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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.
grey9hound
grey9hound OP
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@1graber2
I ended up with the tara labs Air1 speaker cables. I am still using the Golden Cross ICs for now. I will try something different, but it will be a little while.
Thanks for the Reccomendations. The Nordost might be a little pricey for me . I'll have to see what is available when i am ready.
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audiolabyrinth
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@ Grey9hound, Hi, waxwaves turned me onto a company called AV Audio a couple of months ago, turns out he gave a great recommendation, no I did not purchase nothing yet, but I have found that waxwaves is on yo something here!, the airsine cables are likly the best bang for the buck in te market place, the airsine power cord especially!, I wanted you to know this Dennis, I know Taralabs are one of the best!, This company has alot of my attension too!,you should go to their site, you can build your own cables from the material they will sell you!, and they sell numerous resonance control brands and other stuff!, tell me what you think if you visit the site., the top of the brand power cord, the airsine 6ft power cord is $800.00 new retail!, when you read about the science and reviews like I did of this power cord, you should get the same dose of shock as I did!, LOL!, cheers to you Grey9hound!
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waxwaves
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Hey dudes, hope all is good with you fellows, it has been awhile. @ Dennis and Keith, The company I have referred to as having pretty good power cables is in fact VH Audio...not AV Audio. Another good place to start with budget power cables is Signal Cable. Hard to beat for the money IMO! The VH Audio Airsines are not budget tho, they are VH Audio's top o the line pc. Could be used in higher end systems no problem. The VH Flavor 4 or the Signal Cable Magic pc would be a good choices for Grey9hound's amps IMO! Also, I really can't say enough abouta man named Lou and his Lat International AC-2mkII power cables. These cables have a very balanced sonic signature. They are articulate but not overly bright, they have great bass slam without sounding bloated or exaggerated, and they are dead quiet and just stay out of the way of the music. These are great with source components! The three power cables brands discussed above sell my budget favorites! Of course...There are many other good budget minded power cables out there to chose from too. Hope this helps
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audiolabyrinth
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Opps, I stand corrected, thanks waxwaves, I did mean VH Audio, The airsine power cable is a buget cable to me!, $800.00 for 6ft!, are you kidding!, the cobalt I bought into is $5,450.00 for 6ft with the oyaide plugs!,, Btw, Grey9hound and waxwaves, I got my Krell 700cx estimate to be renewed inside, and now out side to!, please sit down, I fell out!, $3,157.38 that includes shipping back to me!,, I will have $11,300.00 in this amp!, Its new!, The service manager, My bud, Ray, said this amp will take 500 hours to break in ,, just like new!,, I know, I know, I feel stupid, oh well, I will know what we got!, they also said they had to put 6 parts inside that was bad too, that was my problem with my amp, and that sound ideas in florida put caps inside that have to come out eany way, Krell said that they were the WRONG SPECIFICATIONS!, so, My original request to renew the amp turn out a good one!, they said that I have never heard my amps over the top performance before, since the day I got it, I blew it up!, the caps the dealer installed in florida was unde rated for this amp and they were some cheap after market capacitors!, They said I will hear the fury and real fineese of this amp when I get it back!, Please, some one tell me cheers!, I am getting ready to ride out into the sunset, Ha, Ha, LOL! At these prices, I have no choice!,, Happy listening!
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waxwaves
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Cheers Audiolabyrinth!!!! Feels great to have that taken care of and off your mind huh?. Your new amp should be awesome! You will finally have "The Real Thing "... right Keith!? . I know you are looking forward to that day when she arrives back home! Hell, I bet it sounds better than it did before it left, even before it has burned in! LOL! All in all, I think you gonna be in for a nice surprise!
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