Differences btw Blue Heaven & Red Dawn?

Yo carl I think any definition which is based on actual ownership of a product beats the hell out of an opinion based on "research" especially when someone has never even listened to the product.

OK smart guy, you've "beat the hell outta me", be happy, cause it won't last, heh heh heh.

And anyway, the only reviewers that use Nordost SPM as their "reference", use it in "Shotgun" configuration. In other words, they buy two sets of SPM at the affordable price that they can get it for, where consumers would be paying over $6000 for it. The reason they use two sets is because there's just not enough parallel conductor there, even in SPM. You can't argue with physics, afterall...

Carl,your knowledge impresses me.Give me your HONEST opinion of my Tara Phase 2 speaker cables.I have a 7 and a half foot double run.Do you think they are good enough for the rest if my system??

I have been recently trying several of the Nordost cables. The general flavour is a stripped-down leanness that may appear beneficial in a system that is otherwise too warm or muffled. This leanness makes dynamic contrasts stand out, but Carl may have a point that there is not enough conductor for a speaker cable. I don't know how many of you are old enough to remember the British fad a decade or so ago for very thin conductors - the sound can be refreshingly stripped-down, for a while, then you realise that there is too much that is missing. The Blue Heaven is almost to the point of being glarey, the Red Dawn is just plain lean. Incredibly (given its price) the SPM has the same leanness, just less of it, but more refinement. I note the TAS review mentioned SPM was very slightly lean - but this seems to be a considerable understatement to me. The TAS review also suggested replacing the Neutrik RCAs - something I agree with. I have used Neutriks a lot in the past and eventually realised that the design was compromised (the sliding earth arrangement) and degraded the sound (even though they were beautifully made).