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Initial disappointment with 1st set of “expensive’ IC’s...

I’ve been slow working my way to equipping my rig with all Cardas as I’ve been fan of their quality/sound signature an for a long time. I just received 2 sets of Clear Light IC’s which I’m using DAC to Pre and Pre to Amp. up until now all other Cardas cables that I have were obtained used and sounded great from day 1. The Clear Light however are brand new..when I sat down to give them a listen I was surprised not to hear any improvement...I was actually disappointed to hear what I can describe as a fatter bass and subdued upper end. My prior IC’s were Shirokazu Yazaki Belden 8402. I admittedly do not have golden ears but the difference was obvious. I’m interested to hear what other Cardas owners have to say about how their cables sounded when 1st installed. 
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jetter
3,033 posts
 
I'm sure having the certificate card you have the real thing and nothing to worry about.  Agree with as mentioned above, give them awhile to settle in.  
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pauly
1,012 posts
 
Cables take a while to sound their best. I don't know what the science behind it is, and I don't really care.  I have experienced this phenomenon so many times that I know it's true.

Just be patient. It will settle after a while.

Resistors, capacitors, vacuum tubes, regulators etc. also take a little time to settle, so it's not unique to cables. 
stebut
19 posts
 
You can call it burn in.You can call it break-in.A good quality copper conductor is...a good quality copper conductor.There is nothing to burn in or break in, no moving parts, or structural or chemical changes possible.The only area I know of, where the electrical characteristics of the conductor has a truly measurable effect on the intended performance of the product, is with grain oriented vs. non-grain oriented electrical motor lamination's, i.e. where the quality of and the internal structure of the lamination is internally different.
A commercially pure copper conductor with quality connectors will give most people what their systems are capable of providing.
Every extra cent you spend on flash, color, brand and reputation is wasted.
speakermaster
738 posts
 
Cables take awhile to run in and i have to agree that cardas makes some great cables but you want to go with the clear reflectrion line because they are wound in his original ways and almost always will sound better on most systems.
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