For Sale brand new never used silver interconnects from Zion (JAS Audio). These were won in the lottery raffle and since I am not crazy tweaker by nature..... silver, gold or whatever, it doesn't get me to exited. I was told by Don of Granite Audio that if these were actually silver interconnects then they should be very good. He also warned about companies which use silver-plated-copper. In his opinion it is those brands which gave silver cables lable of "bright" or "edgy".
His prefferences are: interconnects (all kind, all gear) silver, speaker wire - quality copper. We did not get to PC cables so..... can not help you with that.
Length is 3 feet.
List price $319
Yours for $185Some more info:
"S1 is composed of two individual conductors. FEP is used as dialectic around each conductor. Each individual conductor is made out of 30 strands of 0.002mm continuous high grade cast silver. The S1 is shielded with close-lapped selected oxygen-free copper multi-stranded screen providing 98% RFI rejection. Plugs are platinum plated on silver which adds to the overall clarity and fast response of this high performance cable. "
No PayPall fee.
Standard ground shipping included.
(this is about its more expensive brother)
Few words from 6 moons:
"JAS also proposes a very high-quality silver interconnect called the Zion S3. Each S3 is made of 6 conductors shielded in pairs and twisted. Each conductor comprises 30 strands of 6N continuous cast silver. The single-ended cables I received were terminated with platinum-plated silver connectors, Neutrik's finest. That’s to say that the Zion S-3 are as well constructed and designed as they come for $549/pair (you won't find many pure silver cables in this price range)."
Let it be said upfront that I am not a silver cable man. I own a pair of Slinkylinks interconnects to help rebalance components that are a little too endowed in the upper bass—the Slinkylinks do not suffer from upper midrange harshness but certainly have the extreme bass leanness of the breed—but my affection for silver cables stops there. For once the JAS Zion S3 interconnects did show me a different sonic signature than what I expect from silver cables. Their bass prowess was excellent if not quite as deep as the Zu Varial or ASI Liveline and with a level of resolution there approaching the LiveLine cables and exceeding the Varial.
The differences actually were far more profound in the midrange - drier for the Zion S3, warmer and wetter for the Varial, dead-on neutral and extremely resolved for the LiveLines which also won in the imaging department. The only area where the Zion S3 fell significantly behind the two more expensive cables was during low-level listening. Both Varial and LiveLine managed to maintain resolution, timbre and dynamics at much reduced power levels versus the Zion S3. Like for the power cords, the Zion S3 may not be the ultimate choice but considering its price, the small omissions are certainly not dramatic and the S3 proved a very worthy partner to the Bravo 3.1 monoblocks at a 30% to 50% lower sticker than what I compared it to."
And their own pic.
Thanks for looking
Mariusz
