cardas hexlink golden 5c speaker cable

i sold the golden cross ic as it was too warm in my system
may be system dependent and a matter of taste
2 friends of mine prefer hexlink golden 5c to golden
reference as the latter is too colored?????

i switch the ics and the power cords
it seems that the music is now a bit warmer and relaxed

There was no worse cable in MY system than Cardas...I tried all of them.

In my experience Cardas is too colored, slow and unbalanced; not enough resolution; it distorts badly everything that passes through it. Connectors are okay though.

Jmlab926, I agree with you that the Cardas is warm, slow and less revealing than the Nordost cables. However, i much prefer the Red Dawn V2 to the Blue Heaven.
In my system the Blue Heaven was way too bright and cold... The RedDawn v2 is much more revealing than the Blue Heaven and is far warmer.