I have experimented extensively over the past year with the Cardas Golden Cross, the Neutral Reference, FIM Gold, NBS Statement and Valhalla along with another 20 or so cables.
My opinion is you Cardas are the warmer of the group but also the least raveling. I found the FIM, NBS and Valhalla to have a far lower noise floor, reducing the amount of high frequency "hash" and producing a less fatiguing presentation.
If you want a warm clean sound the FIM are a place to start. The NBS and Valhalla are so similar it's a toss up to me. The Vallhala might be a bit more open and reveling, this may or may not cause you problems.
In my opinion the Cardas are excellent mid-fi cables, but any of the other three will take you to a new level. The lack of "hash" may sound to you as warmer, you must try a few to know.
Also for me I found the interconnects to have a larger impact on my system than the speaker cable so I would suggest working with some other interconnects and stick with your Cardas speaker cables for now.
J.D.
My opinion is you Cardas are the warmer of the group but also the least raveling. I found the FIM, NBS and Valhalla to have a far lower noise floor, reducing the amount of high frequency "hash" and producing a less fatiguing presentation.
If you want a warm clean sound the FIM are a place to start. The NBS and Valhalla are so similar it's a toss up to me. The Vallhala might be a bit more open and reveling, this may or may not cause you problems.
In my opinion the Cardas are excellent mid-fi cables, but any of the other three will take you to a new level. The lack of "hash" may sound to you as warmer, you must try a few to know.
Also for me I found the interconnects to have a larger impact on my system than the speaker cable so I would suggest working with some other interconnects and stick with your Cardas speaker cables for now.
J.D.