Cardas Golden Cross vs. Golden Hexlink 5C

My advice is not to limit yourself to Cardas. Be sure to experience the cable you might be interested in, in YOUR system. Every cable sounds a bit different in different systems.

Funny thing I was at a loss in finding speaker cables for my Grand Veenas and my mono block amps.

I had an old pair of Cardas Golden Hex 5c, one mtr, stripped the spades off at one end and made DIY biwires.

Best wires I have found yet,glad I never sold them.

Friends, we all have a musical preference & hence the liking. Hexlink 5C is known to be easy, while the Reference & Presence series known to add a bit more Air to the sonics.

I apologize for my err, in my above post - I have the Golden 'Presence' not the Reference. And Presence is again a worthwhile cable. Why? - cause if this cable sounds pleasant and airy without being least BRIGHT in 12x12 room having no acoustic treatment with B&W 805S! Then you as an audiophiles can well relate to what i am trying to say.

FYI, I have given away my XLO to friends with dull systems.

UPDATES:
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PASSIVE PRE
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And, since the time i last posted on this thread, i have taken out the Quad-pre and have introduced Promitheus Audio's Signature Passive Pre which is a monobloc design.
And the Cardas midrange has been well assisted by this introduction with brilliant imaging and an incremental sound stage. Yet, bass decays do get hampered with all the passives i have tried till now. Yet not at all a barring factor to an extent that my Quad-Pre has been packed and bid Adieu to the store room

For the ones keen on You can see the pics & user review on this thread on The Global Audiophile.network -
http://theaudiophile.net/showthread.php?35-Promitheus-passives-malaysia&highlight=promitheus

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CABLE UPDATE
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And as for the cables, I got curious on this Danish brand - www.vipera-cables.com , which came up some months back & hence I got talking to the owner - Mr. Kenneth, who later sent me samples of speaker cables & I/C from the - "XANTHINA RANGE" which seems to be the higher of the two variants the the company has launched.

I asked for the longer cable run - 5mtr and love what i received. I have compared it to my Cardas Golden Presence in here on Audiogon and have also penned down my easy impressions on The Global Audiophile.network . Here is the link -
http://theaudiophile.net/showthread.php?180-User-Review-Xanthina-Speaker-Cables-%28VIPERA-Cables-Denmark%29

The thread i started on Audiogon for Vipera - Cardas comparison, is due approval by the mods. Which you can look up in a few minutes/hours.

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Cheers