"romantic" sounding cabling

cardas golden reference. period.

I agree, Heimdall are to me the best of the newer Nordost. Very neutral and proper presentation of the music. I have listened to all in this line, Tyr, Valhalla, Frey etc..Didn't like any of the other ones except for Frey, but they don't reprsent the value of Heimdall.

If it is romance you are looking for though, like someone mentioned earlier, tubes will satisfy that very well. When I first got into this hobby I would never have considered tubes. 10 years later, it is all I can sit in front of. All of it connected with Heimdall with much satisfaction.

Cardas GRs seem to have a bit of a softer more romantic sound in my Exemplar/Teres- VAC- Joule - Merlins system, if that's what your looking for.

gentlemen:

it is impossible to give advice with the requirements that have been presented. if a component is somewhat soft and subdued, but detailed, how detailed and how soft ?

by soft do you mean an attenuation in the highs ? if so some resolution will be lost.

i suggest rasking for suggestions for cables that attenuate the high frequencies, without including a requirement regarding the issue of detail.

having owned cardas cable for yours, including golden hex 5 c, hex 5 c, golden cross and twin link, i think one would have to refer to the original hex link to attain a significant loss of high frequency energy.

as a reviewer who has auditioned and reviewed many sets of cable products, i am not aware of any interconnects or speaker cable that attenuate the high frequencies.

it is possible that there is some power cords that will do this, but it is so subjective.

i would say that it best to listen to all cable that you can afford and judge for yourself. borrow as many cables as you can and draw your own conclusions.

no one can tell you what is soft sounding, including the best intentioned audiogon members.

I believe your question, in part, stems from your front end. Accuphase, in my experience only, has a pretty aggressive sound. Cardas Golden Reference will move you in the direction you want to go. Cardas Golden Cross is quite veiled and would, IMHO, be a mismatch. Good luck.