Analysis Plus or Harmonic Teck

I too have AudioTruth Dragon and Diamond, and didn't hear the Oval 9 as being in the same universe as them (it's not even as good as ANY other cable I've tried!). I like MIT better than all the others I've tried (AP, Straightwire, Transparent Reference, Cardas Neutral Reference, Goertz, Harmonic Technology, Kimber Select, XLO Signature 5.1, and a few others). Krell's sound is ANYTHING but harsh, and I can hear extraordinarily well, too.

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.

Have Thiel 1.5 speakers out of a CJ Premier 11a. Purchased Analysis Plus Silver To see how compared to my Transparent audio Music Wave Plus. Sold Analysis on Audiohgon as MUC preferred the Transparent. Analysis great soundstage, but warm sound which I like just dissapeared

The affordable MIT cables I have have as much soundstage width as any cable, and much more depth than any other cable. Images are also more solid, real, and not "wispy" like they've been with every other cable. More dynamic contrast than any other cables, too. And there are essentially no penalties for this, either, at least in my system...or any ss system I try them in. I plan to post an extensive thread comparing all these in the next few weeks.

Hi, A well known speaker designer sent me his thoughts on HT vs. AP cable, in reply to my inquiry. (I won't use his name because I didn't ask his permission). Hope it's useful to you. I've only used the HT cables. "The Harmonic Tech Single Crystal cable (copper version) is very sweet and warm, lending itself to work well as equalization for systems which might be bright or forward due to the electronics or a "hard" and reflective room acoustic. If your system leans towards "warmth" and you crave more detail and "air," you will need to use the Analysis Plus cables. I prefer their copper, not the silver, unless you have a very warm tube based system. If your system is overly warm, go for the Analysis Plus silver cables. Perhaps try mixing the copper speaker cable with the silver interconnects if you want a more neutral sound."