Anyone tried the new and improved Zen matrix?

Jaguar, I would be very interested also. I have both the silver reference and the matrix reference (old style), if you happen to have the silver reference to compare them to also, I would love it!

Greg

Any feedback on the new matrix yet?

I replaced the run of old style Silver Reference I had between my source and pre-amp with some of the new style Selver Ref cables. The only real change I noticed was that the bump in the midrange went away. It was subtle, but was that one little niggling complaint I had with the Silver Refs, it was at a frequency where it made my system sound a bit harsh and unbalanced now it's smoother, even though I am still running the old style between the pre and power amps. I talked to Acoustic Zen and I am sending all mine back to be redone ($75.00 charge each).

Yeah, I liked my Silver Refs a lot (old-style), but went back and forth between the Silver Refs and the Matrix Refs for about a month. Neither was perfect, both had tradeoffs. I finally went with the Silver Refs because the bass was better defined, and the Matrix Refs didn't have the detail or upper end the Silver Refs did, as well as having a bit of a bloom in the midrange, which while it was interesting was overboard. The thing I disliked about the Silver Refs was the bit of a midrange hump which made things seem a bit cold and overly harsh with them. It should be noted though that I kept putting the Silver Refs into different places in my system and A-Bing them against the Matrix Refs and the Silver Refs wound up being the winners every time.

I finally wound up deciding I wanted the detail of the Silver Refs. With the new changes to the Silver Ref I think they will be about perfect, although I am going to see if my Matrix Refs can be upgraded and re-evaluate my decision then. It would be nice to be able to use the cheaper Matrix Refs instead of the Silver Refs.