Cardas Golden Cross vs. Golden Hexlink 5C

I have a Quad amplification + Marantz source & B&W 805s ..and this can really sound shrilly on that 'slightly higher' volume level that we may want to listen on with most cables. Despite vdh 102 i/c running behind the rack.

Something XLO-Ultra6 had to be taken out of the system despite good staging, imaging ..it was just in the face thatn smooth. Golden Reference was a straight addition, which could tame the brightness tad bit, as was needed and made for effortless fit in the whole chain. A definite audiophile medical treatment. Its the one of the doctors for bright systems. And yet stands for what this huge brand is known.

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i have owned them both and sold them both. i will never own cardas again.

why ? glasre in the mids.

the golden hex is definitely warmer than the golden cross.

i found the golden cross closer to truth than beauty--not very colored.

Wow, checking my sales history. It's been 6 years since I had a Cardas cable in my system. I have had Golden REF. and Golden Hexlink 5 and 5c interconnects. Both are very good especially used together. Speaker cable wise I've owned Golden Hexlink 5c, and Golden Cross. The Golden Hexlink 5c was much better in my system than the Golden Cross I bought to replace it. The Golden Cross seem to through a lot more information at you in an unmusical way. The term T.M.I comes to mind. The sound was always tense and dynamic never relaxed and dynamic like the Golden Hexlink 5c I sold. I would like to revisit the Golden Hexlike 5c speaker cable and interconnects one day.

Rusvit, I own the Cardas Hexlink Golden 5C interconnect and owned the Golden Cross ic, I sold the Golden Cross and kept the Hexlink. IMHO, the Golden Cross is very bright and unnatural. The Hex Golden 5c is warm and a little slow, but it is a far better cable than the other Cardas cables that I have heard.
OTOH,none of the Cardas cable that I have heard is anywhere near SOTA IMHO.

My advice is not to limit yourself to Cardas. Be sure to experience the cable you might be interested in, in YOUR system. Every cable sounds a bit different in different systems.