AudioQuest vs Cardas XLR

@spearl8 I’d also rather have a US made product, however, top models AQ are great cables.

@jeffreyw one cable comes ti mind that satisfies your sonic requirements is the Acoustic Zen Absolute Copper. It does most of what you’re looking for in the bass, mid bass and midrange and doesn’t round off the highs. 

akg_ca

Back in 2015/2016 I started my quest for Reference cabling. I had off-the-record conversations with Galen Carol and Ellington Hifi about Cardas, Tara Labs and Wireworld companies sourcing raw materials from china. Particularly, Copper.

Holding U.S. Patents does not prove anything. Both Cardas and Tara Labs are located in OR. I do not believe in coincidence. Once Tara Labs was spanked for un-ethical business practices (having some of their catalog sourced with china and placing Made in USA) on the jackets. The  other 2 companies may have taken notice.  The Audiophile community must hold American manufacturers accountable.

Happy Listening!

@jafant 

I emailed Josh Meredith ( hubby of CEO Angela Cardas-Meredith ) with your AGON link about your alleged hearsay and “off the record “ musings now posted by you.

You consider that to be  any fact reporting basis,  or even a minuscule measure of support to actually post  in a public forum?  Wow !

newsreel at 11:00….

akg_ca

I never Muse.  Happy Listening!

@spearl8

I have spoken with an Audioquest customer support over the phone the other day and he told me that the lower end models are indeed made in China but their higher and series or models are manufactured in house in California. For example, the AQ Blizzard power cable and lower are made in China but anything above the Blizzard line are made in California. The same applies to their speaker cable lines, interconnects, and other cables.

@jafant

in regards to Cardas cables all of their cable lines are made in the USA. I currently own the Cardas Clear Reflection speaker cables and 2 pairs of Clear Reflection XLR balanced interconnects in my setup and I can tell you that they are all made in Oregon, USA. The dealer had them shipped directly from their factory in Oregon to my house here in Seattle. And on the box and on the cables themselves it says made in USA. I also used to own a pair of lower end Cardas Clear Cygnus interconnects, which is a step down below the Clear Reflection line, and they are also made in USA because it says on the cable itself and on the box.