Review: Luna Cables Gris IC

Summary

   It needs to be put down, because it is crucial:

No doubt Luna Cables Gris IC is an interconnect with the best quality to price ratio that I’ve ever had pleasure testing. When put in a thicker and more fancy braid, it could easily cost several thousand zlotys, and no one would complain. And what’s important, it’s a joyful cable. “Not for fools” – as Karol put it; meaning that it simply offers music. But the essence lays in the “simply”, because it is actually very difficult. Interconnects that lack this “simply” would pile into quite a heap, whereas those that possess this quality are sparse.

I won’t describe its individual merits, they will be listed in a bullet-point list below. Let me just write, with utmost satisfaction, that here it is – a cable that is inexpensive, yet like expensive. You won’t impress your friends with its looks, but you’ll be able to brag that you have something special and uncommon when it comes to quality. And those for whom bragging is in bad taste (but let’s admit it, it can be flattering), will have the occasion get a taste of something marvelous – beautiful music. Finally, let me add one more remark: frankly, I’m really pleased that thanks to Luna Cables Gris, an outstanding interconnect is finally affordable. Yes, there were some like that before, but not to such a degree. Definitely not.

Point by point summary:

Pros

• Unparalleled quality to price ratio.
• Total musicality.
• Full detailedness.
• Total emotional engagement.
• Dynamics.
• Rhythm.
• Three-dimensional stage and sound imaging.
• Phenomenally authentic vocals.
• Perfectly penetrating and natural light.
• High-end overall realism.
• Correctly captured tonality.
• No bass or treble coloring.
• Any playback distortions are minimized as a result.
• Easy to fine-tune.
• Vintage copper showing its exceptional advantages.
• Put into use thanks to great hearing of the cable manufacturer.
• Great workmanship.
• No fanciness.
• Or wasting money on redundant things.
• In general, awesome.
• Ryka strongly approved.
• Obvious award candidate.
• Polish distribution.

Cons and reservations

• Modest look.
• Modest packaging.
• Not commonly known manufacturer.
• As much as four lines with better quality.

• Price: PLN 1200 (1 m).

System:

• Sources: PC with Ayon Sigma and CD Ayon CD-T II/Ayon Stratos
• Headphone amplifiers: ALO Audio Studio Six, Ayon HA-3
• Headphones: Final D8000, Final Sonorous X, Sennheiser HD 800 (Tonalium cable), Ultrasone Tribute 7 (Tonalium cable)
• Preamplifier: ASL Twin-Head Mark III
• Power amplifier: Croft Polestar 1
• Columns:  Zingali 3.15
• Interconnects: Luna Cables Gris RCA, Sulek IC RCA, Sulek 6×9 RCA.
• Power supply cables: Acoustic Zen Gargantua II, Synergistic Research Current Level 3, Entreq Challanger, Harmonix X-DC350M2R, Sulek Power 9×9.
• Stand: Rogoz Audio 6RP2/BBS.
• Anti-vibration feet: Acoustic Revive RIQ-5010, Avatar Audio Nr1, Divine Acoustics KEPLER, Solid Tech Discs of Silence.
• Power strips: Power Base High End, Sulek Audio.
• Ground box: QAR-S15.
• Cable insulators: Acoustic Revive RCI-3H.