Audioquest Sky/Evrest or Purist Dominus/Anniversar

I can tell you some of MY experiences in MY system........... I had the AUdioquest SKY XLR's between my CD and preamp. I have Purist Venustas pretty much everywhere else. I auditioned from the Cable Co. Purist Auqeus Aniversary, Cardas Neutral ref, and another pair of Purist Venustas.

To make a long story short I greatly preferred the Venustas to all the other cables. The Sky were my second choice, but they didn't have as good tonality as Venustas. On initial listening I thought they had more resolution, but the more I listened the more I noticed the Venustas had as much (or more) resolution but didn't sound spot lit on top............. From most accounts the Dominus sounds even better than Venustas (I can't aford them myself)....... Like they always say though............... YMMV.

Chris

What is your equipment and what do you like/dislike about the AQ cables.

I have used Audioquest Sky ( and others ) in the past, good cables. But, in MY system Purist has been the best by FAR. Yes, they are expensive, but you do get what your paying for . Using Anniversary Interconnects & Dominus Speaker Cables. Power Cords are a combo of both Anniv. & Dominus.
IMHO I think it should be a major upgrade.
Good luck

I haven' heard the Dominus, but I have heard the Venustas and own Sky. IMO Venustas is far from beeing natural cable - it has been noted by many ppl on this and other forums who have tried it. Basicly, it is closed in on top and not very transparent.

Of course, with some brighter, harder sounding stuff (like Cmo's Theta CDP) it actually may help. But you cannot use this cable as a benchmark. Almost any cable compared to Venustas - be it Valhalla Sky, TA Reference, Fadel Coherence - will have an elevated treble response for that reason.

IMO you should try first before you buy. I have tried many top tier cables before getting the sky (namely Valhalla, TA Reference w/MM, Fadel Coherence) and much preffered the Sky, as the most "complete" sounding of the lot. Same for my Everest speaker cables. I'd love to hear the Dominus stuff though.