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Acoustic Zen Absolute Copper vs. Cardas Clear interconnects

I currently have the Cardas Clear interconnects and speaker cables in my system.  I demoed several AES cables from The Cable Co. and the Acoustic Zen Absolute 110 AES/EBU cable won the shootout.  

Has anyone compared the Acoustic Zen Absolute Copper interconnects with Cardas Clear interconnects?  I would like to hear your impressions and this includes any Acoustic Zen speaker cables vs. “Cardas Clear” speaker cables too.  At some point, I would like to demo the Acoustic Zen cable loom from The Cable Co., (e.g., Hologram II or Absolute speaker cables).  I’m on cruise control with HiFi purchases for a little while, however, I like the Absolute 110 AES cable so much, I might want to pursue the Acoustic Zen interconnects and speaker cables at some point.

I know I have to demo the cables in my setup to form my own opinion, but I’m interested in your impressions if you’ve compared the aforementioned.

Thanks in Advance!

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pinwa
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I have the Acoustic Zen Absolute Copper XLRs which I felt were an upgrade from Harmonic Technology Magic Link 2's.  I also have the AZ Absolute speaker cables which are great.  I didn't carefully compare them to anything else but my system certainly doesn't sound dark.

But you specifically asked about AES cables, and recently I bought a Shunyata Etron Python AES cable that simply trounced my Audioquest Coffee Coax cable in exactly the same setup just different connections.  And in talking with several people it seems the Shunyata digital cables are very well regarded in general.  I don't have any other expensive digital cables to compare to but if you are doing a serious comparison I would add the Shunyata's into the mix.

pinwa
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@dbt Sorry, I read your post a little too quickly and made the assumption it was about AES cables.  I have a VPI Super Scoutmaster turntable, Skyanalog Ref cartridge, Allnic H-3000 phono stage, Berkeley Reference 2 DAC, Audio Research 5SE preamp, PS Audio BHK 300 mono blocks, and Magnepan 20.7 speakers.

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