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I just went through this

I was comparing the BlueJeans 5000 to the cheap Cardas line. Cheap is a relative term here as the Cardas still cost me over $100 for the set. I honestly don't remember if it was $100 or $190. I have had them for years.
In the end I put the Cardas cable back in. The Belden 5000 was an attempt at raising the "Spouse Acceptance Factor" because it was white and seemed like quality cable. I only put about 50 hours of music through the BlueJeans cable.
The sonic differences were small but certainly worth it to use the Cardas. The Cardas is a tad warm sounding but it is also more transparent with better delineation in the highs. Symbols and air are just done right with the Cardas whereas the BlueJeans was a little more up-front with seemingly more detail but in the long term, actually less inner detail. I may have some synergy going on here as the Bryston B100 SST that I use is extremely neutral. I find it neither warm not cold and the resolution is good enough to hear the differences in other components more clearly.
Somewhere there is speaker cable with the same aspects. The Cardas is slightly warm and the Belden 5000 a smidge cold. These are very small differences but I'll take every improvement I can get. Any good system is a collection of small victories anyway. ;) Some day I will find a cable between these two.

Bill


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