warmest speaker cables you've heard?

@docroasty… ‘I think, if you get the chance, you really have to try the Raal SR1a ribbon headphones for yourself to understand what I’m trying to achieve.”

Interesting you bring up headphone systems. Really good headphones simply reflect the nature of the signal which they are feed. Perhaps I can say something helpful. I have Focal Utopia and Sennheiser 820s among others. They take on very different sound depending on the amp and source equipment I attach to them converging to be nearly indistinguishable and absolutely perfect with my Massive Woo WA5 headamp. You can see my systems if you click on my user name.

What equipment are you using to drive your headphones?

Increasingly I am more convinced this is a system component issue. Your system components should sound perfect if the system is well matched and of high quality and Cale’s should simply make them sound more like they already sound.

I see your amp… did you mention your source components and preamp? I think a careful review of components would be worthwhile.

we all want our stereo rigs to sound good to us

how we get there, any of a myriad of ways, is fair game

but some ways are smarter and more practical than others

there is no right or wrong

My question is why would you want "warm" speaker cables? Don’t you want accuracy?

If a system sounds a little cold, a warm sounding SC may get it to sound neutral - I.e. a more accurate reflection of the original sound. Or get it to sound more to your taste even if not necessarily accurate.

If you want warm sound, just turn the treble tone control down or use an EQ.

Tone controls don’t have the same effect a cable swap. You also need to consider an EQ means adding an additional component and an additional interconnect which will definitely reduce accuracy vs. a one-for-one trade of speaker cables which probably won’t reduce accuracy.

That said, many folks do use tone controls and EQs, so they are viable alternatives

Like fb5 says, GR Research cables (if you can solder and heat shrink) will perform well above the price point.  

The previous generation of Cardas (that includes Golden Cross, and the other "Golden" models) is generally a little warmer than the current generation, as the prevailing taste was moving in that direction (more "neutral").  The Cardas Golden ICs and SCs are sought after on the used market and still command decent prices--check USAudioMart and ebay.

The Puritan 156 is excellent and the one power "conditioner" (whatever you want to call it) that made a significant and totally positive improvement to the system.  But it didn't make it warmer--to fall back on a hoary cliché, there was overall just more there there.