Ayre with Wilson

I have an Ayre AX5/20. We played it on Sophia's, Sasha and Alexandria I think they call it. They used the Vallhala cabling and also the Transparent. I hated both as it made the speakers way too hot. I think that Ayre and Audioquest work great together as an above poster stated. I'd go with the Fire balanced as they are the newest. I'd also use the Castle Rocks as it has a bit less silver than some of the others and that will keep the Wilson's in their sweet spot. You really need to go listen to cables though. I know David Wilson used to use Spectral and MIT. The Ayre really makes those speakers sound their best though.

I assume you are talking the VX and KX-5 Twenty's? I heard the mono twenty's and was blown away. I need to get down to Audio Connection soon to hear the VX-5 Twenty. I am sure it's killer. I can't state enough what the Twenty did to the AX-5. I'm sure you liked the AQ with the Ayre. They are so neutral, you get all that the Ayre is giving to you.

Ayre has both Audioquest and Cardas in house. They may well have others too. I have never liked Wilson personally, but some of that was because they were so revealing. Lately they have sounded much better, but are still too bright for me. That's why I don't understand folks putting some of these brighter cables on their systems. Honestly, I asked a dealer to put the higher end AQ cables on the system vs the Odin and TOL Transparent and the AQ's calmed things down a fair amount. Very transparent and revealing cables on my system too. Keep us posted.

It will be interesting to hear your thoughts on the AQ vs the Cardas.