@audphile1 I appreciate your impressions! Sharing a comparison of several other cable brands and how the Absolute Copper interconnects sound in your system is good information.
I am surprised the Absolute speaker cable was dark sounding in your system because it’s a hybrid cable and it seems like the silver would eliminate the dark sound? Not so in your setup. So, are you replacing the Acoustic Zen with Nordost Tyr 2 interconnects and speaker cables? I will be trying the Absolute Copper interconnects at some point.
Thanks for your impressions and I hope you can get the new amp dialed in!