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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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I have experienced how cables can alter sound, better, worse, and sometimes just different, but don't understand why someone would use cables that are more expensive than the equipment. Makes better sense to spend the money on better equipment.
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Grey9hound, happy that you’re pleased with the changes to your system.

“You might be surprised at what pricey cables can do for a system that is not high end ...like mine .”

I do have quite a bit of experience with cables, from personal systems, friends systems, and about 20 years working in the audio industry. The point I was trying to make in my previous post is that a system can only be as good as its weakest link, and using cables more expensive than the equipment is like installing $1000 racing tires on a stock Civic. Sure, they perform better than stock tires, but to realize all they can do, the drive train and suspension must be upgraded as well.

I would hate to see you wind up on the cable merry-go-round, like so many do, myself included some years ago.
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Grey9hound, I totally agree and apologize for being out of line trying to evaluate your entire system. I should have just answered your specific question. Guess I’m turning into a cantankerous old man. For what it’s worth, and you care to give me a 2nd chance, here’s a cable you should investigate, ZU Audio Varial. Sorry, but you rarely see them for sale, although they come up occasionally, that should tell you people keep them. They have been compared to cables costing more than 10 times their price. One of these is the Stealth Indra, currently $7000 for a 1M pair. I have personally compared the Varial with Stealth Metacarbon, a step below the Indra, and they are very close. I also compared Varial to Audience Au24 and Nordost Valkyrja. I preferred the Varial, just better overall, and since you asked, definitely better bass. Check out the links below for the reviews.

On this one pay close attention to the paragraph below the 2nd picture of the Varials(XLR), and the last paragraph.

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/zu13/cables.html

Varials are about a quarter of the way down the list on this one.

http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue22/awards_2005.htm
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Audiolabyrinth, I believe you are confused about Grey9hounds amp. His Emotiva LPA-1 is a multichannel amp that he is using 4 separate channels of the 6 or 7(configurable) to bi-amp his speakers. Also, you are actually single wire with jumpers on you speakers, and the other scenario you make reference to is bi-wire. Glad you’re happy with your setup, and I do agree using single wire/jumpers as oppose to bi-wire, although a lot of people do like bi-wire. Don’t want to open that can of worms.

Grey9hound, have you ever used identical speaker cables? Just curious.
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