If Nordost and AQ Speaker cables had a baby?

I had the Matrix and exchanged them for Zenwave SCR11. The Matrix are too warm sounding in comparison. The Zenwave have just the right balance. Used around your price point.

Silversmith Fidelium is definitely the answer. All the details of the Nordost, but with the "flesh and bones" of Cardas Clear Beyond. (haven't had enough time with AQ to really compare, although the Clear Beyond did outperform a pair of William Tell)

@audiojan "...with the "flesh and bones" of Cardas Clear Beyond. "

Never heard that one before. Good description. I’ve tried to think of how to describe it beyond something like added "weight and vibrance" or "full bodied and textured", etc. Nothing captured it well. If not aware, worth looking up where the top shelf AQ sources their pure copper from. Distant flesh -or- bones related, fwiw :)

Don't understand how y'all are weighing in without knowing what model of Nordost the OP is comparing. 

I think macg19 brings up a good point.

On a side note: Based on what I have read (not heard) its seems that the newer generation (V2) Nordost cables, are not those thin, bright, bass light sounding cables that the previous generation has been labeled to have.