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On the ZROCK2 thread I gave my latest impressions; my wife has been home all week so I haven't had a lot of occasions to listen to the speakers and I haven't heard the ZROCK2 since Wednesday afternoon--it's been headphone listening or listening to my second system upstairs. I'm very happy with it and think you will be too.
I'm sure the gold connectors will be fine, I just really like the silver, they really seem to connect well with the interconnect cables, and as I have them now on the ZBOX (both that I have) and the Taboo MK IV I ordered them with the ZROCK2. I have ebony knobs on all these and LOVE the feel and look of the ebony knob. ON the ZROCK2 Steve arranged it so that the set screw holding the ebony knob in place is right at the halfway mark where the gain is null and right before the EQ begins so it's easy to see where you are in that spectrum.
I have my Taboo Mk IV and my ZBBOX and ZROCK2 side by side on a PS Audio PowerBase. All three components are on VooDoo Cable IsoPods. The ZROCK2 sits on a really cool and nice sounding myrtle wood stand I bought years ago (which seems "swamp wood," has an almost walnut patina that matches the Taboo base) and the ZBOX is on top of the ZROCK2 on IsoPods. This looks really nice to me--this ZBOX has two stepped attenuators and they line up perfectly with the volume knob and tube on the ZROCK2. All my Decware components are on a Mapleshade Audio Samson Rack Version 2, the ZTPRE on top, ZBOX and ZROCK2 and Taboo Mk IV in the middle, the Torii Mk III on the bottom, and these too are on PS Audio PowerBases and IsoPods. I think this looks really nice, and os does my wife. My PS Audio DSD and DMP and P10 and my Cambridge Audio CXU, Magnum Dynalab tuner, and my DVR and TV are all right next to the Decware components on a Mapleshade Audio Version 3 rack. I'm proud I've been able to assemble this system and I'm very happy with the sound. For me, with the balanced output of the DSD, my "Three Z Amigos," the ZTPRE, ZBOX and ZROCK2 have really elevated the sound to an Everest-like level.
One of these days I'll put the Rega RP3 back in place of the ZTPRE and the ZP3 where the Taboo Mk IV is and spin some records, but to be honest the digital sound is so so good that I haven't missed the vinyl playback.
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HR-1,ZBIT,ZROCK2,SEWE300B,CSP3-25mod; Rega RP3 all GrooveTracer mods;PSAudio:PST+DSD, DAC Mk II, P15,NPC,PowerBases,AC-12 pwr cbls, Reference spkrcbls; Mapleshade SamsonV3; VooDoo:Cremona+Amati interconnects, IsoPods; headphones: Sennheiser HD800S,ZMF Ori,Oppo PM1
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