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Audioquest Type 2 revisited......need recommendation

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I posted last year about my AQ type 2 speaker cables turning slimy/greasy. I cleaned them off but the gunk returned a couple months later. Contacted AQ and they suggested I send them in, which I did. So what did they do? Cleaned them off and sent them back. Was hoping for a replacement or credit towards something else, as I could have saved the shipping $ and cleaned them myself.

The cables are nasty once more and before they turn the carpet red again, I thought I might try another cable. Looking for something full sounding with nothing in the way of brightness. Last resort I could run some braiding over the top, but why not move to something better. These are running between a Audio Research VT60 and Vandersteen 1C.

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RE: Audioquest Type 2 revisited......need recommendation - SgreenP@MSN.com 18:39:03 11/05/16 (0)
I too have Vandersteens.....Call Paul at ClearDay cables.. He'll send you an audition pair so you can hear for yourself
Vandersteen 1C - Luminator 10:54:43 11/05/16 (0)
Doesn't the 1C have the countersunk holes, which accept bananas? If you wish to stay with AQ, I would get their current production Type 4, with BFA bananas. I'm not sure what posts the VT60 has, so if it has screw-type terminals, you will have to go with spades at that end.

And then, you absolutely MUST get this and the rest of your cables, onto a proper cable burn-in device, such as the audiodharma Cable Cooker. We have Cooked several AQ interconnects and speaker cables form the early 90s, and were rather shocked at how good these products truly were/are. They had been used for over 20 years, but that regular playing time falls way short of what the Cooker does.

-Lummy The Loch Monster
RE: Audioquest Type 2 revisited......need recommendation - Mick Wolfe 08:57:24 11/05/16 (1)
CRL Bronze.
- RE: Audioquest Type 2 revisited......need recommendation - el34eh@yahoo.com 17:26:28 11/05/16 (0)
  +1 on said CRL Bronze......., and then some.

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