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.

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I would definitely go with Cardas Clear. I own the A3’s and have an authentic Clear unbalanced interconnect between the phono stage and the preamplifier. Before I bought it, I listened to it in my rig. The overall sonics convinced me to drop the cash for the Cardas Clear.

A good buddy just got rid of his A5’s. He had the top Nordost speaker cables and may have had other Nordost in the chain? 

The reputation I’ve heard about Nordost is that they’re bright. IMHO, this isn’t a good match with Magico.

I’m also auditioning Cardas Parsec 9 meter XLR cables between the pre and power amps at the moment. I didn’t notice any improvement in sonics from a pro XLR cable I’d been using.