Audioquest Sterling?????

OK, my first post was "off the cuff". I checked the Aq cable chart. Hasse is right. The Clear and the Sterling are the same size. In fact, the AQ Midnight, Clear,Sterling and Dragon are all 10 awg cables with 14 conductors. The difference is the metal. Midnight is all FPC copper, Clear SE is FPC 6 copper and FPS silver, Sterling is FPC 6 copper and FPS silver as well, but with more silver conductors, and Dragon is of course all FPS silver. The Sterling resided between the Clear and the Dragon in terms of price and quality in the old AQ line, so Hotrod is partially correct. I have nver seen the Sterling in the flesh, so no idea what it looks like.

I own both Sterling and Clear. Physically the Sterling is smaller in diameter with a grey jacket. While they may both have 10AWG and same number of strands, the Sterling diameter is slightly smaller. The sound of the Sterling is subjectively better. It's a bit smoother (no loss of detail), but I get better bass response from the Clear.

abstract7 is Close, I own both as well. The cable should tell you what it is. both are gray the clear is all copper. the new sterling is silver and copper and both are about the same size How ever the First version of Sterling was pure silver and about 1/4" in dia. I own a set as well

I have 2 versions of clear and the jacket on both of them is blue. The sterling is the only one in grey--it's a dark grey at that.

ditto with Abstract, my clear is dk. blue. first glance looks like a pumped-up midnite.