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Analysis Plus oval 9 New v Old

I have a question.
I owned AP purple Oval 9s from 2001 to this past year. In 2010 I tried the yellow and black Oval 9s and thought they were cleaner with sharper images but sounded a little to clear almost digital for lack of a better term. I tried them again this past year and decided to switch becasue there is no doubt they are cleaner sounding. HOWEVER I am not completely sold on them. A friend of mine compared the purple and back to the newer yellow and black a few weeks ago. He agreed they are cleaner BUT they sounded thinner to him and had less meat and did not seem as 3D and fleshed out. The purple and bacl sounded more real.
Has anyone else done this comparision?? I know there was a pro review that did.
All I know is I feel like sonething is missing that i had before.
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zavato
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I have the new version of Oval 9's. Never heard the original version, but I know the wire itself is identical. I'm finding this to be a great cable. Not forward at all but note I had been using Nordost.

I also used AP IC's. The Solos are quite good. I seem to own them in cycles- have a full,set of solos for a couple of years, sell them to try something different, go back to Solos, etc, Currently I have no solos but I'm sure that will change,

For then price, I am impressed with AP cables. I also like Audience
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zavato
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AP Oval 9 is a copper cable-
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zavato
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Agreed, they are not bright and required very little break in, in my system, to sound excellent. When I first hooked them up they sounded muddled and constricted. Within a day or so, that was done with.
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