Clear Day vs Acoustic Zen


As I mentioned in another thread, I am looking to make one or two upgrades to my system this year. Total budget is around $500 - 600. My current system is:
B&W CM10
Parasound A21
Cambridge Audio Azur 851D (preamp + DAC)
Cheap Audioquest wires (I think I paid around $50 for an 8 ft pair).

The two speaker cables that I've seen mentioned a lot here are Clear Day and Acoustic Zen Sartori. I almost pulled the plug on a pair of used AZ Sartori a week ago, but it was sold before I could make an offer.
There are other AZ Satoris on sale here at agon but they're all over 8 ft, which is not what I want.

However, I see that for the same $$$ for used AZs, I can get brand new Clear Day Double Shotguns.

Has anybody compared these two in their systems? Given that B&W is generally considered to be a tad bit on the bright side, I wonder if the silver in Clear Day might not be the best choice?
arafiq

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Az all the way . Just talked to mr lee today he is great .. he cut some 1.5 meter cables in half and made .75 meter . How long did it take? 2hrs after he opened my box next day heading to me .. i am a huge az fan. i run all az cables ac ,interconnects and adagios 👍
Imho it goes like this 
1)room treatment 
2)interconnects 
3)a/c cords
4) spkr cable if under 3meter 
your mileage may vary 
Your hooked lol you have the cable bug . I feel interconnects will make a bigger difference.. then a/c like i said if you think thats a wow moment get on treating your room ! go on gik website and fill out form take a cple pics . Your jaw will drop . No affiliation 👍
    I just changed my trans to dac, to pre  the other day from a basic rca bluejean to az reference 2 and mc2 .I had sent my 1m out to be shortened to .5 meter( mr lee did this an hr after he recieved them and had them in the mail to me the same day ,thats cool) .i just placed them back same disc same volume etc.the difference is serious!.crisper,opened soundstage and the acoustic guitar has jumped back into my stage. This has  been proven to me again and again..
Soix,
It is no secret I love mr lee and az ,but i can say the above cables probly sound great.But as you said different,cables are like tone controls imo .Some are flat ,nuetral ,bright and etc..
I also run satori cables along with az almost exclusive ,but as you stated they will change your sound..
also the shorter the cable the better, almost always..
best of luck 
Sorry op power amp then dac
and go used buddy just watch they come up so a 600.00 cable will be 250.00
I use a revalation audio lab cord on my power amps supply that was a g
respect
cheers
I have tsunami ac myself
best of luck . A/c made a difference maybe more then spkr  cable for me . Interconnects were night and day
cheers
Call mr lee at az and you will be pleased you did . He will answer tell him Ray from san fransico said call 
mcgal ,i am also a az fan i run a revalation audio lab ac cable( krakatoa size and very high quality also in that price range) on my amp and psu it has a funky plug and brad does these alot.I run tsunamis on my dac,tt and trans etc .I am always ready to snag a krakatoa used.Other then that ac/psu set up i run all az including adagios..
Your choice , i have all az cables ac and adagios i bought all used .. mr. Lee knows me by name .. he is a wealth of knowledge.. he has shortened and reterminated some for me  but is just happy knowing i use az and certainly knows i want to upgrade to cresendos ,..az spkr owners get 40% off all cables etc also 
best if luck either way