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Cardas Golden Presence - anyone familiar?

I have recently switched to Golden Cross interconnects (balanced) and have been extremely pleased with the results. I will be eventually replacing my Cardas Quadlink 5C biwire speaker cables in the next couple months. Golden Cross seems like the logical choice but I was wondering if anyone has heard the Golden Presence (their latest cable line). I briefly tried the neutral reference ICs and found it a little too sterile so I will also be staying away from Golden Reference as a possibility.
adamg
hifichic
5 posts
 
Sdecker,

I completely disagree with your findings.

You do realize that that GP & the GR are the same exact cable!! With the GP only containing one braided shield instead of two braided shields as in GR. The two sound very similiar with the nod towards openness going to GP vs GR which is a little darker overall. That's basically it.
daviderow
13 posts
 
Hifichic, how are the GP and GR the "exact same cable" if one contains one braded shield and the other has two and one sound more open and the other is "a little darker"? Sounds like two completely different cables to me, based on your description.
audiosoul
16 posts
 
I don't know about the Golden Presence speaker cable, but I recently bought the Presence IC, and it was much better than the Neutral Ref, and sounded pretty similar to the Gold Ref. Hey, Hifichic guy, I also thought the Presence sounded more open than the Reference. Maybe the extra shielding on the Gold Ref makes it somewhat less open.

I'm quite pleased with my Presence purchase, and agree the Presence is a very open and neutral cable with nice weight. I've had enough of thin sounding and dull sounding cables.
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