I'm now a Cardas Woman. I used to be a Kimber gal

@Pops, I also have never had success going full loom with any cable manufacturer, though I'm not sure that length has anything to do with it, since my longest cables are a 2 meter interconnect and 2.5 meter speaker cables.

IMHO, it's just like getting to know a person better. Some cable or person may seem perfect when you have just a little experience and time with them. As you spend more and more time with the cable, you begin to see the flaws that you didn't notice while just spending some time with them. Having more of the same cable design in one's system exposes more of the flaws inherent in that design.

That's just my theory as to why I've never been happy going full loom, I've got no hard evidence. Just because a little bit is wonderful does not mean that too much will be even more wonderful. All things in moderation. ;)

@Jmcgrogan2 you and I agree on this so it must be! You make a great point about length not having anything to do with it but instead flaws inherit in the design. I am just not very smart - I have tried it and spent some money in the process and it has not worked yet! If I do it again you must promise me you will smack me in the head...twice!

02-10-14: Pops
@Jmcgrogan2 If I do it again you must promise me you will smack me in the head...twice!

You got it Pops, I'll even throw in a third slap free of charge! LOL!!

Jmcgrogan2....appreciate that :-)

I used to have the Hero between an Aragon 24K preamp and McCormack DNA .5 amp and it worked wonders there. It's really a go to cable as far as I'm concerned. I believe the wire in your project cable uses an improved dialectric (white and clear) so you're ahead of the game right there.

Hopefully, whatever break-in takes place will be painless :-).

One thing I noticed was that the Hero had sweeter highs than the Parsec. The Parsec seemed more matter of fact.

Anyway, best of luck with your system.