You had already posted your similar opinion on the PAD thread. Wonder why you had to post the same again, since I had linked the thread in my response above.
Strange that you did not let the cable burn-in properly and immediately decided to pull it out. Yeah, it might be used. But maybe the previous owner did the same thing as you did and sold it and it was on shelf for quite some time. For me "burn-in" is a real thing.
In any case; I read your response, did not care for it and trusted my dealer. I value his advise more than your opinions. He deals in very high end systems and has far more experience. And he was on dot with how PAD gels with my amplifier and the rest of the system. In fact I have decided to get more PAD power cables.

