Audioquest - IC especially - are these smooth or

They are smooth and very detailed, best soundstage I've heard from any cables in my system so far. I use Cheetahs and Skys. I love them, but the wife is not as impressed as I am. She thinks they are a little to bright.

Tom has a great point about soundstage...really great with the Audioquest.

No such thing as bright cables. They simply transfer signal from one place to the other. Bright sound is from the components in the system. Cables do not create anything. They are passive.

Flemke, Passive or not, you are wrong if you think cables are not able to swing the sound of your system one way or the other. Compare some of the solid silver cables out there to some of the gold alloys and then tell me the components have just changed how they sound.

If it's bright it's from your components. Cable conducts signal. Yes,cable can work as an EQ and many silly people pay huge amounts of money for this effect. If silver makes your system sound bright,your system has some piece that is bright. Silver alone cannot create a forward sound.