Introducing VolkSilver, a new line of affordable, high-performing cables by ZenWave Audio!
Fully Realize the Potential of 2-Channel Stereo.
Quality Silver Cables at Reasonable Prices.
Quality Silver Cables at Reasonable Prices.
Based on over a decade of top-end silver cable design under the ZenWave Audio brand, VolkSilver leverages ZenWave’s knowledge, experience and materials in order to offer reasonably priced, extremely high-value cables. VolkSilver’s primary goal is to help you achieve an immersive, 3-D soundstage, precise imaging, and convincing timbre. The result is a spatial presentation where the speakers completely disappear and you are transported to the recording venue, a “you are there” audio experience.
Achieving the full potential of 2-channel stereo reproduction requires your system to reproduce fine spatial details. Silver is ideal for this, but it’s not easy to design a silver cable that isn’t fatiguing in some way. Volksilver offers highly resolving silver cables with an emphasis on low listening fatigue and a neutral tonal balance for reasonable cost.
VolkSilver currently offers an interconnect cable, a speaker cable, a power cable, as well as Furutech power distribution and wall receptacles.
The VSI Interconnect Cable is made with UPOCC silver ribbon wire with teflon insulation. At a generous 20g, you’ll get realistic body and tone along with the best possible resolution. UPOCC silver is the best silver in the world hands down, usually reserved for very expensive cables many times the price of the VSI. The VSI’s low price is made possible by taking advantage of economies of scale, it uses the same ribbon wire ZenWave Audio uses to make it’s top-end silver ribbon cables, which are among the world’s best at any price. The VSI also uses reasonably priced, but still excellent, connectors. This adds up to a cable that is comparable to cost-no-object cables, with prices starting under $1k/pair.
Interconnects are the most important cable in your system in terms of retaining resolution, an IC cable that can resolve on the level of the VSI is a requirement for the best spatial presentation and convincing timbre. This is where it’s worth spending big money on UPOCC silver! Fortunately, interconnects use a lot less silver vs speaker and power cables, so they are much more affordable and well worth the cost, even for a modestly priced system because of the huge impact interconnect cables have on system performance.
I am very happy to be able to leverage the knowledge and materials of ZenWave Audio in order to bring you these new VolkSilver cables. The price vs performance and overall value is unheard of and unmatched in high end audio.
The VolkSilver VSS Speaker Cable is the result of decades of building cables, including all the knowledge and experience gained from operating ZenWave Audio. From this experience, I am able to offer cable made using silver plated copper in teflon insulation that rivals or exceeds the performance of many pure silver cables. Silver plated copper can often sound quite bad: bright, harsh and fatiguing are often used to describe such cables. However, it can also sound great and avoid these issues. Through dozens of prototype cables built over decades, I understand why silver plated copper can have this Jekyll and Hyde personality.
With VolkSilver, I am offering a super heavy 9-gauge silver plated copper in teflon cable that sounds like a really good pure silver cable. Not only that, but the wire I use is military surplus, which means it’s built to incredibly high standards at a cost that is a fraction of the cost of comparable brand new wire.
The connectors offered are Viborg rhodium plated spades and bananas, which are great connectors for a very reasonable price. Finally, the cable is jacketed in a layer of pure unbleached organic cotton protected by Techflex brand braided PET protective sleeve. The result is a cable that rivals high end silver cables for a small fraction of the price.
The VolkSilver VSP Power Cable is similar to the VSS speaker cable, a super heavy 9-gauge silver plated copper in teflon cable that sounds like a really good pure silver cable.
The connectors offered are genuine Furutech rhodium plated AC power plugs, which are great connectors for a very reasonable price. I can also use Shuko, AU/NZ, 20A IECs, or any other plugs you might need. Please inquire on price and availability. Finally, the cable is jacketed in a layer of pure unbleached organic cotton protected by Techflex brand braided PET protective sleeve. The result is a cable that rivals high end silver cables for a small fraction of the price.
Furutech Power Distribution is recommended and sold by VolkSilver. The VolkSilver VSP power cable uses Furutech rhodium plated copper electrical contacts, as does the e-tp609 NCF distributor and the GTX NCF receptacles. Using matching materials throughout the AC power distribution system avoids fatiguing effects such as hard, glassy, bright or splashy sounds. The NCF materials in the GTX receptacles (also used in the distributor) reduce noise and improve AC power quality. The result is a very clear, yet relaxed and non-fatiguing sound. VolkSilver offers the best prices possible on Furutech products, and believes they are the best choice possible for AC power distribution parts and connectors.
Thanks for checking out my new cables. They are on a new website: volksilver.com
Let me know if you have any questions or would like to demo them. Demos are free of charge, you just pay shipping.
