Warm sounding cables - non fatiguing

van den Hul "The Second" -- the most coherent, tonally natural, and non-fatiguing IC I've yet come across. It may lack some "jump factor" (or what I call "pizzaz") compared to other cables (most notably, those of the silver variety), but after extended listening you may come to realise, as I have, that you're missing none of the music, except the glare, hash, and tizz that metal cables impart. In its place, you'll discover the true textures and harmonic structure that was recorded, without any additives. I've found it works best with digital front ends, as the carbon core effectively prevents RFI from contaminating your downstream components.

I should have mentioned Audience AU24. It is awesome, IMHO. Make sure to use AU24 jumpers if your speakers are biwirable.
Art

i would second discovery... i havent heard the signature but i have heard the plus 4 and essence in my system. they can be had at factory direct for very good prices and even better used.

they are on the warm side of neutral and allow the detail to come through and image well ( very unusual they are this well balanced- most warm cables obscure detail and dont image well - the cardas golden cross does this imo)

hope this helps,

mike

I do not have experience with your cables, but my advice is bite the bullet and change your components. My experience with "warm" or forgiving cables is that they invariably rob the music of life - and I do include Audience cables in that claim. Warm cables seem to me to achieve their effect in one or more of three ways - first by acting as a filter, which slows high frequencies, second by smoothing over detail, third by compressing dynamics. I reckon you get a better result by using cables that are fast and open through the range and achieve timbral balance by matching your components well. Just my opinion based on trying many of the "warmer" cables.

Redkiwi, you've obviously tried 'many' of the 'warmer' cables and since you include Audience (Au24's I assume) cables as one of the many 'warm' cables, perhaps you'd care to share which cables you consider to be 'fast' and 'open' which also 'achieve a timbral balance' for your ears and your system?

-IMO