I own both HT Pro 9 (double run) and AP Silver Oval. After a lengthy audition of both I settled with the HT, I'm not sure however that this is necesarily that good either. The AP is state of the art in soundstage width and depth, I was absolutely amazed when I first heard it, I thought it was the greatest. After I got used to the soundstage I noticed that the sound was smooth and laid back, but much to so. It also seemed to lacked dynamics and rhythm, to sum it up I would call the AP rather unmusical and uninvolving. I had very high hopes for the AP as I had read great things about it, but it just didn't work for me. The HT is in a way similar sounding (huge soundstage) but it improves on the timbre side of things ( I know that this is a frustrating description) and was more musically involving. I suspect there might be some problems with the midrange of the HT however as things like the middle of the piano have a kind of glare that can be rather irritating at times. I also am using the Pro Silway 2 balanced interconnect and 3 of the HT power cords. I am going to do some comparisons of the HT stuff to see if I can fix the midrange problems I am having. I suspect that it is the HT that is causing the problem as I have really decent components Wadia, Pass, Dunlavy. Who knows though one of those might be the culprit.
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Could someone characterize the sound or recommend which of these interconnects\speaker cable combos might work best for me. I will be running an EVS millenium DAC2 into EVS nude attenuators into a White audio labs s-200 into Thiel cs3.6 speakers. Or perhaps you might recommend some other manufacturers cables in the context of my system? Appreciated