Girlfriend's mom threw my Cardas out with trash

G -- you're lucky! Boxes take up space. Cardas ain't all that good anyway :^). The upper midrange is restricted -- not to speak of the +20kHz range... disastrous! You'd have installed the cables and then spent mega$ upgrading yr pre, pronto, to correct the sibilance.

AFTER the 4th upgrade, the nth tube rolling on the AR ref mk 69 pre, the 25th thread on A'gon ("where've I gone wrong with the system?"), the 26th mod on the Audio Aero Capitole mk 52), and having spent the penultimate $ on yr $200k upgrading spree... someone here would finally post a revolutionary idea: "how about THROWING OUT those Cardas and connecting a 69AWG Belden (by then hi-est end) instead".

Magic! By sheer accident of fortune, you've accelerated: brought the future forward by months, maybe years, and limited the investment by a few 100k $!!!

Not to speak of an old B-Point Special I had retipped 4 times in one year by V D Hul(the last for free), thanks to my zealous cleaning lady. By adding a few extra $ I purchased a Clearaudio Discovery.

(You sure you can't get a research deal with the trash people?)

Throw some Mahler 5th on the existing system and crank it up! Fill a glass with Lagavulin, spring water, no ice. Listen & get drunk. Good medicine.

Hey G,

At least your girlfriend's parents did not tell her that you are crazy for persuing this hobby. All my girlfriends think that I belong in the looney bin because "anyone that spends as much as I do on home stereo when there are perfectly good sounding stereos at Wal Mart ought to be commited." Just interested which cables were tossed? Make sure that they have picked up the trash!

Hope this helps,

Johnny

Take her to the PEOPLE'S COURT!!!!!!!!!!!!
(if it still is on TV... I donno I have no had TV for over a year)

This would be a classic case for them. And the best thing about it, they pay damages and legal fees for both the winner AND looser. So there really are no loosers there. From what I understand though, when you see people getting upset on the show... they are NOT being coached. They genuinely are pissed off.

Those are my 2 cents.

I just hope some sanitation worker is an audiophile and sees the interconnect and USES IT! Cause it would be a waste for that to just sit for all eternity without being in a good audio system.

If I were in your shoes, I would probably be shoveling through trash at the dump!

Peace.

Keith

The woman is obviously an audio reviewer and thought that Nordost Blue Heaven is what your system needs? Seriously, sorry to hear about this one. How does someone throw out something like that, which is still in its packing?

i'd say the girlfriend owes you big time. you should get the following in writing:
*no foreign films for 1 yr
*no talking during sports
*a monarchial relationship w/ the remote control
*an automatic VETO for evening entertainment, to be used at will
*the ability to call her friends a bunch of trash-bag hos w/o fear of reprisal.

that's worth $150. if you had the Golden Cross, i could thinkk of others. :-)

rhyno