Clear Day vs Acoustic Zen

Okay, so received the cables last night. Admittedly, I have only listened for about a couple of hours, but here are the initial impressions...

Like some other folks, there really wasn’t a jaw dropping moment.

I haven’t noticed much improvement in imaging or soundstaging .. about the same. No noticeable difference in depth, width or height.
Definitely no improvement in bass response thus far. That’s one area I was hoping to see an improvement.
There might be a tiny bit of improvement in detail and clarity ... but to be honest, I don’t know if its perception bias or what.
One thing that I definitely noticed is that the background is blacker. Definitely less background noise than before.
Voices are more centered and ’present’ - not sure if ’present’ is the right way to describe it, but it does feel that the singer is sitting closer, in an intimate way, to me than before (that’s a good thing in my view).

Having said that, maybe the wires need more break in. I’m not sure how many hours were put on the wires by the previous owner. Also, I’ve ordered jumpers from Clear Day. That might improve the sound.

Imho it goes like this 
1)room treatment 
2)interconnects 
3)a/c cords
4) spkr cable if under 3meter 
your mileage may vary 

Okay, I really feel like an idiot now ... shouldn’t have jumped the gun when I posted my first impressions. So it turns out that the spades were not inserted all the way into the binding posts of my speaker. Second, I realized that the volume was set well below my normal listening levels. This is remarkable, because once I set the volume to my normal listening levels, it’s like a veil was lifted.

I’ve been listening non stop for the last hour or so ....

The soundstage has definitely opened up ... it’s wider, much wider now. I can hear things at least 4 to 5 feet to the left and right of my speakers. The cymbals reverberate more and feels like the reverberation is travelling outwards and around my room.

The separation between instruments and the voices is much more defined.
The base is not more per se, but has tightened up considerably.
I’m hearing new details on familiar recordings. And it all sounds so clean.

The best part is that the brightness that I complained about earlier is pretty much gone. I cranked up the volume waaaay up, and guess what? No more harshness. Lastly, and I’m not sure how to describe it, but it’s almost as if someone added more ’heft’ to the same music I listened to before.

Okay, so I had my jaw drop moment about an hour ago, when I listened to Alan Pasqua’s The Antisocial Club. Holy cow!!!! They’ve finally stepped into my living room :) Sorry if I’m gushing like a newly wed. But this is pretty amazing for a guy who is new to this hobby.

Your hooked lol you have the cable bug . I feel interconnects will make a bigger difference.. then a/c like i said if you think thats a wow moment get on treating your room ! go on gik website and fill out form take a cple pics . Your jaw will drop . No affiliation 👍

arafiq - Glad you are enjoying the Clear Days. A couple of your comments really resonated with me...in particular "added more heft". That was exactly the reaction I had to the Clear Days...and for me that was probably the major change I noted. It was like the music put on 20 pounds of muscle. By the way, good to read you were playing Pasqua’s "The Antisocial Club". That is an excellent recording to begin with and wonderful music. Pleased someone else knows and likes it (well, I assume you do!).