Cardas or Nordost for Simaudio/Magico


Looking for new cabling for Simaudio 330A amp/390 Pre Streamer into Magico A3 and have narrowed down to Cardas or Nordost primarily as I understand that Simaudio often shows with these cables.  Cardas level would be Clear Cygnus (or maybe stretch to Clear), Nordost would be Heimdall 2 (or maybe stretch to Frey 2).  Need PC, Speaker and XLR IC.  Currently using Acoustic Zen.  Ideally, would like a bit more detail and improved soundstaging.  Probably will buy used and so just want to pick one and go with it.  Appreciate any input.

dokosan

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@soix:  AZ cables - SC = Satori, IC = Matrix Ref II, PC = Tsunami Plus (Pre into a SurgeX).  For completeness, very old Transparent Powerlink Plus PC into wall for amp.

Thanks guys, appreciate the input.  What's fun/frustrating about this hobby is the multitude of choices and many contradictory views (which sometimes leaves me missing Henry Ford).

@audphile1 Your guidance to start with SC and IC first and leave PC makes intuitive sense to me but I've had a couple of dealers tell me PC first.  Curious if you did some experimentation to arrive at that conclusion.