Analysis Plus vs. Harmonic Technology

Have not heard the HT, but AP is horrible. Just swapped out at a friend's home, his AP Silver into Stealth UR. He was complaining that he did not enjoy his turntable, well we found out the reason.

The difference is night and day, literally, the AP smears the timing, distorts the soundstage, and the tonality is harsh, and the stings sounds stringent and lacked of warm. With better cable, everything falls in place, and we were able to then diagnose the turntable VTA, VTF, etc. With the AP, can't even hear the proper VTA setting. That's how bad.

System consists of Lyra, YBL, and Sonus Faber Guarneri, not a cheap system.

I used to use HT Pro9 and Silway II in my system, and also heard it in a friends system. I have switched over time from Pro9 to AP's 9 gauge copper speaker cable (I forget the name). Basically, the HT speaker cable sound is more neutral and clear but also, at least to my ear, sounds a little bit artificial. I prefer the AP sound generally, with it's greater harmonic information, even though I think there may be a slight sacrifice of detail (actually it sounds more natural to me). The HT had good bass but the AP had deeper richer bass.

I tested the AP hybrid silver/copper interconnects and liked them a lot, slightly better than the Silway II, but ultimately preferred my Quattrofil. I tested the AP hybrid silver/copper 12 gauge speaker cable and found it a bit more detailed in the treble but less natural and less bass than the AP 9 gauge copper speaker cable, so I stuck with the AP 9 gauge. I eventually bi-wired the 9 gauge. Talk about bass!

Art

I don't have any experience with HT, but found AP-9's to be a huge disapointment. Some describe it as nuetral & smooth. I found it to be veiled lacking detail & dynamics. Believe it or not, my AQ midnight III blew it out in every respect. Perhaps it would be a good match in an overly bright system, but I even doubt that.

HT all the way. I've love my pro 9's pro-silway mkii balanced

I have HT Pro 11's hotwire biamped (1 full run each to highs and lows joined at the amp)I also use Pro Silway II's from EVS dac to ARC preamp then use Cardas Gold Cross balanced pre to ARC poweramp. I have very good detail, neutrality, timber, and beyond the speaker imaging. Hard to imagine something more without spending gobs more money.