@w123ale keep trying different cables. I would highly recommend Kimber KS 1126. Excellent balance top to bottom, air, dynamics, resolution, great tone and musicality in spades. You can pick up a used set for the cost of new Cardas Cygnus and try them out. Or continue on with a Shunyata Delta line. Your system is on a level of these interconnects.
Cardas vs Cardas vs Shunyata interconnects
Got a pile of interconnects cables today from Cable Company to try, focusing on between my DAC (Weiss) and pre (Mc c2300)—SF Amati Tradition speakers with MC601s. Base cables mid level Wireworld.
Contenders
- Cardas Clear Cygnus
- Cardas Clear Reflection
- Shunyata Venom
- Shunyata Venom X
First in was Cygnus. I was immediately floored. Loved everything about it—feeling so engaged with music. Amazingly dynamic and tight bass response. Every song I played was just amazing.
After an hour I was itching to try the Reflection expecting great things. Nope. Dull and woolly. I love warm, but perhaps this was too much of a good thing. After two songs I was back to the Cygnus.
Sticking with the Cygnus tonight.
Shunyata will be up tomorrow and I’ll report back.
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A year ago I auditioned $6K worth of Venom-X cables. The audible difference/improvement was like buying a new piece of electronic gear. Needless to say I kept all of those cables. At the time I was using Rogue M180s, Rogue RP-7, Focal Kanta No.2s, Yamaha CD-S1000, NAD C-658, Thorens TD-1601, Hegel V-10, Ortofon Cadenza Blue. A few months back I sold off the Rogue and Focals gear and am now using a Pass Labs XA25, a Rogue RH-5 preamp, and Wharfdale Linton speakers. For fun I went back to my old AQ Water cables. The Venom-X still sound much better in the new system. To my ears they are some outstanding cables and across at least 2 platforms. I have other amps I swap in and out and I don't seem to realize any negative change in sound quality I can tie directly to the cables. Your mileage may vary. |
@decooney I know I shouldn’t flip flop the cables, but I can’t help myself! Letting the Shunyata stay in the system for a while. Neutral, open, solid bass, detailed but not etched treble. I do think I need to try Delta interconnects. |
Did you find the Cygnus interconnects to be etched treble? They are more revealing or have a tad more over-exposed sound in my system, depending on which dac or source I’m running. imo Cygnus gel better in a softer sounding system. THIS is why I resold them and went with another pair of Clear Reflection ICs, fwiw. However, it seems as if you got what you wanted with Shunyatas. Take extra time with each set of cables before swapping out/in. |
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