Audioquest vs. Others

yes indeed, silver is so much cheaper than copper…

Price is determined by supply and demand. The willingness of what the target market is willing to pay and the estimated sales numbers. Companies put a lot of thought in pricing the models in their range. Companies will sell a product at a loss as long as they cover operating costs and the sale results in an advantage over the longer term. 

Economics 101

Many companies have products that double in price as you go up in the range. It is an impossibility that production costs would double up like that. 

Get Tara Labs NOW!!

Looks like most here jumped on the “I hate Audioquest” bandwagon.  No company would purposely make “Broken” cables.  You guys sound like the anti Vaxxers conspiracy crowd.  Really?

AudioQuest makes decent cables, they started losing my interest when it became price prohibitive and also technically impossible to get their best cables.  Technically impossible due to the fact that if don't have bi-wire capable speakers then you won't get the best sound out their high end cables.

Switched to Ansuz and couldn't be happier.

@stereo5
I don’t hate Audioquest. I am allowed to be disappointed in what they have later come to offer.

I mean...let me rattle off the list of products I have from Audioquest:

Audioquest Slate speaker cable.
Audioquest Rocket 44 speaker cable x 2
Audioquest CV-4 speaker cable
Audioquest Type-4 speaker cable
Audioquest Boxer Subwoofer cable x 2
Audioquest Mocha HDMI cable
Audioquest Cinnamon HDMI x 2
Audioquest Carbon HDMI x 2
Audioquest NRG Edison x 2
Audioquest NRG X2 x 2
Audioquest NRG Y2 x 2
Audioquest NRG Y3
Audioquest NRG Z2
Audioquest NRG Z3
Audioquest Dragonfly Red
Audioquest Dragonfly Cobalt
Audioquest FMJ Jitterbug x 2
Audioquest Jitterbug
Audioquest Nighthawk
Audioquest Nightowl
Audioquest Nightbird cable
Audioquest Powerquest 2
Audioquest Powerquest 3 x 2
Audioquest Sydney
Audioquest Victoria
Audioquest Yosemite
Audioquest Ruby X3
Audioquest Optilink 4 fiber optic cable
Audioquest S2 S-VHS cable
Audioquest S4 S-VHS cable
Audioquest YIQ 2 Component cables

So....I feel like I can say, with some authority, that I might have some experience with Audioquest. ;)