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| Cardas Power Cords / Furutech vs Cardas Terminations I had a full set of Golden Reference Power with the Furutech ends, but didn't keep them. I have an one older one that I've kept with the older termination. I didn't do rigorous comparison, but felt they were similar. I have a couple older Quadlink... | |
| Cardas Power Cords / Furutech vs Cardas Terminations A fellow audiophile did some research and relayed to me that the exact same vendor who makes the FI-15 Furutech IEC connectors has been making the Cardas brand ends, and if you open up one of each and compare their "guts," they are identical. The ... | |
| Your favorite Small Apartment Speakers The JMlab (Focal) Electra 905s are rare to find on the used market because they’re older, but they are fine speakers. They feature the time-aligned D’Appolito configuration that helped put the brand on the map. They are very fast, neutral and live... | |
| Do re -wired BI wired speaker cables need break in time ? I agree they will need some fresh breaking in. New connectors, new sheathing to split into bi-wire, mechanical stress to the cable, etc.I have found even used Cardas may take a couple hundred hours to sound their best. The changes tend to be sub... | |
| Any cable delivers more bass than Cardas Golden Reference? Yes, it's a balancing act. I currently have Golden Cross, Golden Reference and Clear Reflection speaker cable in house. There are things to like about all of them, and I wish I could combine the strengths of them all. To me, Cross and Golden Cross... | |
| Any cable delivers more bass than Cardas Golden Reference? I am a long-time Cardas user and have used Golden Reference Speaker as my home reference for 2-3 years, so I well appreciate the weight that cable brings. I bought a Clear Reflection Speaker to replace it. It has very similar voicing, but it a l... | |
| Should I keep the Turntable or sell it? There are many theories to turntable design, but they have to be implemented correctly for good results. Many people view Rega as dinky 'tables, but they are lightweight and stripped-down, like a Formula 1 Race car. And their performance sounds ... | |
| Bi amp pros out there I could use some help! First time Bi Amping... Back in 2001 or 2002, I did passive vertical bi-amping with Musical Fidelity A3cr preamp and two power amps. These amps got great reviews, the only real shortcoming being lack of power (at 120 watts per channel, and they were not "stiff" watts). T... | |
| Cardas: Cross vs. Reference and Clear Thanks, stringreen. As you might guess, I've found Cardas a good match in my system, although I do hear them as being less transparent than some competitors.A friend has been using Cross for years. He recently added a pair of Clear Light. In dire... | |
| Cardas: Cross vs. Reference and Clear Thanks, tooblue. If you recall, what did you like better about Cross? I have owned Quadlink ICs, and currently have Golden Ref, Neutral Ref, and Golden Presence ICs (sets of each - I'm glutton for punishment, I guess). Previously owned Neutral ... | |
| what cables lie between cardas neutral and cardas clear reflection? The thing I didn’t like about them was how they seemed to enhance brass instrumentation. The thing you didn’t like about Synergystic?In the old "Reference" line, Golden Presence was between Neutral Ref and Gold Ref (Gold Ref being replaced by Cle... | |
| Moving up from Cardas Clear Old post, but there are a few reviews out there comparing Clear to AudioQuest Wild, with Wild regarded as slightly better at twice the cost. AQ would likely have a little more speed and excitement, though more dynamic may depend on how much you pe... | |
| Upgrading power cord.. proven upgrade? or crap? My first experience with aftermarket PCs was a PS Audio Lab II cable that came free when I purchased their HCA-2 power amp. It lowered noise, increased detail, and (most notably) improved bass weight, detail, and slam. I wouldn’t have said the cor... | |
| Cardas Clear Light equivalents I don’t have experience with the Clear line other than audio shows, so I’m not sure how to compare to the older Cross and Reference lines.Clear Sky is a step down from CCL. The new Parsec also has the Clear technology.From the old Cross line, Quad... | |
| Review: Cardas Golden Reference Interconnect Updating an old thread here. Irishhound made an assertion that was questioned, but not answered. The assertion was that when mixing Golden Reference and Golden Cross, Ref should not be used on the source component. It Cross on source end, Ref on a... |