Audioquest vs. Others


   I realize that this post will probably open a landslide of responses but my question is focused on the comparison of Audioquest vs other manufacturers. This is not aimed to address power cables or speaker wire but only interconnect cables. Like Audioquest, many brands offer cables in a range of prices....low, medium, high, and super high. My interest is not to compare a lower price/quality cable to one that is far superior but to ask if comparisons have been done within equal price ranges of different brands.

   Yes, some systems are capable of distinguishing minute changes in a cable makeup. Some manufacturers even offer a free trial and return policy. I know that. But, in a moderately priced system, are there any opinions that would deter one from using the Audioquest brand vs another brand? Remember....staying in a comparable price range.

jrpnde
@mkash3  +1.  You need to get to the FEP air tubes in the AQ line for the bass to resolve impact and for the soundstage to open up.
Did anyone hear AQ Thunderbird?I am very interested in buying that cable bi wire.I have actually AQ Volcano single wire.One day the dealer in Argentina borrowed the Purist Venusta bi wire luminist y it is far superior than the Volcano.
I almost decided to buying purist Corvus bi wire because the seller told that the Corvus is superior and more neutral than the Venusta.But one day I read the article of the audiobeat that they tested AQ Wildwood ( $18000 ) and AQ William tell ($3000).They said that William tell is far superior and it seems a change of amplifier more than change of cables.I really cant believe it.Is the new line of Audiowuest so good?The problem is that it is impossible to test AQ Thunderbird before buying in Argentina.
amadeus888,

I've had a home audition of AQ's ThunderBird Zero and FireBird Zero in my system. Cables are about system integration to me. I prefer Clarus Crimson speaker cables over the ThunderBird and FireBird. Your results may differ. 
Full loom AQ here.
I have tried plenty of their cables vs some other brands such as vertere, atlas, sablon, what ever friends have vs mine.
I started with two thunder power cords and a diamond AES. Once i heard the bass control AQ cables offer, in addition to detail, excellent sound staging, opennes, i could not stop.
Most of my cables are PSS or PSC+.
I have few firebird HC and source. I believe that's the sweet spot in the strom series. Hurricane is not bad, but firebird is has more sparkle and transparency. The only issue is its price! 
Have firebird zero + thunderbird bi wire speaker cables conneting my diablo 300 to kef ref 5s, it feels just as there is no cable! Dynamics, transparency, and grain free. Doesn't sound too forward to me at all. I believe AQ cables are colourless, the just allow you to hear your equipment true sound. If you have something garbage in your chain, they will expose it.
The higher you go up, the more transparent, better everything. Before i started using AQ, i had a bad idea about silver cables. Turned out silver done right, would sound full, beautiful and warm even possibly, in a good way, with crazy resolution.
I have friends who prefer coloured cables. I can understand using cables as system tweaks. But i prefer transparent cables that doesn't add or subtract, and getting properly voiced equipment.
In my opinion, AQ cables should work in any system. If they don't work, something along the chain doesn't sound right/ neutral. I could be wrong, but i do love my cables, the extremely black background, being virtually distortion free, the energy they allow to pass unhindered, the grip. They are just awesome.


Thank you.A salesman of Audioquest answered me that the new line of AQ sounds better that AQ Wildwood of $18000 because of the new tecnology Zero that AQ Wildwood didnt have. That tecnology give the ultra neutral sounds in the tube system or transistor system. I never heard that a cable  of $3000 surpass a cable of 18000.of the same company. It is very hard to believe it