Analysis Plus Spker Cable Excellent Cable or Hype?

I have Oval 9 speaker cables and a Crystal Oval interconnect in my system. They are great. I would like to try some other speaker cables for comparison, but it seems that I need to spend more money to better these cables (as Bigkidz stated).

But, they certainly do have their detractors. You will find people that love them and people that hate them. I think these speaker cables are very system dependant, but definitely worth a try. There are always used cables available for sale.

jd

I love them. They were, however, beaten by the (far more expensive) Cardas Golden Cross in my system. I prefer the AP Oval 9 copper over the AP 12 gauge silver hybrid in the systems I've tried them with. Oval 9 is very natural, rich, with deep bass. Treble detail and extension nd speed are natural as opposed to extreme as in some cables or gear. I feel that the Cardas Golden Cross was more refined. Also in a head to head comparison with Harmonic Tech Pro9, I personally found the AP a bit more natural sounding. The HT had a little more speed and treble detail but to my ear was just a hair less natural. I could be happy with either of these though.,

These are my favorite as well. Like some of the others, I haven't compared them to much, only Alpha Core MI2 and Monster.They need a long time to breakin, which is why I think there are usually several pairs for sale here all the time. If you read the review for AP Solo Crystal wires on "6 Moons", you will buy AP Oval 9.

I have the solo crystal ovals and oval 12's bi-wired
and have no desire to change them... I have had great results. I recently bought one of their new oval 10 PC's for my DAC and WOW... I never expected the improvement to
be that much..

Like any other cables out there because of different
signal carrying characteristics: Inductance, resistance,
capacitance ect...results will vary... I am running all SS gear and they work great.

I used the Cable Company to audtion a lot of different cables. Analysis plust spent some time driving my Audio Artistry Vivaldi Speakers, and they didn't sound as good as the Cardas Quadlink 5C's I was replacing. I ended up spending a good bit more and went with a pair of Cardas Neutral Reference speaker calbes. So... if you're listening to Audio Artistry Vivaldis through Muse electronics, I'd say you're better off with Cardas :). Short version, YMMV.