Which cable will reduce harshness of CD player?

Just hooked up the new used Cardas Quadlink 5c Speaker cables into the rig. Overall, getting more information to the speakers. There's no real signature to these cables.. They don't have any distinct flavor. Apparently it takes 3 days for Cardas cables to settle in once you've disconnected and reconnected them. Not too sure if this is true, I guess we'll see. So now I know what is causing the brightness on the cd player. All along it was just the AC! All I need is a nice AC cord like the Cardas Golden. I'll start with the Quadlink Cord and if that doesn't work out with the player, I'll move up or try something else that you guys recommend to warm it up (looking for as short as possible, and under $200USD).

I experimented with about 6 or 7 different cables up to $200 US used and settled on the Cardas Golden (if you watch here you'll see the odd one come up for around $180-$200). I have 2 in my system, one on my DVD/CD player and one on my line conditioner and am tempted from time to time to buy a 3rd to replace the Blue Circle BC 62 on my integrated. The Cardas is definitely "warmer" than the Blue Circle which I would describe as a very neutral cord, but the BC 62 is a superb cord, especially at the used price of $100-$125 that you occassionally see it at. But based on what you're saying and your satisfaction with the Golden on your CD player, I'd skip the quadlink and "go for the gold".

Another interesting thing happened when I hooked up the Cardas Golden Cord to the Magnum Etude Tuner. Usually the Multipath and Signal meters are stable and at perfect levels. After hooking up the Golden, the Multipath meter and the signal strength started to fluctuate periodically... Any ideas why this happened?

no but what did it do to your sound? I need a better AC cable on my Dynalab so I'm naturally curious

Bob, I really shouldn't have posted that last update because it really has nothing to to with the Thread! I apologize for posting it. I will contact you by email to discuss and if anybody else is interested please feel free to email me and I will let you know what the outcome is.

As for the CD player harshness issue, I think I'm going to try the Cardas Quadlink AC then I'll probably move up to the Cardas Golden AC in a jiffy. The reason being, I find the Golden very dark and warm sounding, although it does have some coloration, overall it clicks with my rig.

Not too sure if the Absolute PC will give me that warmth and golden effect. If anybody has thoughts on Cardas Golden's sound vs Absolute PC please let me know.