Curious How These Nordost Speaker Cables Do What They Do


For a day and a half I’ve been listening to Nordost Red Dawn Rev.II cables in my system(Quad VA-One and Dynaudio Excite X14),courtesy of a friend who is in turn demo’ing some ungodly expensive upgrade...My reference are the Acoustic Zen Epoch..What these cables have brought to my system are:
The first thing I noticed is the music seems to come easier,ie:a touch louder than normal at low levels and it’s so clean I find I’m listening louder..
wider,deeper,and sharper defined imaging and staging...deeper,better defined and tonally richer bass...increased low level detail retrieval...a treble that is not as easy on the ears but seems better defined,almost sharp and I can see where some systems could move way to far into bright with these cables...
So I attribute the cleaner/sharper tone to the addition of high purity silver to the cable but I wonder what it is about the materials and construction that allow the bass,imaging and staging changes and especially the ease which music seems to come now?Any comments(from those who have found cables do matter)and NOT from those who believe they are snake oil PLEASE!!!
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@jmcgrogan2   Any advice on how to go about mixing cables for best results, based on your learning curve? Thanks.
@jmcgrogan2   Thank you for your very thorough and detailed response. Very, very helpful!
@jayctoy   You are very lucky to have had the opportunities to learn and experience and grow with your mentors' guidance and exposure to their systems. Thank you for sharing your journey. Mine has been more of a solo effort until more recently.
@mikey8811

Are you still on your cable search? Did you end up comparing the Audience SX with the Cardas Clear Beyond interconnects? If so, what did you find?

I had the Audience Au24 SX XLRs and the Synergistic Research Atmosphere Level 4 XLRs in for comparison against the Cardas Clear Reflection XLRs.

I chose the SR L-4s. I wasn’t able to get the Cardas Clear or Cardas Clear Beyond in on loan for the comparison (and I really wish I had been able to).

Since the OP hasn’t asked about the Audience SX cables or the others I compared, PM me and I’ll be happy to share my impressions.