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Clear Day vs Acoustic Zen

As I mentioned in another thread, I am looking to make one or two upgrades to my system this year. Total budget is around $500 - 600. My current system is:
B&W CM10
Parasound A21
Cambridge Audio Azur 851D (preamp + DAC)
Cheap Audioquest wires (I think I paid around $50 for an 8 ft pair).

The two speaker cables that I've seen mentioned a lot here are Clear Day and Acoustic Zen Sartori. I almost pulled the plug on a pair of used AZ Sartori a week ago, but it was sold before I could make an offer.
There are other AZ Satoris on sale here at agon but they're all over 8 ft, which is not what I want.

However, I see that for the same $$$ for used AZs, I can get brand new Clear Day Double Shotguns.

Has anybody compared these two in their systems? Given that B&W is generally considered to be a tad bit on the bright side, I wonder if the silver in Clear Day might not be the best choice?
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arafiq OP
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Cerious Technologies sound interesting. Unfortunately, I can't figure out the pricing. Their website doesn't show the prices ... or at least I haven't been able to find the information.

I see a couple of used AZ Tsunami PCs for around $200. This sounds like a pretty good price to start with.
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@oleschool -- re: your advice for contacting the owner of Acoustic Zen ... I'm only looking for used at the moment, so not sure what benefit I'd get by calling Mr Lee.
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@arafiq , contact AudiogoN member rgrost for pricing, but I think his cords are around  $300 a piece. 
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oleschool
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Your choice , i have all az cables ac and adagios i bought all used .. mr. Lee knows me by name .. he is a wealth of knowledge.. he has shortened and reterminated some for me  but is just happy knowing i use az and certainly knows i want to upgrade to cresendos ,..az spkr owners get 40% off all cables etc also 
best if luck either way 

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I audition the Satori before I never like it, I think clear day are way more open, and musical, For my taste, they are very very good, my Nordost heimdall 2 speaker cable is just a bit better than the clear day speaker cable I have. You can’t go wrong on Paul’s cables ....
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