Yess the Cardas Golden Ref makes it a lot more musical. But there is a very big but........
You loose a lot of details, speed and drive in the low freq. This means you loose on the other hand.
Most people who have audio as a hobby are not able to listen to all different parts at the same time which need to be there for the absolute sound. What they do is changing a part to solve what they are missing. Just like you. They will loose quality for another part. Often they realize after some time what is missing next.
In the 16 years of time I work in sound and vision I have seen it quite often.
You loose a lot of details, speed and drive in the low freq. This means you loose on the other hand.
Most people who have audio as a hobby are not able to listen to all different parts at the same time which need to be there for the absolute sound. What they do is changing a part to solve what they are missing. Just like you. They will loose quality for another part. Often they realize after some time what is missing next.
In the 16 years of time I work in sound and vision I have seen it quite often.