I agree; I'd compared 0.5m length of Audioquest Niagara to 1.0m AQ Sky and 1.0m AQ Fire on my Koetsu/1131 SUT. Here, the sonic differences between the Sky and Fire were wildly exaggerated from what they are when used as normal interconnects. The Fire was too forward and aggressive; the Sky too warm/wooly and sloppy in bass. Both of those 1.0 m cables are superior to the Niagara in normal circumstances. I'd expected to use the Fire on the SUT, but had to move it elsewhere and stick with the Niagara.
Later I got a custom 0.5m WEL Signature LP, and it killed all of the above cables.
Congrats on the Sky 30! It will sound amazing, but give it 20 hours of burn-in before it "wakes up". I preferred the 1131 to my brand new Sky 40 until the latter got several hours on it.
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