Hi all
Anyone here go from William Tell bi wire to Thunderbird Zero?
Would love to hear your experience.
Audioquest Firebird Zero
I had a similar question for AQ, and was advised that the William Tell Silver biwire would be a better choice than Thunderbird biwire (I did mention I have 96dB Tannoys). The cost for these 2 configurations is very close. I was also told this would handily beat my double run of AQ Kilimanjaro, which is their 12 AWG (9 AWG for a double run), 2nd from top Everest, all PSS silver cable from 2 series ago. The Kilimanjaros still sound fantastic to me (lots of detail AND body), so I’m taking my time with any upgrade. And @ctsooner is making me want to snag a used Dragon for my Niagara 7000 or the solid-state Phison amp, dammit. |
I bought the WT Silver true bi wire ((Zero and main cable). I loved the Thunderbird, but I felt the WT Silver were more neutral in my system and room. They seem more open with a better defined stage, including depth. Just so smooth with zero fatigue. Voices seemed a bit better fleshed out. I was listening/auditioning in shop, so not my main system. |
I owned the Thunderbird Zeros for a couple of years. They are miles ahead of what the Silversmith Fideliums will do for you. I had the Fideliums at home for a couple of weeks. They weren’t that great. Nice bass, huge loss of high end detail with the Fideliums. If you didn’t know what you were missing you’d like them. |
Hey all! Just got my new Thunderbirds (Zero). Only had a few minutes with them but they sounded great. Was hard to do an efficient AB test against the William Tell bi-wires, which blew me out of the water when i first heard them (before that i had the Robin Hood bi-wire and i recall hearing a big difference there). By the time i disconnected and moved everything today, I'm not sure my brain remembered how good the WT sounded to measure up against the TB. Both sound amazing, but i'll be keeping the TB for now (until next upgrade, oh no!) Anyway, what i wanted to tell everyone is that i now have a 3 meter (10ft) pair of William Tell bi-wire for sale at very (very!) good price. I also got a great deal on them as they were previously a demo pair for a European dealer i buy lots of AQ stuff from (especially power cords). Feel free to email me amyr (at) bezeqint.net
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