Dude thank you so much for this review and breakdown. You just save me a TON of money. I was just about to cable my headphone listening station with a complete set of big sir cable. I am switching back to my original plan of a set of copper shielded mogami rca cables at less than half the price. Update: I just calculated you saved me 500$!!
Step 1: Learn to solder. Not hard, plenty of tutorials available, a useful skill in general. Do the same learning with how to make audio cables. Step 2: get cable by the meter and plugs from your biggest local pro audio dealer. They have the best deals because they sell in big volumes, and little to no bullshit. 2-3 moneys per meter for cable and the same for plugs each, from reputable brands, that's more than good enough. Choose OFC copper cable, high flex, and make sure the diameter fits into the plugs you chose. Step 3: make yourself some nice cables from the materials. Just dual mono, and bundle them in pairs using heat shrink tube. Voilà, you just made yourself great quality cables for 10-20 moneys per stereo pair, at the exact length you want, from good quality materials and proper construction that'll last 20 years. You also learned a simple, but valuable skill that'll serve you well forever and save you tons of money. All the music you're listening to has run through dozens of meters worth of exactly that kind of cable during production. The studios and musicians know what they're doing, and what makes a difference and what doesn't. If you don't, learn from the pros, and not from snake oil dealers! Like Audioquest. The construction shown in this video is SHODDY at best. Every experienced amateur can do MUCH better. And they're asking good money for it. Don't waste yours.
🤔Too many Fake AudioQuest Cable out in market. Customer are too Fear to buy AudioQuest model box also look the same Fake vs Real. alot of Cancel orders. How to know which is Real or Fake! 😥 Pls resolve this problem as soon as possible.😥
@@hifisymphony.ok. so yki guys have a weekly training of how to scam a custoner with great marketing bullcrap and try to sell 7000 dollar cables? Its just SAD
The only real difference, you skimmed over it, is the copper wire itself. It's how the copper conductors are made. So without the proper testing device for this purpose there is no way to know for sure. Sad however the BS in most cables...
I dont know, it seems this is a demolition video. I have different brands of cables from audioquest, atlas, tributaries, etc. all are working fine for some years now. Why not compare these with other brands in construction because i know atlas also uses cold welds in their products too. Statement saying they are all copper is just not right. Can you, by your naked eye tell the difference in purity of the copper? The composite of each? Be cautious with people like this in the internet, try cables by yourself before judging. Its not hard to distinguish sound signatures between cables.
I had Evergreen audio cable, and was very unsatisfy with the sound. As I was able to compare it with optical out I hear about 2 dB quiter output. Than I change it for Furutech cable and improvement wor tremendous! Sound output level is now equal to the one from optical connection. Out of couriosity I open the cable as well and was realy dissaponted. That tiny copper wire, tiny aluminum shielding…but hey, that is 50 bucks audio cable! And is cheaper made than some few bucks audio cables!
Sincere review! I had the same experience with Evergreen. First of all it sound bad. I change it for some other ((Furutech) and of course experience biiig sound improvement. Also opened the cable courios why it sound so bad and was really dissaponted with quality. You should have the oportunity to open one of the Furutech cables - just from looking at them you see the quality.
Great video. I am glad someone is finally exposing this company for what it is, marketing!!!!!!! About 7 years ago I went to a cable training and they did this EXACT SAME THING. When I left there, I would tell everyone what a scam AQ is and no one would believe me. Well, thanks to you I feel vindicated. Hahahaha Thanks again for the great video
Brilliant review! Thieves. That's all I can say. I see what you mean by the "new Monster Cable". I have some of their earliest model interconnects that were quite good, but they spiraled downward like a good flush. I wonder if Audioquest is similar, if perhaps their early cables were real until they had name recognition, like Monster. I also wonder about the many interconnects sold from China on eBay. Some look quite good, and describe well, but I've never pulled the trigger. I wonder if anyone out there has?
I did! I bought several interconnects from China, in particular from Xsangsane, 9001Ag silver cable, not cheap, almost 200 buks for one meter, but...! Excellent quality!
I can build the "worlds greatest" interconnect for about $25.. Save your money. Get Belden cable or something similar with low capacitance and quality connectors (Neutrik, Switchcraft, Canare, etc). Assemble and enjoy knowing that you have the best cable possible..
Us pros use Belden, for FAR more demanding purposes than analog audio. Most audiophiles are mid-life-crisis fools with too much money in the bank, desperately looking for something to spend it on. Companies like Audioquest, Chord, PS Audio, GR Research...and so many others...are ready and willing to relieve these plonkers of their cash. 99% of "high end" audio is marketing and the placebo effect. FACT!
@@njm1971nyc "US Pro's"🙄You use Belden cable because that's what is available to you,at the price you want,probably because it's made in the US and you get it cheaper,but there is Mogami and Canare which are Japanese used in Professional audio,infact do your research in professional microphone cable 80% will be Canare 70% Mogami.
When I started looking for cables that deliver sound where you can really hear the difference, I had no idea which cable was good. After I have had to borrow a lot of cables from hifi shops to listen at home, it was my ear that said that a certain cable played correctly and gave me musical joy. In my room I had cables from many European manufacturers also from the USA. The cable that stuck out in my ears was the Audioquest. That's how I started noticing that cable. I slowly over a 4 year period upgraded all the cables from power, signal analog rca, optical, digital coax etc. and each time I have listened to many cables but the choice has fallen on Audioquest. So now in hindsight I have all the cables from them and I'm not a fan or an expert but it was my ear that decided it. My recommendation is to listen and decide for yourself.
And what happened to you and you ears is called "brand fan" or "brand follower" and it's very subjective feeling and emotion. It has nothing to do with objective facts. We all have that. Personaly I'm fan of Adidas. No matter I tryed Nike or Puma, I always felt Adidas is best for me. I know this is subjective feel, I don't have nothing against it because it makes me feel good, but I'm also intelligent enought to realise that has niothing to do with objective and measurable facts. Puma and Nike are great brands with great products. Actually, my kids like Nike only. I hope you see where I'm going. That happend to you with cables. P.S. I have all QED cables for same reasons 😎 except power cables that are Oehlbach. Again, brand follower! Mea culpa!
Yes that is true, but, it seems to me that entry level AQ cables that costs few hundred buks are soo low low entry level quality - you have to start (and you probably talk about that level) with mid level cables, and then you have high quality cables. I also opened my AQ Tower RCA cable, as I was disappointed with sound. ... and when you open it and see that poor quality, and quantity (wire is less than 1mm thick), I'm totally out of AQ fun club!
Thanks. He just wants to show everybody how he thinks he is smarter than everyone else. It's a strange video considering that and that he just cut up a few cables without telling us where he sourced them from.
Unless they're blind listening tests they're meaningless. Examining cables physically can tell you quite a bit - like why do three of them look pretty much identical apart from colour, yet the prices are different?
I've had so many AQ RCA cable failures (not used, but new or near new ones) that I start to believe there must be a design flaw. This is completely unacceptable QC!
Glad I never bought these cables. I mainly use Blue Jean and World's Best Cables and they seem to be great for a lot less. Not all of us can afford overly priced cables for the sake of a big name product. It's called "snake oil". Thanks for exposing the overpriced cables they are.
The higher models have PSC (perfect surface copper) which supposedly gives a smoother more transparent sound. The surface of the copper is supposedly smoother and uncontaminated. Oyaide state that they also use this type of copper in their cables. Hifi symphony has not actually tested the cables to see if they all have exactly the same copper and also does not mention if he has listened to all of them and compared the sound quality. However it is an interesting video.
@@sylvainbiensur7370 You know we can't post links here... and even If I could, it would likely vanish since it challenges snake oil head on. Try a search for "DBPages music".
If anyone has an eye for detail,meaning you have an Engineering back ground or even a designer back ground, and can look beyond the fancy dress,you will see it is a very poor quality cable especially the connector or plug,I build all my own equipment and cables Canare, Mogami and Belden.
I think AQ cables are far to expensive, and have no intention of defending them for that or anything else. But this is a useless and irrelevant "test". Absolutely no science behind it, and marginal knowledge won't help anyone. There are actually many serious people who look at cables with a critical eye here on YT, and they have actual measurements and results to refer to! Plus knowledge of the different types and qualities of the individual types of leads and dialectics. And there will immediately be "more meat on the bone", and more we can actually learn something from! And everyone can see that the break is not in the cold weld, but a millimeter or two away. You can also see the little stump sticking out of the weld, it is broken due to rough handling. Anyway and anyhow, everyone is entitled to their own opinions and I have full respect for this man who absolutely has every right to have his own opinions, and ofcourse do whatever he want to. And I'm shure he's full of knowledge in a lot of other areas!! 🙂✌
An excellent insight into the construction of these cables. I often wonder how huge increases in cost are determined between one cable and another when it’s usually the wrapping or shielding in prettier colours together with marketing terminology is all I can see. How much more effective one cable is over another, I’m sure is exaggerated. I don’t want to be caught up in wanting the next cable in a progressively expensive quest for the holy grail of sound. It’s such a nonsense. Thank you for the vid.
I bought a new Big Sur. Later, I bought a pre-own McKenzie for about the same price as my Big Sur. Comparing between these two cables, McKenzie gives higher detail and more punchy bass about 10-15% better than Big Sur. If buying new McKenzie, It would cost 200% as much of the Big Sur. (Beware of fake products if you're buying pre-own cables. For my case, the condition is I can return the product if I don't like it.)
I’ve had evergreens and golden gates for 5 years and they are just as new as when I bought them. Idk if they make any sound difference but they are 100% better built than cheap RCA’s. Not to mention if your audio equipment is exposed in a living room for example they look the part vs cheap ones.
I use audioquest evergreen cables and they improved the sound from regular amazon cables and have not given me any problems. Plus, I am sorry but I do not take the word of a youtuber who cut up cables and who did not even do an audio test. And did not tell us what cables he uses.
Thank's for the effort. I purchased AQ Diamondback (used 90 euros) , with straight connectors , not the curvey new ones. Using it as a jumpers for NAD 302 integrated , instead of factory ones. And must say , AQ/NAD combo works like a charm.The amp performs better with them , rather then 400 euros Wireworld Equinox 7 , which is a fantastic cable. Diamondback plays with my other amps , like Yamaha ax 1070 and british Exposure 2010 s2 , well , but with NAD it is noticeably better. Also had a NAD C 352 , and the result was the same. Don't know about other AQ cables , but this model is very good , at least in my experience.
Maybe they don't. If one looks better your brain makes it sound better. Hi end audio is very corrupt. These companies understand placebo extremely well and use it to tap your bank account.
Basically the same *poorly made* cable. And... if you think they will make one tiny bit of actual difference in sound quality, you are fooling yourself.
As a skeptic, I believe cables only make a difference under certain circumstances, I believe many or all manufacturers will sell the consumer their marketing, to manipulate your head and wallet. Cable manufacturers make up prices as they go under marketing techniques, and sell the consumer what ever they want to make up, there's no proof in there claims and prices to match what they are selling. How do you say a cable is twenty thousand dollars and justify your claims to value in cost. I buy all my audioquest cables through Aliexpress yes I know there knock-offs, but they are using premium materials and the quality is spot on to the original and I save a shit ton of money and they all sound excellent.
The only problem your method, and skeptics in general, is you guys have to guess about everything. And if that's what works for you, its perfectly fine. You're allowed to do things however you like. The reason I'm commenting is your post seems to be very well though out, and you put in a certain amount of effort to make a good choice. So, here's my question. Why not do some real science? This debate has been going on for close to 50 years now, and up until today, no one in the skeptic community has ever done a single test that meets, or even comes close, to producing scientific results that would be considered valid on any cable ever made. I just find it odd. I understand why people are skeptical. You should be. To spend a lot of money on something without first verifying if there's a difference worth paying for, is just plain stupid. I've always thought that if anyone should be doing some real testing, it would be the skeptic community, and it turns out to be the opposite.
I had AQ interconnects I bought back in the '90s that had a rubbery synthetic jacket that eventually turned to sticky goo, so I threw them away. I still have their speaker cables bought at the same time that are okay. These days I buy Crutchfield or Amazon cables and they work just fine for a lot less money. I'm not playing that game.
Around the time they started putting batteries on their cables they went down hill and price went up. They started with good cables before then, like Midnight. Quartz, Clear, Jade etc.
Thumbs down because as soon as I click on your video. The first ad was about erectile dysfunction. Always good to have that playing when your kids are sitting next to you. So I stopped watching
Your just as well off with cheap dollar store RCA cables. No sound difference than theses expensive ones. Also they will last as long or longer. I have some cheap ones that are over 40 years old and still work with no issue. No sound difference between them and newer ones. Yours look nicer but that is all. Save your money and buy some other speakers instead for a variety in sound.
Yes, AQ is now nothing but snake oli sellers. All of their cables use generic cables but then the just rap them in nice looking coat. But its same in almost all of the cable makers, they do not make the actual cables them self and they are ordered from china etc who ever sels them cheapest. That why you can find "copycats" cheap from china cos they are made in same factory anyway :D Just like any sneakers, T shirts etc. Same factory sells from same production line to anynone who are willing to pay. You can by jeans too. "Original" made in thailand sells 100% same jeans for 70% less with different branding. This goes in electronics too.
Thanks for your opinion on how the cables LOOK. I'm more interested in how they SOUND, particularly compared to each other, and to other brands. What a TOTAL waste of time! 😠
Well... All 4 are manufactured the same and sound the same way. If you think they sound different.. Well.. You're the type of counsumer AudioQuest like to prey on.
I once loved Evergreens until over and over they went bad right where you say that crimp is located. There are other reasonable cables that perform better in my opinion, I'm done with Audioquest interconnects. Now, their semi solid concentric X2 speaker cable is a winner.
I know speaker cables make a difference. In my case a substantial difference,not all good. The downside I was picking up feedback much more than before . I have done blind tests with an 200 dollar interconnect & a 20 dollar one. I honestly couldn’t pick a difference. There was but was it better. I don’t know.
I recently compared Big sur and Yosemite, by listening not by stripping them off and checking wire colors. According to AQ website, they both use PSC+ conductor which is AQ's best copper.But they have difference insulations and terminations. Yosemite uses FEP insulation which is said to have less energy-loss. The difference in my system is day and night! especially in resolving and soundstage. Some people don't like AQ cables because they are overpriced, not becase they are scam.
I don't believe for one second that the difference in your system is "night and day". Barely measurable, at best, and almost certainly not audible. Placebo 🤷♂️
"Day and night"??? Good for you. You should sell that info to mayor audio manufactures so they can improve their products with adding or at least recommending those cables!
@@MJ-zl9ud if I were selling magical cookie jars that I claimed would make every cookie taste like a freshly-baked, luxury cookie, would you try it? No (I assume!) because you're educated enough to know that magical cookie jars are something best left to children's bedtime story books. Likewise, with 3.5 decades in the world of professional video/audio engineering, I'm not going to try anything that makes absolutely zero scientific sense.
@@njm1971nyc and where do you base this conclusion? Have you heard how a good setup sounds with two of these cables to compare that there is a difference? Even the non-audiophiles in our house can tell the difference. If you have not tried comparing these cables in a good setup, how can you even say that they sound alike? The sound is the only thing that matters since they are audio cables.
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Dude thank you so much for this review and breakdown. You just save me a TON of money. I was just about to cable my headphone listening station with a complete set of big sir cable. I am switching back to my original plan of a set of copper shielded mogami rca cables at less than half the price.
Update:
I just calculated you saved me 500$!!
I use Kimber Kable PBJ Nothing is a better value. Vari strand. Different diameters.
Thank you very much !
To me it appears the golden gate would be a little better just for longevity. Where its shielded around the connector.
Why would that give better longevity?
Step 1: Learn to solder. Not hard, plenty of tutorials available, a useful skill in general. Do the same learning with how to make audio cables.
Step 2: get cable by the meter and plugs from your biggest local pro audio dealer. They have the best deals because they sell in big volumes, and little to no bullshit. 2-3 moneys per meter for cable and the same for plugs each, from reputable brands, that's more than good enough. Choose OFC copper cable, high flex, and make sure the diameter fits into the plugs you chose.
Step 3: make yourself some nice cables from the materials. Just dual mono, and bundle them in pairs using heat shrink tube.
Voilà, you just made yourself great quality cables for 10-20 moneys per stereo pair, at the exact length you want, from good quality materials and proper construction that'll last 20 years. You also learned a simple, but valuable skill that'll serve you well forever and save you tons of money.
All the music you're listening to has run through dozens of meters worth of exactly that kind of cable during production. The studios and musicians know what they're doing, and what makes a difference and what doesn't. If you don't, learn from the pros, and not from snake oil dealers!
Like Audioquest. The construction shown in this video is SHODDY at best. Every experienced amateur can do MUCH better. And they're asking good money for it. Don't waste yours.
It is about shielding… you are missing the critical distinction
Nonsense.
🤔Too many Fake AudioQuest Cable out in market. Customer are too Fear to buy AudioQuest model box also look the same Fake vs Real. alot of Cancel orders. How to know which is Real or Fake! 😥 Pls resolve this problem as soon as possible.😥
This are real cables. We are a dealer for AudioQuest
@@hifisymphony.ok. so yki guys have a weekly training of how to scam a custoner with great marketing bullcrap and try to sell 7000 dollar cables?
Its just SAD
The only real difference, you skimmed over it, is the copper wire itself. It's how the copper conductors are made. So without the proper testing device for this purpose there is no way to know for sure. Sad however the BS in most cables...
I dont know, it seems this is a demolition video. I have different brands of cables from audioquest, atlas, tributaries, etc. all are working fine for some years now. Why not compare these with other brands in construction because i know atlas also uses cold welds in their products too.
Statement saying they are all copper is just not right. Can you, by your naked eye tell the difference in purity of the copper? The composite of each?
Be cautious with people like this in the internet, try cables by yourself before judging. Its not hard to distinguish sound signatures between cables.
I had Evergreen audio cable, and was very unsatisfy with the sound. As I was able to compare it with optical out I hear about 2 dB quiter output. Than I change it for Furutech cable and improvement wor tremendous! Sound output level is now equal to the one from optical connection. Out of couriosity I open the cable as well and was realy dissaponted. That tiny copper wire, tiny aluminum shielding…but hey, that is 50 bucks audio cable! And is cheaper made than some few bucks audio cables!
Sincere review! I had the same experience with Evergreen. First of all it sound bad. I change it for some other ((Furutech) and of course experience biiig sound improvement. Also opened the cable courios why it sound so bad and was really dissaponted with quality. You should have the oportunity to open one of the Furutech cables - just from looking at them you see the quality.
There is no need to listen to the cable apparently, what matter is what they look like and very important the color and size.
go get and see some Mogami, Oyaide RCA cables! That is an honest work! And those are the cables used by the professionals!
@@MrSplit57 I have audioquest evergreen and they do the job and sound good. I cannot tell the difference between db and all. So stop lying .
Great video. I am glad someone is finally exposing this company for what it is, marketing!!!!!!!
About 7 years ago I went to a cable training and they did this EXACT SAME THING. When I left there, I would tell everyone what a scam AQ is and no one would believe me. Well, thanks to you I feel vindicated. Hahahaha
Thanks again for the great video
You have been telling this lie for how long? 10 years?
Brilliant review!
Thieves. That's all I can say. I see what you mean by the "new Monster Cable". I have some of their earliest model interconnects that were quite good, but they spiraled downward like a good flush.
I wonder if Audioquest is similar, if perhaps their early cables were real until they had name recognition, like Monster.
I also wonder about the many interconnects sold from China on eBay. Some look quite good, and describe well, but I've never pulled the trigger. I wonder if anyone out there has?
I did! I bought several interconnects from China, in particular from Xsangsane, 9001Ag silver cable, not cheap, almost 200 buks for one meter, but...! Excellent quality!
This video needs more views!!!
I can build the "worlds greatest" interconnect for about $25.. Save your money. Get Belden cable or something similar with low capacitance and quality connectors (Neutrik, Switchcraft, Canare, etc). Assemble and enjoy knowing that you have the best cable possible..
Agree with you 100%
Very true. Thousands for cables is for looks.
@@bradt.3555 Yes, eye candy...
Us pros use Belden, for FAR more demanding purposes than analog audio. Most audiophiles are mid-life-crisis fools with too much money in the bank, desperately looking for something to spend it on. Companies like Audioquest, Chord, PS Audio, GR Research...and so many others...are ready and willing to relieve these plonkers of their cash. 99% of "high end" audio is marketing and the placebo effect. FACT!
@@njm1971nyc "US Pro's"🙄You use Belden cable because that's what is available to you,at the price you want,probably because it's made in the US and you get it cheaper,but there is Mogami and Canare which are Japanese used in Professional audio,infact do your research in professional microphone cable 80% will be Canare 70% Mogami.
When I started looking for cables that deliver sound where you can really hear the difference, I had no idea which cable was good. After I have had to borrow a lot of cables from hifi shops to listen at home, it was my ear that said that a certain cable played correctly and gave me musical joy. In my room I had cables from many European manufacturers also from the USA. The cable that stuck out in my ears was the Audioquest. That's how I started noticing that cable. I slowly over a 4 year period upgraded all the cables from power, signal analog rca, optical, digital coax etc. and each time I have listened to many cables but the choice has fallen on Audioquest. So now in hindsight I have all the cables from them and I'm not a fan or an expert but it was my ear that decided it. My recommendation is to listen and decide for yourself.
And what happened to you and you ears is called "brand fan" or "brand follower" and it's very subjective feeling and emotion. It has nothing to do with objective facts.
We all have that. Personaly I'm fan of Adidas. No matter I tryed Nike or Puma, I always felt Adidas is best for me. I know this is subjective feel, I don't have nothing against it because it makes me feel good, but I'm also intelligent enought to realise that has niothing to do with objective and measurable facts. Puma and Nike are great brands with great products. Actually, my kids like Nike only.
I hope you see where I'm going. That happend to you with cables.
P.S. I have all QED cables for same reasons 😎 except power cables that are Oehlbach. Again, brand follower!
Mea culpa!
Yes that is true, but, it seems to me that entry level AQ cables that costs few hundred buks are soo low low entry level quality - you have to start (and you probably talk about that level) with mid level cables, and then you have high quality cables. I also opened my AQ Tower RCA cable, as I was disappointed with sound. ... and when you open it and see that poor quality, and quantity (wire is less than 1mm thick), I'm totally out of AQ fun club!
@@crodoc69 That is just nonsense and circular comment.
@@dane4453 Yours is. Mine not.
You work for Audioquest, perhaps?
What a great way to judge audio grear, by the looks! How about your listening tests? Very strange.
Did you bother to read the specs, if you can?
Thanks. He just wants to show everybody how he thinks he is smarter than everyone else. It's a strange video considering that and that he just cut up a few cables without telling us where he sourced them from.
Unless they're blind listening tests they're meaningless. Examining cables physically can tell you quite a bit - like why do three of them look pretty much identical apart from colour, yet the prices are different?
@@dane4453 No he's showing you that they appear to be a con and are not constructed optimally.
They have a sound ... there is something. about their sound? I don't use them for anything critical.
This is a great video. I never trust Audioquest.
I've had so many AQ RCA cable failures (not used, but new or near new ones) that I start to believe there must be a design flaw. This is completely unacceptable QC!
Glad I never bought these cables. I mainly use Blue Jean and World's Best Cables and they seem to be great for a lot less. Not all of us can afford overly priced cables for the sake of a big name product. It's called "snake oil". Thanks for exposing the overpriced cables they are.
The higher models have PSC (perfect surface copper) which supposedly gives a smoother more transparent sound. The surface of the copper is supposedly smoother and uncontaminated. Oyaide state that they also use this type of copper in their cables. Hifi symphony has not actually tested the cables to see if they all have exactly the same copper and also does not mention if he has listened to all of them and compared the sound quality. However it is an interesting video.
Trust me ... "perfect surface" is a load of BS. It's just wire.
@@Douglas_Blake_579 how to you know ? can you provide some experience or actual data ?
@@sylvainbiensur7370
You know we can't post links here... and even If I could, it would likely vanish since it challenges snake oil head on.
Try a search for "DBPages music".
@@sylvainbiensur7370
Tons of it. But you know we can't post links here...
There's no such thing a Perfect Surface Copper - it's a marketing term.
If anyone has an eye for detail,meaning you have an Engineering back ground or even a designer back ground, and can look beyond the fancy dress,you will see it is a very poor quality cable especially the connector or plug,I build all my own equipment and cables Canare, Mogami and Belden.
@@johnbravo7542 totally agree with you
I think AQ cables are far to expensive, and have no intention of defending them for that or anything else. But this is a useless and irrelevant "test". Absolutely no science behind it, and marginal knowledge won't help anyone. There are actually many serious people who look at cables with a critical eye here on YT, and they have actual measurements and results to refer to! Plus knowledge of the different types and qualities of the individual types of leads and dialectics. And there will immediately be "more meat on the bone", and more we can actually learn something from! And everyone can see that the break is not in the cold weld, but a millimeter or two away. You can also see the little stump sticking out of the weld, it is broken due to rough handling.
Anyway and anyhow, everyone is entitled to their own opinions and I have full respect for this man who absolutely has every right to have his own opinions, and ofcourse do whatever he want to. And I'm shure he's full of knowledge in a lot of other areas!! 🙂✌
😂Crazy Too OverPrice Cable Brand😊 more & more Hungle for yr Cash $$$
An excellent insight into the construction of these cables. I often wonder how huge increases in cost are determined between one cable and another when it’s usually the wrapping or shielding in prettier colours together with marketing terminology is all I can see. How much more effective one cable is over another, I’m sure is exaggerated. I don’t want to be caught up in wanting the next cable in a progressively expensive quest for the holy grail of sound. It’s such a nonsense. Thank you for the vid.
I bought a new Big Sur. Later, I bought a pre-own McKenzie for about the same price as my Big Sur. Comparing between these two cables, McKenzie gives higher detail and more punchy bass about 10-15% better than Big Sur. If buying new McKenzie, It would cost 200% as much of the Big Sur. (Beware of fake products if you're buying pre-own cables. For my case, the condition is I can return the product if I don't like it.)
It doesnt do any of those things. Unless there's something very wrong with the Big Sur.
I’ve had evergreens and golden gates for 5 years and they are just as new as when I bought them. Idk if they make any sound difference but they are 100% better built than cheap RCA’s. Not to mention if your audio equipment is exposed in a living room for example they look the part vs cheap ones.
I use Siltech, Shunyata and Clarus Crimson cables
@@hifisymphony what do you think about Clarus Crimson cables compared to the others ?
Thanks for this great video. After watching it I went with QED. Audioquest are scammers!
I use audioquest evergreen cables and they improved the sound from regular amazon cables and have not given me any problems. Plus, I am sorry but I do not take the word of a youtuber who cut up cables and who did not even do an audio test. And did not tell us what cables he uses.
You think they improved the sound.
thanks for making a video that I wanted to find out for so long. The shaking in the video makes me dizzy thou
I BUY MY AUDIOQUEST FROM ALI EXPRESS... CONSIDERABLY CHEAPER. 3%OF THE PRICE.. I KID U NOT... I LOVE BEING RIPPED OFF AT THIS PRICE...
Thank's for the effort. I purchased AQ Diamondback (used 90 euros) , with straight connectors , not the curvey new ones. Using it as a jumpers for NAD 302 integrated , instead of factory ones. And must say , AQ/NAD combo works like a charm.The amp performs better with them , rather then 400 euros Wireworld Equinox 7 , which is a fantastic cable. Diamondback plays with my other amps , like Yamaha ax 1070 and british Exposure 2010 s2 , well , but with NAD it is noticeably better. Also had a NAD C 352 , and the result was the same. Don't know about other AQ cables , but this model is very good , at least in my experience.
I use Kimber Kable PBJ. Nothing is a better value.
Good to know but that doesn’t explain why they sound different ?
Maybe they don't. If one looks better your brain makes it sound better. Hi end audio is very corrupt. These companies understand placebo extremely well and use it to tap your bank account.
Great video but you need to get a tripod.
Basically the same *poorly made* cable.
And... if you think they will make one tiny bit of actual difference in sound quality, you are fooling yourself.
True, sadly people fall for marketing crap
Thanks for review of audio quest cables.
Thanks for the banana pealing
I bought 1 meter CHORD CLEARWAY RCA and it was so thin that it broke near the connection, so yeah, sometimes expensive cables is not that good.
I both have evergreen and big sur and sound difference is vast that i could not stand listening to evergreen.
Lol, I proved that they are the same cables.
@@hifisymphony you proved that you like to hear yourself talk and cut things up.
Are all of the cables in your video cold welded or just the evergreen as you only expose the connector with the evergreen ?
Thanks for the work you put into this. I would, for sure, check into another company
The more I hear about Audioquest from some one that is not a employee or dealer the less I like the brand.
Yep, is pure garbage see the other one I did about the Robin Hood Zero cables
Just saved me money, thank you
Great review thank you for open our eyes
I think to give it a fair shake you've got to go from one tier to the next, not within a tier. JMHO.
They're different prices and same construction. What do you mean by "within a tier"? Especially when the tiers are just more marketing.
@@mccririck01 That's cute. Really cute.
@@aa5az423 It's not cute it's true.
ordinary coax
As a skeptic, I believe cables only make a difference under certain circumstances, I believe many or all manufacturers will sell the consumer their marketing, to manipulate your head and wallet.
Cable manufacturers make up prices as they go under marketing techniques, and sell the consumer what ever they want to make up, there's no proof in there claims and prices to match what they are selling. How do you say a cable is twenty thousand dollars and justify your claims to value in cost.
I buy all my audioquest cables through Aliexpress yes I know there knock-offs, but they are using premium materials and the quality is spot on to the original and I save a shit ton of money and they all sound excellent.
The only problem your method, and skeptics in general, is you guys have to guess about everything. And if that's what works for you, its perfectly fine. You're allowed to do things however you like. The reason I'm commenting is your post seems to be very well though out, and you put in a certain amount of effort to make a good choice. So, here's my question. Why not do some real science? This debate has been going on for close to 50 years now, and up until today, no one in the skeptic community has ever done a single test that meets, or even comes close, to producing scientific results that would be considered valid on any cable ever made.
I just find it odd. I understand why people are skeptical. You should be. To spend a lot of money on something without first verifying if there's a difference worth paying for, is just plain stupid. I've always thought that if anyone should be doing some real testing, it would be the skeptic community, and it turns out to be the opposite.
Any advice comparing to Transparent Cable products?
Transparent, Clarus, Shunyata, are very good cables
@@hifisymphony Those are very expensive cables. How can they sound better, though?
I already know this its just copper! Don’t get scammed. Even a good cheaper cable will do.
I had AQ interconnects I bought back in the '90s that had a rubbery synthetic jacket that eventually turned to sticky goo, so I threw them away. I still have their speaker cables bought at the same time that are okay. These days I buy Crutchfield or Amazon cables and they work just fine for a lot less money. I'm not playing that game.
Around the time they started putting batteries on their cables they went down hill and price went up.
They started with good cables before then, like Midnight. Quartz, Clear, Jade etc.
Thumbs down because as soon as I click on your video. The first ad was about erectile dysfunction. Always good to have that playing when your kids are sitting next to you.
So I stopped watching
So did the pills worked as advertized ? 😬
Those Audioquest. I have some. You lose 50% of the high frequency.
one of the best fact-finding videos among the world of hi-fi rip-offs.
thank you very much
why does the golden gate have so few conductors, on the box four are shown, and you have two or even one?
Great video and thanks for saving me $$. I grabbed a few sets of the tower series on sale and called it a day. Sounds great
So what are some quality manufacturers/brands of cables for good prices?
tributaries is possibly the best (www.tributariescable.com)
I have a tributary‘s power cable and a Straightwire power cable. There’s a noticeable difference with the straight wire pro thunder
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Just buy something cheap that looks well made. There will be no difference in sound if they are made properly.
I need rca that r split because my amps from preamp, are on diff sides of room
Your just as well off with cheap dollar store RCA cables. No sound difference than theses expensive ones. Also they will last as long or longer. I have some cheap ones that are over 40 years old and still work with no issue. No sound difference between them and newer ones. Yours look nicer but that is all. Save your money and buy some other speakers instead for a variety in sound.
Just curious what is you set-up ?
I like the kimber pbj over the evergreen … I hear the house sound of audioquest ?
House sound? lol
What about the performance ? I can see they look the same and have different color, do they sound different ?
Not even a little bit.
Why would they sound different? Can you explain why they would?
Audioquest....the worst of the worst !!!
Yes, AQ is now nothing but snake oli sellers. All of their cables use generic cables but then the just rap them in nice looking coat. But its same in almost all of the cable makers, they do not make the actual cables them self and they are ordered from china etc who ever sels them cheapest.
That why you can find "copycats" cheap from china cos they are made in same factory anyway :D
Just like any sneakers, T shirts etc. Same factory sells from same production line to anynone who are willing to pay. You can by jeans too. "Original" made in thailand sells 100% same jeans for 70% less with different branding. This goes in electronics too.
Well said!
Congrats!
Thx!
What did this tell us folks?
How Cheap AQ RCAs are, and all 4 models.. Although different prices... Are exactly the same
Thanks for your opinion on how the cables LOOK. I'm more interested in how they SOUND, particularly compared to each other, and to other brands. What a TOTAL waste of time! 😠
Well... All 4 are manufactured the same and sound the same way. If you think they sound different.. Well.. You're the type of counsumer AudioQuest like to prey on.
Why would they sound different? Can you explain?
I once loved Evergreens until over and over they went bad right where you say that crimp is located. There are other reasonable cables that perform better in my opinion, I'm done with Audioquest interconnects. Now, their semi solid concentric X2 speaker cable is a winner.
I know speaker cables make a difference. In my case a substantial difference,not all good. The downside I was picking up feedback much more than before . I have done blind tests with an 200 dollar interconnect & a 20 dollar one. I honestly couldn’t pick a difference. There was but was it better. I don’t know.
Thanks for the video! How do you get the plastic cap off of the connectors? I have a bad set of golden gate I'm going to try to repair.
once theyr are off they cannot be replaced.....
I get a bad too.
I think this product has a design flaw
terribly cheap plugs. I think my cables are better
I recently compared Big sur and Yosemite, by listening not by stripping them off and checking wire colors. According to AQ website, they both use PSC+ conductor which is AQ's best copper.But they have difference insulations and terminations. Yosemite uses FEP insulation which is said to have less energy-loss.
The difference in my system is day and night! especially in resolving and soundstage.
Some people don't like AQ cables because they are overpriced, not becase they are scam.
I don't believe for one second that the difference in your system is "night and day". Barely measurable, at best, and almost certainly not audible. Placebo 🤷♂️
"Day and night"??? Good for you. You should sell that info to mayor audio manufactures so they can improve their products with adding or at least recommending those cables!
For the naysayers, have you actually tried it yourself?
@@MJ-zl9ud if I were selling magical cookie jars that I claimed would make every cookie taste like a freshly-baked, luxury cookie, would you try it? No (I assume!) because you're educated enough to know that magical cookie jars are something best left to children's bedtime story books. Likewise, with 3.5 decades in the world of professional video/audio engineering, I'm not going to try anything that makes absolutely zero scientific sense.
@@njm1971nyc and where do you base this conclusion? Have you heard how a good setup sounds with two of these cables to compare that there is a difference? Even the non-audiophiles in our house can tell the difference. If you have not tried comparing these cables in a good setup, how can you even say that they sound alike? The sound is the only thing that matters since they are audio cables.