Nsgarch - I have had the opportunity to try all of the PAD cables in the same system here at work and also had the opportunity to try Venustas vs Aqueous Anniversary in particular in my home system (Magnepan 3.6R, Bat Vk200 monos, Vac Renaissance pre, etc) over a two week period. Since nothing else in the system changed during this time, I had a wonderful opportunity to judge the relative strengths and weaknesses of both AA and Venustas in a known system, with the same music, the same acoustics, and the same ears - MINE. While I enjoy listening to the Venustas, the Aq Anniversary is far more detailed at both frequency extremes - it actually comes close to the Dominus in this regard. With the planar/ribbon speakers this is a relatively easy characteristic to judge as long as nothing else in the system changes. Did I double-blind test it?? Nope, but I was making a careful evaluation of a new product (the Aq Anniv) vs a known older product (Venustas) in a known and familiar system. Yes, there are other sonic characteristics that Venustas "scored" better than Anniv AQ, but detail, articulation, and clarity at the high and low frequency extremes were clearly in favor of the AQ Anniversary. I hope this answers the question you had. John
