Audience Au24se vs Au24sx cables

I just received my set of Au24sx  speaker cables today.  Looking forward to some A/B/C comparisons with Nordost Frey 2 and Transparent Reference.

Hi Jafant.  I am using Tellurium interconnects and power cords. 

Thanks Jafant.  According to Audience, they are cooked at the factory and need 10 to 20 hours to settle down.  I'll keep them connected for another week or so and make my final decision. Trust me, I really want to like these cables!!

About 20 hours of listening.  With my rig, the similarities between Nordost Frey2 and the Audience Au24sx are striking.  The midrange performance seems to be the sweet spot with the Au24sx. The Transparent Reference is the runaway favorite for me. Better base, softer trebles, absolutely quiet. They should be better at twice the price of the other two cables.  Regrettably, the Au24sx does not play well with my B&W 803 D3s as the tweeters can be a bit challenging to tame. 

Since I never heard the Se version, I can't express an opinion in terms of improvement with the new version.  I will say that these cables appear to be an excellent value and I am disappointed they did not work out for me. 

Hi Jafant,

Apart from Nordost and Audience, no other brands tried other than Tellurium Q Black Diamond.  Again, they did not play well with my speakers. 

I have purchased the Transparent Reference cables!

Audiobrian - no doubt you will since you already have the previous model and are happy with them. These are excellent speaker cables. I tried them on my back up rig (PrimaLuna DiaLougue Premium with Audio Physic speakers) and the sound was awesome!  It was not in the budget though to buy 2 news sets of speaker cables this month!

I look forward to reading about your impressions. 

Jafant - currently, all my interconnects are Tellrium Q Black Diamond. Power cords are Tellurium Q Black.
I don't have any intention on changing those in the near term. 

John McDonald ( President of Audience) is a true gentleman and very honest businessman.  He produces a great product at an excellent price point.  It looks like my local dealer will be taking on the line so I am looking forward to trying out other Audience products.