About a year ago I wanted to upgrade my cables. I had a full loom of Audioquest Dragon and Nordost Valhalla 2 to test. Over 4-5 days i went back and forth, but neither loom was giving me the balance that i was looking for. I found the Nordost loom too dry and no warmth. I liked its detail, but I wasn’t engaged with the music. With the AQ I loved the bass and the fullness of the sound, but it didn't give me the detail I wanted. Despite everyone advising me to go with a full loom I decided on the AQ Dragon on all power cords and the Valhalla 2 on my XLR’s. I already had the AQ Thunderbird Zero speaker cables. It worked spectacularly! Im demoing Speaker Cables now to see what my next upgrade will be. Good luck!