Inducing clarity: Cardas Clear Beyond interconnects

[Rnrmf]

I much preferred the Cardas Clear Beyond SC and IC as opposed to the TQ Statement in my system.
IMO regarding the Statement IC you really don't get what you pay for, there is a serious difference in overall performance between the Statement SP and the IC.
The Statement IC is the weak link of the two, i did like the Statement SC very smooth sounding but not as much resolution in the bass region as the Cardas Clear Beyond SP.
At the end of my cable shootout the Cardas Clear Beyond were the clear winner and i therefore ordered the SC and XLR IC, should receive them pretty soon.

Nice Comparison. Thank you.
I 100% agree on the TC IC and it was the same for their power cable. I was interested in how you heard in the speaker cable and you summed up the difference nicely. I'll have to hear the Cardas cables in the future

 

[Thieliste]

Nice Comparison. Thank you.
I 100% agree on the TC IC and it was the same for their power cable. I was interested in how you heard in the speaker cable and you summed up the difference nicely. I'll have to hear the Cardas cables in the future

Clear Beyond has the best balance between resolution, musicality, body and deep bass.

 

[Dizzie]

I do have a loom of Cardas Clear Beyond. They’re great.

But beware, that while Cardas Clear are musical, the Clear Beyond are pretty much neutral in tonality and also more resolving.


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Which cables were you comparing (e.g. interconnects or speaker cable)? I a particularly interested in Cardas Clear speaker cable compared to Clear Beyond.

Thanks.

 

[Kuoppis]

Which cables were you comparing (e.g. interconnects or speaker cable)? I a particularly interested in Cardas Clear speaker cable compared to Clear Beyond.

Thanks.

Unfortunately I only compared the ICs, as I have different speaker cables (InAkustik Reference AIR LS-4004).


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[Donald D]

The Cardas Clear Beyond keep getting better after settling in a bit: details, depth, soundstage.

Quite enjoyable.


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I just got the Clear Beyond XLR interconnects to be used from the DAC to the HeadAmp and have the Clear Beyond balanced headphone cable to the Utopia22 and totally agree. These cables keep getting better by the day. Initially I had treble boost presets for a number of tracks but am in the process of taking them out now. There are certain songs , though, where the Tunami Terzo V2 with its imperfections (overhang of notes, slow transient speed) delivers amazingly sounding vocals that the Cardas cable can‘t match for chills. So, I switch interconnects and listen to about 12% of my playlist with the Tunami Terzo V2 and to 88% with the Clear Beyond.

 

[JDC]

Hi All,
Sorry for the late arrival to this thread. I'm new here and decided to join after seeing the friendly communication about cables It's rare. I appreciated reading others' thoughts / listening results above re: Clear and Beyond.
The reason I'm chiming in is because over the past few months I've put together a loom of Clear Cygnus, (with a Clear digital RCA on the way, to go from CD transport to DAC). I recently also picked up a Cardas Nautilus strip, and of course another Cygnus power cord from the wall to the Nautilus. I'm very happy with the results of it all. I had borrowed a few similarly priced IC and SC options from the Cable Co. Cardas Clear Cygnus was the 'clear' winner. My impressions are similar to what folks have been saying above.
I settled on Cygnus for budget reasons and also didn't feel it was appropriate to have wires that rivaled the overall price of my components and speakers, so I have not heard clear or beyond.

The set-up:
Cambridge CD spinner (soon to be replaced. Maybe Jay's or TEAC or something else). That might be my first thread here, asking for suggestions.
Primaluna tube DAC
Primaluna EVO 300 integrated
Fyne F501SP
REL T9xSE (x2)
Cardas Clear Cygnus throughout

Very happy and looking forward to the Clear digital cable's arrival,
J