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cardas hexlink golden 5c speaker cable

who is using it???
please comment on the character of this cable
thanks
jmlab926
artmaltman
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My memory - going back two decades - is that it was an extremely warm sounding cable, and would be appropriate for a system that has a harsh sound that you wish to tame. I have not heard this cable in a long time and certainly not on modern equipment.
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jmlab926 OP
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it is not warm as compared to other cardas cables???
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daveyf
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I used to own Hex Golden 5C speaker cables in a bi-wire run. They are, as Artmaltman remembers.. very warm and frankly not very revealing of finer detail.
I sold them for Highwire's, which were far more revealing and were overall a lot more involving. I still own a pair of Hex Golden 5c IC's. which are much better IMHO than the speaker cables. The Ic's are very good in the bass dept. But ,still a little slow and dark compared with today's better cables.
Today I think that there are many cables that are better than the Hex Golden 5C speaker cables, one that I particularly like are the Nordost's.
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jmlab926 OP
67 posts
 
i sold my nordost blue heaven
the cardas would be warm slow and less revealing as compared to the nordost cable
artmaltman
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Yes, my memory is that Hexlink is much warmer and less transparent than either the Golden Cross series or the Golden Reference series. Again, I'm basing this on memory and different equipment, but it was quite a strong impression at the time.

Putting it another way, I owned Golden Cross a long time and was very happy with it. Have owned others along the way (e.g. Audience AU24 regular and E). Currently using Golden Reference for the 2nd or 3rd time and like it a lot.

Byt I was never able to get Hexlink to have sufficient detail for my taste even back when it was a current model.

It MAY be that a lot of other people have had different experiences. This is just my own experience. It is a strong memory though.
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