AudioQuest Pegasus vs Thunderbird Interconnects

re; Pegasus ; I have a set of Fire in SE which are similar to the Niagara XLR i used to evaluate Pagasus and 3 above in the AQ line. Detail and resolution Niagara has a slight qualitative edge. Yes the new top silver AQ are better…at significant cost. Just weigh out where you might make bigger improvement for $.

@classicrockfan Your skills need work. See DBS patent issued jointly to Bill Low of Audioquest and Richard Vandersteen of Vandersteen.  Let us know when you achieve anything similar.

ozzy

"So, your equipment does not exist?"

Does it matter to anyone? Nobody cares whether it's real or imaginary. I built my amp/preamp just for myself not for sale.

But the presence of the data sheet of that snake oil lamp DBS matters to your buyers who paid thousands of dollars. They should be able to understand what the device really is and how it performs in the system.

tomic601

I don't know these two snake oil experts. You should know 'patentability is all about 'uniqueness' (that is, not infringing other inventions), nothing to do with its academic authenticity, its performance/effectiveness in the overall system. I suggest they submit the device to the IEEE and/or AES for their professional review. It will be the biggest joke of the century. No? Someday when I get extremely bored I'll look it up to read the abstract and claims made I bet not any better than your website which is full of novel scientific wonders. Who knows... the scientists and engineered on the board may find it a genuinely 'magical' device that makes the world a better place to live as you have claimed.

Just want to share my Pegasus burn-in experience.

Estimate that 80-90% of final performance is present at approx 100 hours.

At 150-175 hours, further refinement takes place with result that sound is just delicious.

@kennymacc : Curious to hear about your Thunderbird vs. Pegasus head-to-head audition.

@bosssound I was unable to do a head-to-head comparison, as I sold the Pegasus XLR before the Thunderbird XLR arrived.  I can tell you that, based on memory, the Thunderbird are superior performers in my system than the Pegasus.  My assessment of Thunderbird vs Pegasus: Thunderbird are more refined sounding than Pegasus, with a blacker background, tighter bass, sweeter highs, more depth, detail and transparency than Pegasus.  Quite frankly, I really didn't expect to be that much more impressed with the sound quality of the Thunderbird over the Pegasus, but I was.  Thunderbird seems to have elevated the sound quality of my system to a whole other level of refinement over the Pegasus.  To my ears, Thunderbird are reference caliber cables for the most discriminating audiophile.  As excellent as Thunderbird are, I can only imagine how much more brilliant Firebird and Dragon must be.  At any rate, the search for the perfect interconnect cables for my audio system is now over.  I done!!!  Happy listening.    

I have to say I have stalked this thread for months trying to discern who “might be lying” or “who has an agenda” with either their skepticism of cables or belief in them.

until this week the most expensive XLR cables I owned were $49 mogami. And I finally decided to go all the way into the deep end and order Pegasus XLR cables to replace them. Here is my system and I’ll provide my thoughts on the cables next.

speakers: Bowers & Wilkins 805 D4 Signature

amp: Parasound JC5

preamp: Priimaluna evo 400

DAC: Laiv Harmony

Streamer: Eversolo DMP-A8

Power conditioner: Puritan PSM156

When I swapped in the Pegasus I was nervous. Skeptical. Already telling myself how much of a fool I was for spending this money on snake oil. So I turned on my stereo and after 3-4 songs I thought “oh my God I am such an idiot. This was a total waste. You’re such a moron. What did I do”

Fast forward 2 hours: I start hearing anomalies in some of my favorite songs of all time. I think something’s wrong my internet or streamer. I listen again, and it’s instruments I’ve never heard with the exception of when I’ve seen these very songs performed live in person. It’s cool but it’s no quantum leap to justify the price.

Fast forward to hour 3: “Jesus Christ what are these cables made out of?! There is such a soft, delicate touch to every single musical note. The base is full. The mids are thick and palpable. There’s pulp to the music. But not artificial bloat, this is silky smooth, perfect texture. The highs are seemingly opening up as the hours go by to become more and more airy.

i know break in is supposed to be 100-300 hours but i am absolutely blown away by the level of improvement these have made. I was completely despondent at first. Totally bummed and oh my God am I happy I kept listening.

I can’t even imagine what the other levels above sound like on a good system.

i don’t know if I ever made a “review or comment” like this before but I guess I just want to say to the naysayers and the cable deniers that life is freaking short man. Unplug the stupid ass measuring gear and buy a serious level cable if you have a revealing system and just listen with your own ears. Don’t worry about the guys over at audio science research making fun of you. Just open up your f’n mind and listen for yourself because it is absolutely undeniable how much more of my stereo system is getting through to my speakers right now. It’s amazing.

Oh and to all the deniers I still have $200 world’s best cable 9 gauge speaker cables and these Pegasus XLR are just an absolute revelation.

I hope this convinces just one skeptic who has the budget to really try a great cable to just say f*** it and try it for themselves and see what they’ve been missing and how much more music is awaiting them with great cables to tie it all together. 
 

I think I am most compelled to write this because I almost didn’t buy these because of the huge amount of ignorant people absolutely certain that cables don’t make a difference. And you are 100% wrong and you should cut the shit and stop dissuading people from coming to their own conclusions.