I enjoy my golden reference cables(selling old golden cross currently) they are very warm and forward sounding, with a "color" in the midrange-some would say this is an overly romantic cable, I think that is true but it isn't a bad thing either. I am planning on getting new cables soon, but upgrades do cost money and I have bought too much stuff this year already and its only April!! You may want to try a different speaker as well, what you have is like the Gourmet chicken wing dinner at hooters-those who won't admit to going there or who forgot what that was- it is 20 chicken wings(paradigm speakers) served with a bottle of Dom Perignon(golden reference), what I am saying is that both are good for what they are but it seems to be an odd pairing. Find someone who will do an in home trial and see if they work for you, the only way to test a cable properly is to live with it for a while, IMO any way.
Happy hunting
~Tim
Happy hunting
~Tim
