market for new IC cables.AQ,Cardas,Nordost&Kimber

All the the brands listed make great cables and sound different from each other so best to try them at home first if possible. Look into Clear Day Cables if you’re looking for best bang for your money. I and many think Clear Days are one of the better cables out there for the money. You’ll have to spend a lot to better them. Plenty of praise on these cables. You buy them direct from Paul unless you can find them used but not often on his IC’s. He’s a great guy to work with and offers returns if you’re not satisfied. If you’re looking to spend 2-3X times more than what the Clear Days sale for don’t let their price fool you... they’re very good solid silver cables.

As as Elizabeth mentions I have tried and owned all the brands you are looking into as well that’s why I mentioned you really need to try them in your system. As far as Clear Day Cables go, yes they are a small shop and I do have many of their cables but actually not using them any more as I am now using Wywires which I do prefer but were much more. I’ve also pulled out most of my Kimber PCs for Wywires as well. I am using a Nordost Vishnu PC for digital as it works great there. As far as my Clear Day Cables go, I’m keeping them because they didn’t cost me much and I’ll use them later and I’ve loaned them to several people who have ordered their own from Paul. Nothing wrong with ordering from the big names but you will pay more and depending how far you move up their line you may get a lesser cable say from some of the small shops who have been around for ten plus years. I ordered a pair of cables over the phone from Ray Kimber in his earlier years and he sent me a box of cookies with the cables - Great Guy there. Anyway a lot of the big names once were nobody’s too.