..just what I have observed. I have an all Ayre system but with V-1xe, K1xe,C5Xemp, Vandersteen 5A's. I started with all Ayre cables, but after a friend had me listen to his Purist Anniversarys, I found those Cardas cables a poor match for my sytem. After experimenting with many, many, cables, I found that Audioquest Sky/Everest balanced to be second and Anti-Cables to be just as good....different slightly, but a wow anyway.