Zavfino

Hey @ozzy -- I am very curious about your DIY cable you keep talking about. What kind of "DIY"? One of those buy ready on online and put together with the connectors, or something more elaborate? Do you mind sharing details, and how much you spent on it? Of course, minus your "labor" cost. Thank you

Ah.... sorry I missed that. Thank you @ozzy --- it sounds like you have put a lot of thought and work on that, and a lot of money too. Great wire, graphene, Furutech NCF plugs, the whole nine yards. I admire your dedication and skills.

Tough crowd 😂😂

My guess is streamline of the manufacturing processes, avoiding necessary expenses coming up with different lengths, so the most common denominator is made available. Just a guess. Totally normal for a small company 

Are you based in US? If so, the email address is sales@zavfinousa.com

@debjit_g : it ends with “zavfinoUSA”. sales@zavfinousa.com. The Zavfino USA site is fully functional for sales, with cart, and checkout for completing the purchase 

People who have tried Hijiri Nagomi say it’s wonderful. I have not tried Hijiri. There is a whole thread on Hijiri here in Audiogon Forums 

@audphile1 : I don’t think there is any difference in price between 1.0 and 1.5 meter length on Acadia. So you might as well order the standard 1.5 meter.

I’d like to try a full loom of the Silver Dart, but Thyname made me think twice on this with his earlier comments in the thread.

Well, I have zero regrets with all Silver Darts in my system. And that was probably the gists of it all. I do have Prima speaker cables on the LF only (Darts on the HF), and a couple of power cords that are not Darts in my peripherals.

I’d add, give Darts a shot. Even if just one power cord, or one pair of interconnects

Thanks for sharing @digsmithd , thanks for taking the time to update the thread with your impressions. As you say, likely you will hear more improvement down the road with more time to stabilize and settle in.

For what is worth, I will copy paste below what I wrote last year in October half way through my Zavfino journey then:

What I have found with Zavfino is that they react very well to “full loom” concept. Meaning all cables from the same brand, and preferably same tier of same brand. 
I am gradually getting there. The more I add, the better the overall system sounds as a whole. The improvements are cumulative, and I believe mostly due to the full loom concept.

Which cable did it replace? 

I am not familiar with any of those brands. I have heard of Tellurium brand, and for some reason thought it was more pricey than Zavfino for each tiers. Acadia if I am not mistaken is only $150 for 1.5 meter pair. I have no experience with lowest tiers of Zavfino, but I would logically think Fusion is a step up to Acadia being solid silver and pure PCOCC copper combo 

Yes, they can customize any reasonable  length. Not sure about the Zavfino return policy on custom lengths. Did not have to deal with such situations personally.

You can, however, clear all these things up by asking Raymond at Zavfino USA

@jerryg123 : eventually you will have to upgrade to Darts. Trust me on this. You can start with one power cord, at your DAC.

It sounds you know exactly what you are doing. Enjoy the journey 

juanmanuelfangioii

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02-28-2023 at 10:29pm 

None of the Zavfino speaker cables are directional. 

Incorrect. I had posted before in this thread the orientation of Zavfino speaker cables. What @lalitk described. Here it is again:

I must admit, Zavfino should have been more clear on the directionality of the speaker cables. They just needed to include one such diagram in addition to the other glossy small colored inserts they already include with their package. How tough is that? The only reason I knew back then was because I asked (Raymond, the company’s US rep)

@mclinnguy : Fabulous post! Thank you for sharing