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Interconnect with great dynamics and bass slam ,

I recently purchased some Cardas Golden cross sepaker cables. They replaced my Dh Lab Q10s. I replaced the Q10s because i was getting some upper mid freq brightness.
I have Golden Cross interconnects from preamp to amp and from cd player to pre amp. The sound is very smooth and detailed .The bass and mid bass is not as authorative or as tight. The highs are better - more detailed and smooth.
The problem is the sound is almost too smooth the bass is kind of rounded off now .The sound is less dynamic.
My Question is.
Is there an interconnect that could give me back that great bass and dynamics of that i had with the Q10s, without the harshness i was getting. I think i would like to keep the Golden Cross speaker cables and try changing the ICs. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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jmcgrogan2
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If the Krell is not melting the wires inside your walls, it will not melt a Cobalt!! LOL!!
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audiolabyrinth
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@ jmcgogan2, My dedicated line that I installed is made for 220!, Its a 3/10 wire as well as the Krells, none of this will melt!, The power cord that came on the krell is made for 220 and 110, Krell told me this a couple of months back,they said they can switch the amps software to run on 220!, and another cord would not be neccesary., I am tring to get them on the phone now, hard to get thru sometimes. cheers!
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audiolabyrinth
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@ jmcgrogan2, Bad news john, Talked to Ray the current service manager at Krell, He confirmed everthing I have been saying about this useing an after market a/c power cord, My thread is up and running now, we will see what the gonners say about the idea,, any way, Ray said Krell does not reccomend the use of an after market cord and will not warranty the work they will perform on my amp if I use one!, Ray said, The carrol cord was made specifically for the Krell 700 cx!, I do not know what to say john, maybe sombody out there has a success story doing this, that might come on the thread!, cheers!
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jmcgrogan2
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@Audiolab, of course Krell will not recommend after-market cords. Most equipment manufacturers will tell you that cables and cords don't matter....they want you to spend more money on their gear, not cables and cords!! I'm sure the manufacturers of your JBL speakers would tell you that Home Depot 10 gauge wire is fine speaker cable for your speakers.

Hey, I'm not gonna push you, like you pushed me...hehehe. If you want to use the stock cord, use the stock cord. Whatever floats your boat. Cheers!!
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audiolabyrinth
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@ jmcgrogan2, If I knew the cobalt would sound good on the Krell 7oocx and worked to good effect,I would do the up-grade with no hesatation!, I would like to see if eany body comments on the issue on the thread I started., As A matter of fact, I am going to change my breaker out from a 20 amp to 25 amp breaker, Krell told me that the 20 amp was restricting my current of my amp, and that a 25 amp would make my krell 700cx run alot smoother and run cooler!,and still small enough to flip if a problem occurs.cheers!
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