@theo I had a unique opportunity a while back to demo several. I also demoed and tried Clear reflections, Clear Cygnus, Parsec, and others too after my decades use of "Golden" series cables, I was still missing something. Came close to giving up and that’s what eventually steered me to Analysis Plus too. Yes, Cardas "Clear" and Clear "Beyond" is definitely an option yet I was still in search of the higher end "value" cable, not wanting to pay up for Clear Beyond. Someone at Cardas tried to sway me this direction yet its too speedy for me. Not for me, Kept trying...the one cable in the line I’d never tried was still in front of me.
Found myself looking back to the older Cardas sound somehow mixed with Clear. I thought THE cable would be Clear Reflections. Unfortunately nope, not in my system. Argh, was bummed. Yes, a neat cable, and later learned Clear "Reference" was the predecessor to the latest Clear "Reflections". Next! My gut told me to go back and try "Golden Reference". The one cable I skipped when I had Golden Cross cables years prior. I’ve been running the CG-Refs now for a few months, relaxing and setting in. The only thing I don’t yet like about them is super duper low level listening levels. Being super critical, I have to turn the volume up just a tad and all the sudden they reveal themselves. My preamp has lots of gain, its not my preamp. A bit more capacitance/resistance with CG-Refs I figure. My AP Crystal OCC cables require no added volume, I can listen at super low volume levels (for late night listening) with them. A tradeoff, and yet the CG-Refs are really neat, like them well enough with their blend of the old and the new clear line is how they sound. Dab smack in the middle. Hope you like them, I sure do. So far I’ve not wanted to rotate them out since I got them. Staying put for now. Maybe you can try CableCo for demos. Best of Luck.
