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In Reply to: Re: Panther vs. Columbia posted by trh8654 on March 4, 2007 at 07:12:18:
What you say makes sense and agrees with what AQ's Joe Harley says--that each step in their IC-cable line is an audible improvement over the lower-priced one. I've had Cheetah in my system in 2 postions--multidisc player (MDP) to preamp (3 front channels) and preamp to 3 front-channel power poweramps, the latter soldered into the amps.Because I recently installed an active speaker-management system, a dbx DriveRack PA (DR-PA), in my system, I needed more cable and chose NOT to afford more Cheetah. This time I went with all Panther from preamp to DR-PA and DR-PA to 4 channels of poweramps, and this time not soldered. The DR-PA uses all XLR connectors, and I installed those [AQ-brand] myself. I still use Cheetah from MDP to preamp.
With all these changes, my system has never sounded better, so the Panther must sound at least very good.
Subsequently I did a comparison of Cheetah, Panther, Herron Audio, and Grante Audio silvers, for a golden-eared friend who has not heard high-quality AQ IC. The test was single blind. He prefered the sound of the Cheetah, overall. On the others, he opined that the Panther was close but with very slightly less transparency, the Herron was very good but was warmer colored and less detailed/transparent. I don't recall what he said of the Granite, but it was somewhere in the middle.
Your comments about Columbia and Jaguar make sense as they both use polyethylene and not Teflon dielectric.
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- VERY interesting. Perhaps we've found our AQ-IC expert! - jeffreybehr 10:22:15 03/04/07 (0)
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