Clear Day vs. Triode Wire Labs speaker cables


I've heard great things about both Clear Day Double Shotgun and Triode Wire Labs speaker cables.  Does anyone have any experience comparing the two?  Thanks.
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FWIW, I received a set of loaner Clear Day Double Shotgun's and two wire Jumpers from Paul yesterday. I have about 10 hours of listening on them now. I had two full runs of Audioquest Gibralter w/dbs as a true biwire set up. 

So far the Clear Day'are not disappointing! I wanted three wire jumpers, but the twin lead was all he had available for loan. The first thing I noticed on The Eagles Hell Freezes Over CD is the audience sounds more lifelike than with the AQ. Next, the hi-hat was crisper and the snare drum is a bit hotter. Nice. Joe Walsh and Timothy B Schmit's silibant's are right on point.

On Ann Bisson, I live in the Treetops, her vocals are amazing with the dead quiet balanced Ayre CX7emp, Classe'CP-60 with the outboard power supply and the Dual mono Levinson.

On Incubus, Morning View,,,,this CD has bass in spades! Very nimble, fast very tight with the Totem Hawks with their amazing long throw woofer. Better control and weight over the AQ Gibralter. No bloat or overhang. The disc also has a DJ that provides tons of additional sound effects. They are all heard through the Clear Day Cables. Hand claps sound more natural also. 

So far the Clear Day Cables appear to perform very well, at least in my system, room etc.

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milpai, (and others in copy) I'm still listening to the Clear Day Double Shotgun's.

I currently have a pair of the (2) strand Jumpers. I understand that you use the (4) strand Jumper from Clear Day. Did you audition the (2) or (3) strand configuration? If so was there any difference in sound? 

Also, I  received a second set of Double Shotgun's this weekend. Installed them yesterday. I have eight speaker posts on my Levinson amp so have them in a true biwire configuration. Two sets of Doubles. 

I initially installed them onto the high frequency posts. At first they sounded rolled off on the top end. And they didn't appear as nimble overall compared to the Jumper configuration. After a few hours, I decided to put the newer cables on the low frequency post and the ones with more playing time on the top. I can still tell the newer cable needs to settle in before it reaches full potential. 

However, at this time I am amazed at the transparency, soundstaging and imaging with the Jumpers. Perhaps even better than with the Double/Doubles. I need to let the second set to catch up to the original set before making a final decision.

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