I have both, although one is balanced and one is single ended. I think they both sound good, since I don't use them with the same gear, I can't say for sure that the mk 2 sounds better. I would think that if you hated the Mk1 your not going to love the mk 2. I personally think the review in Stereophile was right on, especially the comment about the extreme value of the Satori speaker cable.
I decided to try out the Audience Au24 cables since they were so highly rated in a Stereophile review a few months back. An early opinion would be that I definately like my Acoustic Zen cables better, they simply pass more information in a more natural way. The Audience cables sound bears a strong resemblance to Nordost cables (I've only tried up to SPM and Quattro Fil) I can't say that the Acoustic Zen cables are perfect, as the reviewer states the Sivler Ref interconnect could tend to sound bright in a bright system, but then again so do Nordost cables.
I decided to try out the Audience Au24 cables since they were so highly rated in a Stereophile review a few months back. An early opinion would be that I definately like my Acoustic Zen cables better, they simply pass more information in a more natural way. The Audience cables sound bears a strong resemblance to Nordost cables (I've only tried up to SPM and Quattro Fil) I can't say that the Acoustic Zen cables are perfect, as the reviewer states the Sivler Ref interconnect could tend to sound bright in a bright system, but then again so do Nordost cables.