So dollar for dollar, you reckon the extreme cable gives better sound than AQ??? I checked Xtreme website, their cables are pretty expensive, the price for X5 is equivalent to AQ top of the line Earth Feature series..way out of my budget
AQ has the so-called "DBS" system, do you know what technology is being used in the xtreme cables to make them sound good??
Damned..I should have just been contented with using zipcord.
I don't consider the Xtreme Cable cheap by any stretch, but I do know that he discounts pretty deeply, and that at the end of the day it isn't that much more than the AQ (bi-wired). I could only quantify it as being a different sound. The AQ is smooth/relaxed without losing dynamics. The Xtreme seems breath the music differently (if that make sense), there is an openess, extension and pace with the Xtremes that can become quite addictive, especially when used in conjunction with the Bruce Moores (also hand wired with Xtreme X5
).
By the way, I get a hell of a lot more base extension with the 50w Bruce Moore mono/Xtreme cable combo than I do the Carver ZR 1600 (not talking sheer power obviously).
They use various materials blends of gold. silver. copper depending on which cable/application, but most notably, they only use Cotton to shield. The sound is very open....
I'd give Extreme a ring and see if you can work something out. I know that they take car of first time buyers, maybe even a trial?