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Harmonic Technology Interconnects

Considering the following balanced Harmonic Tech interconnects for my Bryston/Totem system:

Truth Link, Magic Link I, and Magic Link II

I'd welcome any and all comments. I'm especially interested to hear what the Magic Link II's bring to the party.. and are they worth the extra money?

Thanks in advance!
headshrinker2
pops
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Headshrinker - late to the thread but I fully agree with Rockdanny about Wywires. They replaced Harmonic Tech magic link II in my system. I use 2 sets and they do everything Rockdanny said.

The HT's are very good in their own right, if I had to use one word to describe them it would be dynamic.
headshrinker2 OP
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Pops,
Thanks very much for the reply. What quality of the Wywires ICs lead to you choose these over your previous HT Magic Link II?
pops
2,275 posts
 
He doesn't really have levels of quality, check out his website and reviews online, his concept is very interesting. He will want to do a system consult before he recommends how he constructs your wire.

I initially used 1 IC between my preamp and amp and PC's all the way around and can tell you they bested alot of cables I have on hand, MIT reference, Analysis Plus, Kimber 1021, and HT Magic link II.
headshrinker2 OP
110 posts
 
Pops,
I didn't mean "levels of quality", but rather what quality of sound (i.e. tonal quality) lead you to choose/prefer the Wywire over the HT Magic II IC?
pops
2,275 posts
 
Complete clarity without any fatigue was immediately noticeable, everything just snapped into place right out of the box. They just seem to get out of the way and let the music flow. The tonality to me sounds more like real instruments. I play around with a Martin Jumbo acoustic guitar (not very well I might add) and use that as a baseline accurate tonality and the Wywires better every cable I have owned which I will list below.

In my system and to my ears they bettered Kimber 1030, 1021, 1011, 1016, HT magic link II, MIT 350 SG EVO, 350 Ref, Magnum M1, 330 SG, Analysis Plus oval in.

I added another Wywires IC between my phono and preamp and there was a noticeable difference again, not as great but nonetheless it was there!

I am happy, but as you know it is a personal choice, YMMV. Hope that helps.

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