Girlfriend's mom threw my Cardas out with trash

Not much of a way to start out a relationship with a potential mother-in-law. I think I'd start looking for another girlfriend. Trust me, it only goes downhill with most mothers-in-law. And, remember the old dictum: if you want to know what you wife will be like in 30 years, look at her mother.... Food for thought.

G -- you're lucky! Boxes take up space. Cardas ain't all that good anyway :^). The upper midrange is restricted -- not to speak of the +20kHz range... disastrous! You'd have installed the cables and then spent mega$ upgrading yr pre, pronto, to correct the sibilance.

AFTER the 4th upgrade, the nth tube rolling on the AR ref mk 69 pre, the 25th thread on A'gon ("where've I gone wrong with the system?"), the 26th mod on the Audio Aero Capitole mk 52), and having spent the penultimate $ on yr $200k upgrading spree... someone here would finally post a revolutionary idea: "how about THROWING OUT those Cardas and connecting a 69AWG Belden (by then hi-est end) instead".

Magic! By sheer accident of fortune, you've accelerated: brought the future forward by months, maybe years, and limited the investment by a few 100k $!!!

Not to speak of an old B-Point Special I had retipped 4 times in one year by V D Hul(the last for free), thanks to my zealous cleaning lady. By adding a few extra $ I purchased a Clearaudio Discovery.

(You sure you can't get a research deal with the trash people?)

Throw some Mahler 5th on the existing system and crank it up! Fill a glass with Lagavulin, spring water, no ice. Listen & get drunk. Good medicine.

Hey G,

At least your girlfriend's parents did not tell her that you are crazy for persuing this hobby. All my girlfriends think that I belong in the looney bin because "anyone that spends as much as I do on home stereo when there are perfectly good sounding stereos at Wal Mart ought to be commited." Just interested which cables were tossed? Make sure that they have picked up the trash!

Hope this helps,

Johnny