Audioquest Rocket series

Earlier in the year, I took advantage of Music Direct's closeout prices on Audioquest and wired my system with King Cobra ICs, Rocket 44s, and NRG-4 power cables...basically AQ's best of the non-DBS stuff. My ears never really liked the sound; bass and highs seemed rolled off and detail wasn't that great. Guitars just didn't have any attack and were wimpy. Overall, I felt the Audioquest stuff made my system sound compressed and veiled sounding. Despite numerous break-in time and 4 months of hoping things would get better, I eventually scrapped everything for similarly-priced Acoustic Zen cabling and never looked back.

That's odd.  In the last year I've acquired Rocket 44(biwire), NRG-4 power cables and some Sydney RCA interconnects.  It's the best my system has ever sounded.

So I wonder about Dustsailor's results.  He never mentioned his system or speakers, maybe there just wasn't any synergy.  My system was the Parasound P5, Adcom 555SE(current production amp), NAD C565BEE cd player and Schiit Bifrost Multibit DAC which I connected my phone to.  Speakers were Totem Sky Bookshelf models, which were the most expensive component in my system.

Accuracy, detail and imaging have been quite good, YMMV.  I can't fault Audioquest, I really think that they well know how to make a fine cable.

I used Audioquest in a Rotel/B&W system. I thought it was a no brainer, considering that AQ wiring is always used in Rotel/B&W systems at the shows. The Audioquest just made everything sound small, congested, and confined to the speakers. The Acoustic Zen brought a natural sense of warmth and involvement to the sound, along with a holographic 3-D presentation which was lacking with the AQ.

I upgraded from BJC 10 AWG to Rocket 88 with DBS....WORLDS of difference, clarity, detail, resolution....All improved and they sound amazing...Using them on Bryston Mini-T speakers with an Anthem PVA-7 amp...The change was well worth it! 

Don't hate on Audioquest --- I tried AQ rocket 88's in my Burmester reference series system and Audio Physic Kronos speakers with awesome results in every regard  - Just for fun I dropped them in between a pair of KEF Reference 1's and an NAD M10 with equally awesome results.

That's my experience based on what I like 

Then I dropped the Audioquest NRG-100 power cable into both systems, also awesome!!! 

I purchased both