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cardas golden reference sound signature

I have a pair of cardas golden reference and absolutely love the warmish and full body sound.

I have been contemplating putting the cardas sound into my in-car-entertainment but the cost of a 5 meters pair is just too costly.

Would appreciate any suggestion for cheaper alternative cable that would sound similar to the cardas.

Thanks.
digital_desire

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theo
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I think considering the environment of a car moving down the road and producing road noise that expensive cables would never fully yield their potential. Just my opinion of course.
With that in mind I think buying a bulk cable from AudioQuest or similar would deliver a level of performance to the appreciable capability.
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theo
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Digital-desire, I can appreciate your desire to maximize performance of any system. But in car audio, I think rather than invest in expensive cables that maybe cable isolation would be a more rewarding investment. With the exposure a car and road present to an audio system, isolation from EMI and RFI pollution would be a place to invest first. Power system feedback from the alternator can't be good for the audio signal, even though the battery should serve as a buffer, I believe that some "noise" gets through especially at speed and even more at night with headlights on and requiring the charging system to work even harder. Do you have an auxiliary battery with isolator dedicated to the audio system only? If you do try disconnecting the charging feed sometime and run on the charge of the battery sometime and listen for any changes.
Just a suggestion.
Theo
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