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"could it be that this wire was a test run of wire that never made it to market, the "Rockefeller 3"

It could also be any cheap wire with Rockefeller printed on the outside. Original Rockefeller uses partially conductive Polyethylene insulation on negative wire. Easy enough to measure with ohmmeter. If it measures infinity then it cannot be Rockefeller. Also, AQ stated that they use silver plated copper for subwoofer wire only.

Kijanki

That is another possibility but at this time i don't think so - theres to many things that are "right" with this wire. Per your suggestion i tried to measure conductance of the insulation with a Fluke 187 multimeter on the insulation with 1/2" spacing between leads and it measures infinite on both positive and negative. Tried the same on a pair of genuine Audioquest Viper interconnects I have with the same result infinite resistenace on all three leads. It can be that this "partially conductive" polyethylene would have to be measured for conductance with for an example a "megger" (instrument used for measuring ground faults in electrical installations, that measures at a much higher voltage - 1000V)

So I'm going to suggest something crazy - anyone having participated in this thread having a feedback of at least 50, no negatives, are welcome to try out these wires - I'll send them to you via fedex ground, If you accept this offer you agree to be responsible for shipping them back to me or to the next person wanting to try them out whom will be accepting the same responsibilities, you also agree that you will not take them apart more than you are capable of putting them back together again.

As Always, Good Listening

Peter

Peter, why you compare it to Viper? Viper uses foam Polyethylene and should measure infinity. Carbon loaded Polyethylene should measure within 1Mohm. This is second clue in addition to silver plating that shouldn't be there.

Kijanki

It is the only other Audioquest wire I have, did not check what insulation is supposed to be on it. But yes its a second clue.

As always, Good Listening

Peter

Of course, I am not sure that K2 is actually solid silver either. The description on Audioquest's website is a little vague, calling it perfect surface silver. Dont know if that means the cable has a perfect silver surface, or if the surface of the silver wire is perfect.

Still seems like a lot of work for little reward. I am going to order a pair and see what happens. they claim they have a full return policy and I will pay with paypal. PBN, do you know which particular supplier you got yours from?