Hi Guys, glad to be back on this profile (Thanks Pierre!)

As for strings, my fiddlerman artist viola came with helicores, which I don't like at all. They are too bright, and the A sounds too much like a violin. I appreciated the warm sound of Zyex and all that, until I found out that Helicores, have a warm, and focused sound as well. That told me that my viola naturally is already quite warm and bright in of itself. So, I need to darken up. My friend/substitute teacher did tell me that after listening to my viola, he would recommend Obligatos, or Larsens. He suggested a Larsen A with an Obligato C G D. We can both agree on one thing, we don't like Helicores. He uses brighter-sounding strings because his viola's already pretty dark, which is the opposite of mine.

I did see Pisastro Aricores on their website once, and I thought that those would be worth trying. They have a polyester core, I think, and produce a dark sound. Does anyone have other strings that I should probably try?