Little bit "forward" sound - what cables to avoid?

How cables will sound in your system is a difficult thing to determine.

My general impression of Nordost products is that they are slightly thin in the midrange, maybe slightly forward in the high end and down a bit in the midrange...

Most will tell you to buy them and try them on your system, you probably know that but you may have to do it anyway for a definitive answer.

I've found components are as much the issue as are wires. Power cords too can have a great effect in changing the geography of the sound stage. So can tubes, but less so.

Cables I've found which layout the SS from the loudspeakers rearward, are Shunyata Python helix & Helix VX, MIT ICs, Cardas Golden Cross, and the previous versins of Synergistic Research Resolution Ref x2 & SR PCs, Nirvana SX Ltd., Elrod Sig pc,

Speakers as well yield something to the sound field setting.

A single power cord might just be all that's needed to gain you some mid hall or rear of hall effect. Too much of that however might put you into the lobby, so a mix of things has always seemed best to me.

Are you running with the stock tubes. If so you can pull back the sound by using a slightly euphonic tube with a mid-bass emphasis. The Chinese and Russian tubes are used as stock because no manufacturer can count on a steady supply of NOS tubes. The stock tubes generally on the strident side. There is a long list of tubes to try. You don't have to jump in at the $200/tube range, the less vaunted tubes like Sylvania GTBs will mellow things out.
My choice for cables are Cardas Golden anything but not the neutral refs,. The Cardas house sound should help even the plain "Cross".

I do not use stock tubes - Pope gives me a great, great improvement, but most signification result I got when replaced rectifier tube with metal base Philips Miniwatt, it was not just improvement, but brought my SLP-05 to the next level up.
I am not looking for something to tweak the system, I just want better cables which would not emphasize sight imperfection (I seems to me that vocal sounds too much to my face, but somebody might like it). In that sence I do not think Cardas is step up from my Wireworld.
Oh well, I guess there is no stright answer to my question, and I have to go thru long and costly process to try as many cables as I can.
Thank you very much anyway.
Boris.

You may not even have to change IC's or PC's to get what you want. You say you don't want tweaks. I don't know if you consider AC receptacles as tweaks, but these can make a large difference in soundstaging. I suspect a large portion of what you describe as forwardness is the effect of sound emanating forward of the speaker. Before spending lots of money on cables that may or may not work, try some Porter Port Ac Receptacles (I think $36). These are actually Wattgate 8300's that are double cryo'd by Arthur. Wattgate 350i and 330i PC connectors will also work similarly. The Wattgates will focus more of that midrange energy behind speaker rather than forward of speaker, I think this is what you're looking for.