I've tried HGA silver lace. Very smooth, no etch, not incredibly bright for silver (and for the money, no contest). I say not incredibly bright, but they were also too bright for my solid state system though. Be curious how the HGA DNA's compare.
Trying a pair of Cardas Golden Cross right now. Even smoother high end with better low end respresentation at the sacrifice of a little detail perhaps (high end resolve is incredibly clean though with absolutely no etch, which I did encounter when demoing a pair of Audioquest Panther DBAs). Cardas seem to take forever to settle in though (even used pairs).
Trying a pair of Cardas Golden Cross right now. Even smoother high end with better low end respresentation at the sacrifice of a little detail perhaps (high end resolve is incredibly clean though with absolutely no etch, which I did encounter when demoing a pair of Audioquest Panther DBAs). Cardas seem to take forever to settle in though (even used pairs).