Audioquest vs. Others


   I realize that this post will probably open a landslide of responses but my question is focused on the comparison of Audioquest vs other manufacturers. This is not aimed to address power cables or speaker wire but only interconnect cables. Like Audioquest, many brands offer cables in a range of prices....low, medium, high, and super high. My interest is not to compare a lower price/quality cable to one that is far superior but to ask if comparisons have been done within equal price ranges of different brands.

   Yes, some systems are capable of distinguishing minute changes in a cable makeup. Some manufacturers even offer a free trial and return policy. I know that. But, in a moderately priced system, are there any opinions that would deter one from using the Audioquest brand vs another brand? Remember....staying in a comparable price range.

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Thank you.A salesman of Audioquest answered me that the new line of AQ sounds better that AQ Wildwood of $18000 because of the new tecnology Zero that AQ Wildwood didnt have. That tecnology give the ultra neutral sounds in the tube system or transistor system. I never heard that a cable  of $3000 surpass a cable of 18000.of the same company. It is very hard to believe it
@amadeus888...………………..

It may be hard to believe, but always trust your ears. I wonder if Audioquest will adjust the price of the $18,000 Wildwood cable since their new $3,000 cable outperforms it? They could probably sell the Wildwood for $2,000 and still make a profit.
AQ was certainly bright and tipped up in my system, almost to the point where other cables I tried sounded dull and boring in comparison. I suspect this brightness was due to the silver spades/silver RCA plugs in the AQ cables I used (all the other cables had gold plated connections).
@dustsailor Please read http://ielogical.com/Audio/CableSnakeOil.php and the links to Garen Galeis articles therein.

Silver does not make cables bright.

IMO, AQ is an egregious fraud, selling ridiculously overpriced tone controls rather than neutral cables.
As I noted on another thread...presumably companies like Decware and others that make and sell speakers and electronics that also offer their own cables are offering cables that they believe bring out the best in their equipment.

To that end, and as an example...here is what Decware is offering...at $340 per cable...

"DECWARE REFERENCE-GRADE INTERCONNECT

A Pure UN-insulated SILVER Ribbon with an organic
bees wax core protected inside a polyefelin jacket of mostly air and terminated with top quality silver connectors".


https://www.decware.com/newsite/newdsr.htm


Or Benchmark Media Systems @   $35 per cable  https://benchmarkmedia.com/collections/a-stock/products/benchmark-rca-to-rca-coaxial-cable