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AQ Water XLR or Yukon XLR - DAC to Preamp- sound comparisons
Have you checked out the Red River XLRs? They're cheaper but they're one of the very few Audioquest products which use gold connectors. If AQ used gold XLR/RCA connectors on their top of the line products, I'd be all over them.I replaced the facto... 
Overrated/Underrated
Overrated: Van Den Hul -- dull, muffled, and lifeless 
Which way should a cable's "Ground End" go?
The print on the cable should read from left to right when connected to the source. Thats is how these cables need to be connected  
A question about an older Rotel CD player I once had.
Check out the Rotel RCD-1572, it's even better than the old 1072. 
About to audition Vienna Acoustics Beethoven Grand Reference - advice?
Joe, what model Van Den Hul cables do you have? What don't you like about them? I've read that they're not very dynamic sounding, whats your impressions? 
AQ vs Van Den Hul
@whostolethebatmobile The VDH copper stuff is silver-coated, right?  
van den Hul 3T new cables Mountain and Cumulus
How are the 3T VDH cables in regards to dynamics? Would they be a good choice for rock'n'roll? 
Audioquest vs. Others
IMO, AQ is an egregious fraud, selling ridiculously overpriced tone controls rather than neutral cables. @ieales Since the cables are not neutral, what exact sound coloring is to be expected of Audioquest cables? 
Audioquest vs. Others
Audioquest's cheap stuff is garbage. Their ICs (Earth/Colorado) is where you start getting good performance; any models below that isn't worth the money and is easily outclassed by other manufacturers in the same price point. 
Van Den Hul perfect match for B&W - true or not?
"Just spoke to one of the local B&W salesmen and he mentioned that Van Den Hul are the perfect speaker cables to get for B&W 802Ds since the inside wiring is all Van Den Hull."I’ve also read that Van Den Hul internal wiring is used in the ... 
AQ vs Van Den Hul
Thanks guys. I plan to buy B&W 702s2 soon to pair with some older Rotel gear and know B&W always uses Audioquest to demonstrate their speakers at shows; however, I was told B&W uses Van Den Hul for internal wiring in their speakers (at... 
Audioquest vs Acoustic Zen
@nasaman What were your impressions on the AQ Colorado?  
Audioquest colorado sound to bright
hifiman5366 posts11-18-2016 6:39pmTo do so I eliminated one Harmonic Technology Magic Link II and 2 Kimber Select KS-1021s. Never sounded better I'm curious to hear what your experiences were between the HT and the AQ cables. Is the HT "muddier... 
Any Rotel love around here? Looking to power my Sonus Faber Olympica 3
Rotel’s biggest weakness are their CD players, IMO. I’ve owned the RCD-1072 and found it a bit sterile sounding and very dry. Never cared for it and wanted to like it since it matched the RB-1080/RC-1082 I also owned.Also, be aware that Rotel’s RC... 
New Rotel RA-1570 seems to display the highs
Cmach1231, do you have any updates to share??