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Interconnects--power cords?

My system (Conrad Johnson and Vandersteen Quatros) --I have been running Audioquest Niagras--Purist power cables for amp and pre, Audio
Quest Comets bi wired to speakers--Audience Au 24 for CD player---recently added Audioquest Sky--find it fits best between pre and power--but something seems a bit too "airy"--an improvement on the Niagras, but while more clear, also lacking in punch and or--seems as if I cannot achieve clarity and force (?) in my sound. Soundstage is a bit too relaxed. I don't know. Suggestions? Have moved power cords around--the Audience seems to work best with the CD player--since this is all incredibly subjective---just looking for feedback that might lead me down a different and better path.
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knghifi
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Audioquest Sky--find it fits best between pre and power--but something seems a bit too "airy"
This was EXACTLY my experience with AQ Sky too ... had 2 XLR pairs in my system. The sound was unnatural and everything sounded similar.

You are mixing and matching with many different brands of cables so sometimes it's difficult finding the RIGHT combination.
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audiolabyrinth
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Mixing and tring to match never works, with cables!
grey9hound
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08-07-13: Audiolabyrinth
Mixing and tring to match never works, with cables!
Sure it does, Keith. Most people would say it works best with different cables . It is just sometimes difficult to find the best match . It usually works better than having cables of the same loom or same line .
IMO
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audiolabyrinth
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@ Grey9hound, I am glad that may work for you, It does not work in my exsperience, never has, I have never had issues with sound with a loom, cheers.
grey9hound
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@Audiolabyrinth
Remember my thread http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&1361730421&&&/Interconnect-with-great-dynamics-and-bass
I had Cardas Golden Cross IC from cd player to source and from source to amp with Golden Cross Speaker Cables.
The sound was off. Too smooth sounding . Not at all Dynamic. That is why that thread was started.:)
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