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Best Cardas cables w/B&W M802's & ARC VT100MkII?

I'm looking to upgrade my speaker cables & possibly my interconnects for my system which consists of: B&W M802 S3's, ARC VT100MkII, VTL TL2.5 pre-amp, Fanfare tuner, Cary 303/200 CDP, & RegaP25 w/Benz Glider. My cables right now are: T-14 Silver Sonic speaker cables (bi-wire), Nordost Blue Heaven (CDP to pre-amp), Straight Wire Chorus between pre-amp & amp, & some cheapo MIT for the tuner.

I'm thinking of upgrading the speaker cables first........am leaning strongly towards Cardas, & buying used either Neutral Reference, Golden Reference, or Golden Cross. Right now I'm thinking I'd go for Golden Reference as my upper limit (about $1000 for a bi-wire pair used?), or maybe Neutral Reference for about 1/2 that. Any advice? Also, I'm thinking of upgrading my pre-amp-to-amp IC, & also upgrading my CDP to pre-amp IC, & using the Blue Heaven for my tuner. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!
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No question, I recently switched to the Golden Ref's and what a difference. The detailing and extended staging is incredible. I had one dealer say "No they are too analytical"...DUH! No I want the experince of being on stage or in the studio and the Golden Ref's did just that.
Bear in mind they do take some time to break in, but you will love em'. By the way I did try the Nuetral Ref's but the staging wasn't as wide and I felt the bass wasn't as defined.
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