I have never had an issue with Audioquest cables. I have water XLR interconnects, rocket 88 for from 3 speaker cables( wish I could afford the same for all 11 channels LOL ) coffee hdmi, I have spent a ton of money on cables, I upgraded from rocket 33 to rocket 88, I immediatly heard a difference for the better, the midrange seemed to open up and become more transparent, after a week or so, it was a massive difference, in fact I put my old rocket 33 back on just to see if it was a plecebo effect or actual difference, and it was not a placebo effect, there was a dramatic difference. The PSC+ copper and dbs pack make a huge difference. I wasn’t sold at first I thought it was a gimmick and BS! I thought copper was copper, the 12 gauge you buy at Lowe’s or Home Depot was good enough, but I learned my lesson. I even borrowed a pair of transparent cables from a friend, these were stupid expensive I think somewhere in the area of 4000 a pair, and they sounded very shrill, pure silver vs copper, maybe the conductor makes the difference maybe it’s the shielding, I don’t know but I was would have been madder than a old red hen if I spent 4000 on cables and they sounded like that. My best answer to your question though is cables do break in, and not every cable will sound good with every system. Sometimes the lesser expensive ones match better than the UBER expensive. Good equipment will make a difference as well. With what you have depending on length I’d look at a pair of rocket 44.. not to support a certain store, but audio advisor sells a no frills rocket 33-44-88, it’s not Audioquest ends and terminated by them, the 88 doesn’t come with the dbs, that’s why I recomend 44, but they will make them to length for you and offer a return I think 30 days... not a bad program in my opinion. And it’s literally over half off the price of factory terminated. I have seen them in person and they look pretty decent.
I don’t have the most extreme system in comparison to some I have seen here, but it’s decent enough to hear differences in cables.
Martin Logan ESL13a
Martin Logan ESL34a illusion
Marin Logan Balanced Force 210
Marin Logan EFX rear
Anthem 325amp
Yamaha CXA5100
I don’t have the most extreme system in comparison to some I have seen here, but it’s decent enough to hear differences in cables.
Martin Logan ESL13a
Martin Logan ESL34a illusion
Marin Logan Balanced Force 210
Marin Logan EFX rear
Anthem 325amp
Yamaha CXA5100