Spkr Cble- Analysis Oval 9- reviews?

Sutts, if you like Cardas Cross series you will like Oval 9. Similar sound, relaxed smooth detailed midrange, not quite as detailed on top as some more expensive cables especially silver ones, but this may be blessing for most systems. 3D soundstage is excellent, wide and deep near reference quality, amazing considering the price. In my system did not have deep bass extension but about average. To sum up excellent cable for $299 8ft, and competes with more expensive cables, if you read Soundstage review Nirvana SL was prefered over Oval 9 but it costs @$1200 8ft. Again don't listen to me or Carl or anyone here, Call Cable Co and arrange for home trail to see how it sounds in YOUR OWN SYSTEM.......regards Sam

So Carl, I guess you didn't like these cables. You had said a while back you were doing a comparo of several cables and I guess you have not posted that yet?Anyway,surprised you think they "suck". Have never heard a bad word about them before. People that really liked HT have swithed to these quite a few times.Strange?,But like ya say,"In your System!"

SUTTS,In trying to answer your question,The golden cross is excellent cable,But i prefer the midrange and treble extension of the OVAL 9,The soundstage is bigger and wider when i use the OVAL 9,while keeping more on the warm side.THESE are the improvments i hear in my set-up,which is all tubes except the cd player.GOOD LUCK.

Fonsy lets not forget the big difference, price!!!! Cardas Golden Cross not listed by Cable Co. but I believe 8ft pair will cost @$1200 or more. You could buy double runs of Oval 9 for bi-wire and still save 50% over Golden Cross single set. If you had Golden Cross for your tube set-up I can see why you like Oval 9, both have non fatiguing, relaxed sound. I would think the best fit would be solid state, especially very detailed speakers like planars and electrostatic models (like Soundstage review). Many of these systems use Cardas Cross cables to make sound more relaxed. I believe Totem line of speakers Stutts has are in general very detailed and slightly bright sounding and Oval 9 would also help balance things out.

Mikeg and Urthere, I only report what I hear in my system. Square wave tests can be scewed to show whatever the tester wants them to show (they certainly show how infereior a tube circuit is to a solid state circuit, and you believe that, don't you?)..............................You mentioned the Harmonic Technology cables. I just feel that it's a matter of the reviewers always liking whatever the newest thing is, until the next new thing comes along. Certainly nothing wrong with my hearing, which is better than yours, no offense. Perhaps it's just that my room is dialed in to where I can actually hear what cables are doing in my system. I've read many of the Oval 9 reviews, and noticed that the reviewers aren't very professional, and don't have properly treated rooms.