking cables.