Cardas Clear Digital SPDIF

It’s a nice cable. A self effacing type of sound with no real emphasis in any frequency. Overall natural and smooth sounding with midrange sweetness but not as much midrange emphasis or warmth as the older Cardas cables.

It has a lot of detail and the layering of and space between musical notes is both impressive and engaging, as is the soundstage. The musical flow has a correctness about it.

So far, I would like more warmth or a midrange bump though vs the natural “clear” presentation it gives but will wait to see how it settles in.

I ended up replacing it with an Aural Symphonics Echelon Digital. It has all the positive traits of the Clear plus the fullness and tonal density that Clear lacks. The Clear is a decent value cable but in my system was not full sounding enough for me.

Aural Symphonics certainly know their way around digital even though you don't read much about them.

@dr3 Transparent is always priced at a high premium. The Premium is at a lower tier vs Clear despite the price. You need to compare the Reference to Clear and as it is supposedly on a similar tier.

You will find the Reference is superior in all ways.