Interconnect with great dynamics and bass slam ,


I recently purchased some Cardas Golden cross sepaker cables. They replaced my Dh Lab Q10s. I replaced the Q10s because i was getting some upper mid freq brightness.
I have Golden Cross interconnects from preamp to amp and from cd player to pre amp. The sound is very smooth and detailed .The bass and mid bass is not as authorative or as tight. The highs are better - more detailed and smooth.
The problem is the sound is almost too smooth the bass is kind of rounded off now .The sound is less dynamic.
My Question is.
Is there an interconnect that could give me back that great bass and dynamics of that i had with the Q10s, without the harshness i was getting. I think i would like to keep the Golden Cross speaker cables and try changing the ICs. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
grey9hound

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@ grey9hound,, I made a mistake!, The ultimates are the top of the line cable from High-fidelity!, A couple weeks ago the cable company said they were not available yet!, If TBG has a pair, I assume they are available now!,, cheers!
@ TBG,Please excuse my clerical errors when I talk here,,,Your last post caught my attension!,, TBG,, You are a self made Expert!,,Your vast years of knowledge is well known thru-out the Audiogon!, It took you years of trial and error to know what may work for you and what may not work for you!,based on this exsperience, you may or may not give your educated recommendations to others!, I say educated based on the facts of learning by trial and error!,, now that said,, since you do have more exsperience in certain aspects of the high-end audio field than the common audiophile and based on your age!, well, believe it are not, you are a self made Expert!,, you may not flaunt it, or say nothing at all period, but at the end of the day, you are a self made expert rather you like it are not!, now take this as a compliment!, it is meant as a compliment to you!,, ok, TbG, I am confussed here with the pricing of High-fidelity products!, the cable company has alot lower pricing than the high-end store that has a classified listing here on the audiogon for High-fidelity cables!, TBG, I am talking a huge difference in the cost of money!, the cable company has the ultimates at a little less than $5,000.00,, but this other dealer that has their listing here on the audiogon has the same cable for a whoping $7,500.00!,,, My question is, Did the High-fidelity cable company change their pricing!, whats going on here?,, the cable co is selling for alot less!,, cheers!
@c Tbg, I believe you are on to something special with these High-fidelity cables!, Reading multiple reviews on them, the reviewers seemed dumbfounded by the performance levels of these cables!, very impressive indeed!, It is because of you!, I am wanting to give these cables a listen!, I know you will not be supprised if I buy some!,LOL!, I will not be supprised my self!,, thankyou TBG, cheers!
@ TbG, LOL!, I am a collector of cables that are the best available!, can you Imagine? owning on one system, the best of Taralabs, on the other system owning the best of High-fidelity?,, That would be the bomb and my goal!,, cheers!
@ Grey9hound, I wanted to take the time to tell you how much I really like you!, You are a special gentleman and friend!, All that you do does not go unnoticed by me!, cheers!
@ grey9hound, Wow!, You are a rocker!, So am I!,,lets see, I have seen zz-top,seven dust,metallica,lynyrd skynyrd,Ac/Dc,Alice and chains, Kid rock,c.c.R.,,creed,jeff beck,,all of these bands in concert that you have listed here, yes,I have seen way more bands then this, COOL!,,cheers!
Man-o-man you guys got me lost with the music thats mentioned here!, Pantara eany one!, Rock-on!
I like the white stripes!, kinda cool, a two piece band!You guys need to teach me about the ole blues man!, I really dig the B.B. king thing!,A perfect circle! are you kidding!, bring it on!,Tool, temple of the dog! wow! hell yeah!, keep it coming!
The problem I currently have, Is I really do not have any music!, everything really was stolen by my 2nd x-wife!, system and all!,, That Bixxx!, thousands op on thousands of dollars of audio and music gone!, 2004 was a mother-xxxxxx!
@ Grey9hound, What are you up to?, Kinda quite!, Since you are in knoxsville, have you been keeping up with Danielle Bradberry of the voice show?, I know she is fron Texas, she still sings great!, cheers!
@ jmcgrogan2, How does The Robert Cray sound?, Its seems that there is so many variations of blues now days!, I like the slow, ripping of the guitar stuff of B.B. king!, cheers!
Oh, I am sorry,I gooffed!, what have you been doing?, does your speaker cables sound better now?, they should!, cheers!
@ waxwaves, I thought you lived in Tennesee, outside of Knoxsville!,I seen your ad for sale of your mccormic Dna .5 deluxe,, says shipping from Linville, North carolina!, Man-o-man do I love North Carolina!, I have been all over the place in that state!, I love The women around Raleigh!, mmm, Its like 7 women to one man!, I had 2 girlfriends at the same time!, They never met, but yet, I had them many times at the same time!, North Carolina Rocks!
@ jmcgrogan2, The thing is, we are Targeting a pair of speakers that retail for $60,000.00 that are discontinued!, They are replaced by the much better sounding JBL everest DD 67000, we want the 66000 that we have been keeping up with!, here on the gon!, $25,000.00!, since we are poor!, the new 67000 is $75,000.00,, these are world renowned speakers that are not that popular here in the states yet!, Horns!, I want to go back to my love!, these speakers are the best available for horns, why, LOL!, they do not have the horn honks, colorations, etc..., they are better than the revel salon 2, avalon edilon diamond speakers, these 66000, 67000, speakers are bettering planar, electrostat speakers with slam!, may take a year, maybe two, were gonna get them!, I have to keep my so called guru card!, LOL!
@ jmcgrogan2, you really know how to use a computer!, I listened to all that you put here!, Thats what I am talking about!, thats my kinda blues buddy!, Can I talk you into sending me some thing?, I hate to be such a begger!, cheers!
Hi,I am giving a high, very high quality disc a spinn this morning!, 1994 Korn!, there first cd!,If your system does not sound very real with this recording, You need to change something!, the best mid-range you will ever hear on the snare drums!, This cd rocks!,I was not a korn fan till i heard what it sounds like on a high-end system!, very dimensional!, Awsome to say the least!,musical is an understatement!,This is the way to start the morning!, LOL!, Happy listening!
I love the Doors, I mean a whole lot!, I will miss Ray! To me, He is one of the best key boardest ever!long live the music!, Happy listening!
@ grey9hound, Your last two post was very informative!, interesting indeed!, well written!I enjoy your post when you do them like that!, congrats on your Taralabs cables!,, cheers!
I am so glad I know what I want, and getting very soon!, The Taralabs cobalt A/C power cord, retail $5,000.00 a 6ft cord!, that should do the my cd-player very good!, I am going to buy used and try to save as much money as possible!, I have a situation in the works now!, may take me 30 to 45 days, the seller has 6 to 7 of the cords for sale!, He told me He is sure that I may get one unless some one buys all of them at the same time, that would be unusual, however, my friend in L.A. californa sold all his at the same time, so, I will keep my fingers crossed!, My amp leaves on june the 7th, to come back a new one!, cheers!
@ grey9hound, you never told me you had two amps!mmmm,I did not ask!HaHa!,You are full of supprises!,seems like you have the entertainment package down!, cool!
@ waxwaves, How does your new amp sound now?, should be settleing in good now!, Happy listening!
@ waxwaves, He is missing in action!, Ha, Ha!, when you get a chance, go to the other thread and answer some of my questions I have for you, Thanks Waxwaves,, cheers!
@ Grey9hound, Yes, I have seen that review before, The thing is the 2s is made in austria, the chasiss is made in china,all the entire unit after that is made in Austria!, the cd 2 was cheaper, the 2s is $6,350.00 all day, every day!, They look exactly the same grey9hound, the differences are in the inside., Hey, there is a gentlemen that would like your attention on the 0.8 thread, his name is calvinj, hes cool, He just bought an Ayon 2s just like mine and wanted everybodys opinion on the Tara experience, cheers!
@ jmcgrogan2, I would like to get an a/c cord for the Krell, However, This model series is the only one that is hardwired with this huge,thick stock a/c power cord that could pass for an after market power cord!,Krell did this from 2001 to 2006, most a/c power cords sounded like crap on the Krell amps, so they had a american cable company make and match the amps and hard wired them!, All the other Krell amps before and after have a detachable a/c power cord!, And I have to admit, That Krell was correct with their statement regarding after market power cords!, I tried about 20 different power cords from the cable company in the mid 90s, none of them sounded better than the stock cord!, the price range was up to $2,000.00 for a 6ft power cord that me and a group of friends rented together!, so, I am very skeptical of power cords for a Krell!,, cheers!
I will start a thread on this, I have not started a thread in a while, my last one got deleted because of that idiot from australia!, I was not at fault at all!, kinda like that hater from a couple weeks back!, You will see the thread, remember, most after market cords do not do as good as the power cord Krell got made for their amps!, They are matched!, The cord that came with my unit is either 10 or 8 gauge!,It looks like a fricken snake!,LOL!, cheers!
I started the thread, look for it in a day or so, It will be under cables!, John, This should be interesting!, like I said, Krell had made a very good power cord for this model amp I have, I hope I can use a cobalt on a krell 700cx with an over the top improved sound!, I doubt it can happen!, cheers!
@ jmcgogan2, LOL!, My carol stock power cord says 10/3 600 volts!, I do not believe a 20 amp power cord will work?, Do you?, LOL! My Krell might melt a cobalt!, Then I would really be pissed off!cheers!
@ jmcgogan2, My dedicated line that I installed is made for 220!, Its a 3/10 wire as well as the Krells, none of this will melt!, The power cord that came on the krell is made for 220 and 110, Krell told me this a couple of months back,they said they can switch the amps software to run on 220!, and another cord would not be neccesary., I am tring to get them on the phone now, hard to get thru sometimes. cheers!
@ jmcgrogan2, Bad news john, Talked to Ray the current service manager at Krell, He confirmed everthing I have been saying about this useing an after market a/c power cord, My thread is up and running now, we will see what the gonners say about the idea,, any way, Ray said Krell does not reccomend the use of an after market cord and will not warranty the work they will perform on my amp if I use one!, Ray said, The carrol cord was made specifically for the Krell 700 cx!, I do not know what to say john, maybe sombody out there has a success story doing this, that might come on the thread!, cheers!
@ jmcgrogan2, If I knew the cobalt would sound good on the Krell 7oocx and worked to good effect,I would do the up-grade with no hesatation!, I would like to see if eany body comments on the issue on the thread I started., As A matter of fact, I am going to change my breaker out from a 20 amp to 25 amp breaker, Krell told me that the 20 amp was restricting my current of my amp, and that a 25 amp would make my krell 700cx run alot smoother and run cooler!,and still small enough to flip if a problem occurs.cheers!
@ Grey9hound, put some palm trees around that pool with the music set-up you have and its an oasis!,Happy listening!
@ grey9hound, Did you get to meet Adam?, Broadcast t.v. is what I have!, We do not want to spend money on something like a t.v. service! Our audio hobby takes so much money!, The krell leaves this friday!, see why we do no t.v. service,LOL!, I am glad to hear from you!congrats on the taralabs cables working for you!I bet your system sounds sweet! we hate reality shows too, however, we like the voice because they have real singing talent on the show at times!You bought another LpA-1?, I always thought you had one amp!, cheers!
@ waxwaves, I believe I will pick you to come visit some time, after I get the krell back!, I fall out of my chair laughing when I read your post!, reminds me of being in a rock band again!, A since of humor is awsome in my book for a friendship!, The Krell getting a oil change,Ha,Ha!,, As a matter of fact, I am drinking a Budice!, Heres to ya waxwaves!, cheers!, BTw, what is zing zang?, I would have been all about the typing girls in skirts!,LOL!, never seen the, live from Daryls house!, sounds good to me, I like Hall and oates!, cheers!
@ grey9hound, Really, Its not how long they have the amp,Its how fast we can pay for it!, most likly, the amp will be done, and waiting for our final payment of services renderd and shipping back, 6 t0 10 weeks!, they will be done in 4 weeks!, lets hope my plan of 6 weeks works out!, thankyou grey9hound for getting back to me!, one can go crazy not talking to audiophiles!, cheers!
@ waxwaves, You are talking my kind of environment!the spring fed pond and all the frogs and fish!,I have been swimming in that kind of setting all my life!, sounds like a awsome time with the beverages and all, I mean beers!, The Decade a/c cable is 12 gauge 15 amp! and should work on any thing you have!, Its not like you have 500 watts class A high current a channel and catching your receptical on fire!, LOL!,, I know your amp is high current!, the a/c cord should be fine on it!, your amp does not require a 20 amp breaker or a/c power cord that is 20 amps!,most likly, it may still sound better on the digital? we will see want we?, cheers!
@ waxwaves, Jmcgrogan2 would be interested in your going nearly full Taralabs full loom sound!, the outcome should be very adequete!, Happy listening my friend!
@ waxwaves, mmmm, seems like you did not get your Decade power cord from audiogon!, where did you buy your Taralabs Decade power cord from?, I am glad you did not give weinhart Design the privelege of you buying from them!, cheers!
@ jmcgrogan2, I agree, Audio is a crapshoot!you remember decade!, that should be a great power cord for his mccormic amp!, what do you think?
@ waxwavs, whats going on with the Decade power cord set-up?, and, If you could, get to my question on the previous post to you. cheers!
@ ZD542, As much as I love The Taralabs cables, Its the same as all cables, Its system dependent!, The Decade cables were really good for the money paid new!, Its a cable line from 1995 that was Taras celebration cable of being in bussiness for 10 years, the following year they introduced the one cable, the Decade was the top of the line in 1995, 96, the one, the zero gold 97 till late 2013 or early 2014 when Tara releases their new top cable and a speciality line thats for wide ban amps, but the new top cable will be for the mass componets out there, I hope they still keep the zero and omega cables in the line up!, we will see, maybe Tara will try to come to reality with their cable pricing thats really out rageous!, But I think that about all High priced cables!, Its a cable right!, LOL!, cheers!
@c Isochronism,, Hi, Its good to see you!, I have read many of your post and enjoy what you have to say!,, Unfortunally, My Krell 700cx is at Krell right now getting renewed completly!, Its only 8 years old, but I had a bias issue, so what the hell, right!, after all the shipping cost that I am paying, I requested for the amp to come home as new so I want have to bother with caps etc.. latter down the road in a few years!, The JBLs are fine!, LOL!, I just do not get to hear them right now!,, Grey9hounds offer is outstanding!, If I had all my system here, I still would like to go!, forget the audio!LOL!,, Grey9hound is a real gentleman!, He is an awsome member and a asset to us all!,,You have tube componets in your system?,, I have a few questions if you do.,, thankyou Isochronism, happy listening!