They added another layer of depth to the music, and made the sound far richer and smoother. The music was extremely detailed, but not really that enjoyable to listen to. With the Melos/HP-2 and the same music though, the Cardas cables sounded bright and almost grating. The music opened up and was more involving. They let through more detail, and were brighter. The music was excellent, but just not interesting. When listening to the prelude to the 5th cello suite, I found the Kimber cables to be just a little too dark to be involving. When using the cables between my cd player and my amp, I listened to my speakers. I listened to other stuff, but these are what are fresh in my mind. For analog I used Classic Records 200g 45 rpm test pressing of Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven. Also Mstislav Rostropovich's recording of Bach's 5th cello suite. Both are very well recorded blues with just guitar and voice. Music: I mostly used Kelly Joe Phelps's "Lead Me On" and "Shine-eyed Mister Zen". Headphones: Joe Grado HP-2's with signature cable. Still all stock (soon to be maestrobated). Speakers: B&W 805 Nautilus on lead/sand filled stands with Kimber 4TC speaker cable. Stock tubes except for older black bottom RCA 6SN7's from about the 60s.ĭigital Source: Conrad-Johnson DV2b tubed CD player.Īnalog Source: Music Hall MMF-9 turntable. Let me go over the system that I used for comparison.Īmp: Conrad-Johnson CAV-50 (integrated) wired for triode operation. In any case, you can't really go wrong with either of these cables, but you can certainly do better with them when they are correctly paired. I really enjoyed both of these cables, but it taught me how truly system/component dependent cables are. I was just doing a cable comparison, and I figured I would share it with you all.
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