Audioquest speaker cables


I am looking to upgrade speaker cables and wondered if anyone has compared the Audioquest William Tell bi- wire cable with the Robinhood bi-wire.  What improvements (if any) did you notice?

128x128bwguy

I would not use a Audioquest bi-wire speaker cable.  Their cables are excellent design, but they are normally just 13awg or close to 12awg cables.  When you do the bi-wire option, you are just splitting that into a 14.5awg + 15.5awg cable. 

I would recommend using a non bi-wire cable and connecting it to the top (tweeter) binding posts.  If you don't like the jumper block between the binding posts, then get a high quality jumper cable.  You lose current capability if you bi-wire an Audioquest speaker cable.

There are other speaker cables which are fine bi-wire.  These are cables that are 8awg to 10awg to start with.

I am actually moving up from some far less expensive cables. It is my first upgrade and considering both. I know either would be a major upgrade, but I know if I got the Robinhood’s, I would wonder how much better the William Tell’ would be. I need 15 feet so the price difference is fairly large.

So they use a different AWG with the bi-wire option?  The William Tell zero is 13 awg.

Yes. Both @ctsooner ​​​​@gdnrbob have the better AQ after hearing both. 

15’ is a significant performance hit, no matter the cable - i am sure you are aware.

Yes the AQ can and should be two sets of cables, so no concern about awg.

hope this helps, enjoy the journey and the music. Rutan at @audioconnection can demo both.

jim

I  use AQ power cords and a Niagara 1200. I like what it does for my system. I have not used their speaker cables or interconnects. Have you considered triode wire labs products?