ZCable Passion 3X4 Bi-Wire Speaker Cable

Yes, that is the color of the speaker cable and the 3x4 does mean version 3 bi-wire from what I remember.  The original Passion I purchased from Mark was amazing.  Mark spent a lot of time working on his cables to perfect them.  Unfortunately, he had two strokes and that got him out of the cable business.  He then sold the company to a local couple in Wichita,KS and they renamed it Clarity Cable.  I would say that it is on a completely different level than the cables you mentioned.  As I mentioned I was using Transparent Audio Ultra cabling in my system both interconnects and speaker cables (bi-wire).  When Mark came over to my home and we started putting the cables in my system I was amazed at what I was missing with the Transparent cables.  It was as dramatic as changing each component of my system.  Mark's cables were an amazing bargain.  I sold my Passion speaker cables to a very good friend of mine about a year and a half ago for $400.  The problem is that people have never really heard of them and since Z-cable is no longer a company others may not know the value.  I guess for me I would not pay any more than $500 for them, but they are certainly worth the money.  As well, the ICs I was using there Live V2 which were very good.  All of these cables were cryoed too.  Mark started to cryo cables back in 98-99 or so.

Randy

Vox,

I had one of the original versions of the Z-cable Passion that I just sold about a year and a half ago.  I personally knew Mark Hampton (the owner and builder of ZCable) and spent many hours at his house listening to his cables.  The original Passion retailed for about $995.  Each subsequent revision of Mark's cables went up in price.  I would say this was probably in the $1500-$1800 category.  I can tell you that the original Passion speaker cable that I had blew away the Transparent Audio Ultra cables that I was using at a fraction of the price.  If someone has a good price on this it is a very good sounding cable with a lot of R&D into it.  Mark started doing what he called "optimization" of his cables and it took these things to the next level.  I honestly think you would have to spend twice as much to get half the cable.

Randy