Ive had a few Nordost and lesser AQ cables- I dont know of many people giving the SC/SR a bad rap here on the 'gon -Theyve worked wonders in my system- They sound as good or better than any Ive tried MHO PS They have also helped with some ground-loop problems I was having- going to all identical cabling with similar terminations really has helped-The silver resolution has a teflon jacket around the center "post"(rca) that works really well(in my system) - At their price-level(and probably much higher) -I dont know what will top their performance...