@lollipopguild @tonywinga @deep_333
I tried the Pangea Premier SE and the AQ Cinnamon this weekend. I was using a Blue Jeans (Belken) Cat 6 ($20).
I also had a closer listen to WiFi.
I REALLY wanted to send the AQ back, so if there was any bias...
- The SE was a minor improvement over the BJ, hard to qualify that statement in any detail but I guess a little more "presence". There was no difference in directionality and I could find no documentation that this cable is directional.
- WiFi and the BJ were about the same (compared directly to the AQ cable)
- The AQ surprised me; I liked the bass response better, it was fuller (I thought I read in the EtherRegen white paper or the video, that some of the issues with interference are more likely to effect lower frequencies?) and overall I thought the music had a bit more "sparkle" (detail?).
The AQ Cinnamon is staying.
So, I definitely learned something from this thread; that everything matters EVEN ethernet cables and you don't have to have a $10K+ digital front end to hear it.
But no, I will not be trying the AQ Diamond.