Upgrade from Cardas Neutral Reference speaker cables

I used Neutral Reference for a few years and they were very good with my system. In the last year or two, I slowly replaced my whole system, and the NR cables didn't sound as good with my new gear, so I installed 2 sets of Golden Presence interconnects, which I had purchased a couple of years ago, and never used because they didn't sound as good with my original gear. I am still using the NR speaker cables and I replaced my NR phono cable with a Clear Cygnus cable. everything sounds good now. The Clear Cygnus Speaker cables might be good choice if you want to stick to the Cardas sound. I'm thinking of replacing my speaker cables to the Clear Cygnus. It's tough because there are a lot of choices out there. Many good brands. Is there a specific reason why you want to upgrade. I had a reason. Knowing that will help you get good advice.

I used the NR speaker cables for several years and found them to be OK, but thin sounding. Upgraded to Cardas Golden Reference.

"Neutral Reference" is the only set in the lineup I had not tried from Cardas before I moved on to other brand OCC cables. @rlb61 your comment about it sounding "thin" is what I learned from a few friends, so I skipped them. Owned many others prior, and did some early demo evaluation with the latest clear line past 2-3 years. Never quite found what I wanted. Was hoping Clear Reflections would be a good mix, and for some reason just could not get there with them either. Maybe my system, almost gave up.

CGR:
While I’ve been experimenting with Analysis Plus Crystal OCC cables the past few years with my tube amps, and loving the amazing sound stage and depth...recently had a hankering to go back and re-try the Golden Reference (CGR) once again. Bought 3 pairs a few months ago. Two pairs for the sources and a 1.5M pair between my tube preamp and tube amps. Very nice, I had forgotten what these sounded like. I received the newer design/version with the updated connectors on the GCRs for my interconnects. I’m going to experiment with re-mixing the CGRs with the AP OCC crystals. So far its another interesting combo, a bit of the best from both worlds meshed together. Definitely hearing some of that memorable tone, texture, and musicality I recalled long ago from some of the earlier Cardas. Guitars, strings, and piano keys sound glorious once again. A fun throwback for sure, keepers this time around. Fun to rotate them in now every once in a while.

The original Cardas golden cross are the best I have used.

No longer made but can be found used.