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

10% isn't the right answer anyway. True audiophiles know the correct number is 12.5%. Do your research! I bypassed a lot of great sounding cables to get to the right number.

Truly amazing. If someone here has the funds to spend on new cables (and, frankly, Elizabeth didn't mortgage the house for the valhalla 10's BUT, she IS allowed to do so, if she wants to~this is America, ey, mate?). (I can only imagine what you think of the gentlemen who just ordered 40 stillpoints).

Seems to me this thread went haywire.

It should have gone to - "gee, Elizabeth, thank you for the input and sharing your experiences with us...".

If you want to all get crazy, I just upgraded a 10 year old $1000 cable for a new used $3400 cable that I was fortunate to buy for $1,450. To say it brought my system to a new level is an understatement. To think that it takes $3,400 cables to elevate my system is criminal. But, again, here in America... Guess what? They sell them and I can buy them. Love this place.

Dennis, I do not have a full loom for your big set-up, I got a pair of the one speaker cables, also the interconnect, I throw in the cobalt power cord, I do not have, the one power cord, But hey, Adam does!, he can bring it, that will be as close as we can get, unless someone springs for more, the one cables, when this summer?, I have not looked into yet, this is my idea, I have not got to springing the idea on the wife yet!, Ha, Ha, we all know what the females may say?, I am hoping, we always do not get everything we want, well see.

None full loom is BS.

Grey9hound,

You use your Golden Cross from DAC to pre. What do you use from pre to amp?

The reason I am asking is because I am trying 2 Golden Crosses in one system in these 2 positions and it is too veiled and a bit slow although I do like the bloom and density to the mids and the more textured bass. I tried a Golden Presence in the Pre to Power (Krell) position and liked the more open sound but it was relatively lacking in bloom and tonal density compared to the Golden Cross, which I missed.

In another system, I have a Golden Cross from pre to power (Krell) and a NBS Statement from DAC to pre. I am wondering what it would be like if I switched the DAC to pre cable vs pre to power cable from NBS to Cardas and vice versa. I cannot try it out because the Cardas is too short. Likewise, I tried a Golden Presence in the Pre to Power position and liked the more open sound but it was relatively lacking in bloom and tonal density compared to the Golden Cross, which I missed.