New Audioquest cables equivalent to Audioquest to the old ones

I think the latest AQ interconnects using silver are superb. Wind and up the line from there. I'm sure the copper versions are good too. Best to just give them a try. 

I agree their silver are good...

Auditioned their Water XLRs...wasn't  thrilled. Cables were fully broken in yet still sounded edgy and fatigueing. Replaced them with much cheaper Grover Huffman's and they sounded way better in terms of musicality and just fun.

To decipher Audioquest cables go to their pricebook on their website where each model is spec'd from lowest to highest so that you can make true sense of the differences between models with corresponding retail pricing. It takes all confusion out. 

With interconnects (latest versions to the right; ballpark 1m list prices are in parenthesis):
WEL - no earlier equivalent, but multiple revisions
Wild (4500) - no earlier equivalent, but multiple revisions
Sky I (2200) > Sky II (2700) > Fire (3000)
Cheetah (1000) > Niagara (1750) > Wind (2000)
**PSS Silver above here; PSC+ Copper below**
Panther (600) > Colorado (900) > Earth (1100)
Jaguar (350) > Columbia (450) > Water (500)
**DBS above here; no DBS below**
King Cobra > Yukon

Even towards the bottom & left are decent cables, but as 4425 mentioned, the Wind on up are really excellent -- this is where real improvements can be easily discerned on high-resolution gear. I also find even the ancient Sky I to be within a few hairs’ width of the "excellent" level as well (much warmer than Wind, though).

With speaker cables, they’ve changed so much in geometry and metal mixes that this is a futile exercise.