Preserve Golden Referance sound add Netrual Ref ?


My cd player is connected to the preamp with 1 meter Cardas Golden Referance.
There is app 8 meters of Taralabs Decade cabling from the pre to power amps.
I am trying to find out if by using 8 meters Netural Referance from pre to pwr amps if the sound will remain the same, since Cardas claim that NR is netural (my understand is, fails to add or subtract, in other words no sonic change can be heard). 8 meters NR is half less than GR.
Any knowledge of this is extremely thankful.
128x128terryakhan
FWIW, in my system, golden reference was much better than neutral reference. In my situation, I'd be hesitant to trade down. However, I just tried the speltz anti-interconnect with amazing results. I recommend testing it before going with the cardas neutral. You may like it better (you may not too) and it would save you a bundle at that length. Jeff
Sorry, but only in an alternate universe. 8 meters of any IC will change the sound, no matter what Cardas says about the NR.
Tplavas - you are correct, but only because Terry mis-stated what Cardas says about their Neutral Reference. Neutral Reference has the same sonic characteristics at 30 feet that it does at 3 feet. If you like the sound of the system with the 3 footers in it, the system will sound the same if you substituted 30 feet (of the Neutral Reference).
Now back to Terry - what brand/model components are you connecting with this long run? Is it single ended or balanced? Let me know and I will try and help.
John
Thanks to everyone for your advice.
ICs are balanced. Teac Esoteric X03 and Droplet CD players are connected with 2 pairs 1 meter Golden Ref to Bat 51 se pre. 4 meters from pre to Bryston crossover, 2 meters to non-bass BAT 150 SE amps and 2 meter to bass Simaudio W10 amps. 2x5 meters speaker cables to Magnepan MG 20r. Cables are all Tara Decade.
The Golden Ref makes a change in the music that I really like:
By adding more Golden Ref , I am concern about the 'additive effects', in other words I would prefer to create IC chances between the CDP and pre, since this is the shortest run and most economical.
John, thank you.