Merlin vsm mme owners, Cardas cabling Question.

Call the Cable Co. and have them send you a full set of Cardas GR and evaluate them. I have Bobby's full receipe with the Fila integrated and it is the best all around system I've owned. I've had Soundlabs, Maggies, Acoustats, Quadratures and Martin Logans. Bobby's system has an organic natural quality that I've never heard before and I'm basically a planar/electrostatic guy. Pretty damn hard to beat in my opinion.

I can provide some input from personal experience. I had the exact same feeling about the Cardas cables as you do. I argued with Bobby P about it. I was a big JPS fan for a long time. I never heard Cardas sound worth a crap on any system I ever had and never understood why anyone liked them. Had them here many times from the Cable Co. to try and always sent them back unimpressed.

When I got my Merlin VSM lead free speakers from Bobby and a Fila integrated along with the Audio Aero Capitole Reference I finally gave in. I tried the latest JPS and the Cardas GR and had to agree with Bobby that there is a synergy there that can not be denied. They beat the pants off the JPS. I was surprised and shocked. That was enough to convince me and I set out to buy used Cardas GR for the entire system. Power cords, interconnects, speaker cables.

I would not have believed it if I had not heard it myself because it went against everything I had experienced in the past. I'm a planar/electrostatic guy but Bobby P has taken some concepts in which he strongly believes and contined to refine and improve them for years.

Everything is relative but Bobby's "prescription systems" are very hard to beat in my view. They have an organic realism that I have never heard before that is natural and life like. Just get some loaner Cardas from the Cable Co. and listen and draw your own conclusions. I did not want to believe this until I heard it myself.