Audioquest WEL innerconnects are the older models the same as current model?

Yes, the cable is the same. The connectors have undergone an upgrade, the old ones had a sort of rubbery finish that marked easily. The new ones are metallic and shiny

Also if you ever get offered an AQ Horizon cable that's actually the same wire as WEL but in a different colored sheath -- there was a copyright issue with the name "Horizon" so it became WEL Signature

Anyway if you are ever in any concern ask the seller to ship them back to AQ for a once over and re-termination, AQ will do this at any stage for modest cost ($250 or so) and also certify the cable as authentic. AQ will also cut long lengths into shorter ones -- I had a 15M pair that became a 9M pair and 3 x 2M.

Thanks for letting me know. I kind of thought that would be the case. The WEL looking interesting and I’m keen to try it. Interesting fact on the horizon too.

Besides the better looking connectors, the braid has also changed from all soft black to a nice weave of the soft black and harder black nylon. The old connectors were from Bocchino audio. The sound quality, design, and overall quality should be very similar in an old WEL vs new. However I have noticed that the old connectors are more problematic with frequent disconnect/bend/connect cycles. The new connectors from AQ seem to maintain their strain relief better over time. I think the WEL and Wild (I have an old Wild and new WEL) are both superb sounding interconnects. AQ’s retermination service, as noted by folkfreak, is excellent.

And leave it to a Blue Jeans owner to find a way to interject into a high end cable thread completely out of context, lol. Shill much?