homegrown audio vs. kimber

I have compared Kimber Silver Streak, HG Silver Lace, HT
ProSilway II, Silver Audio Hyacinth. Kimber SS IMO tilts the tonal balance too much towards upper midrange and treble, producing a lean and subjectively bright sound.
I listen to a lot of mainstream CDs, and this tends to
highlight treble grain/hardness, so I did not keep this cable. The much more expensive Kimber Select series probably is much improved in this respect, but I have not personally heard them.

I was impressed with HT PS II, and feel they were much preferable to Kimber SS, much smoother with less upward
tilt of tonal range, and excellent 3D presentation. The
HG Silver Lace is overall close in performance to PS II at less than 1/2 the cost, so it would be my 1st choice among the silver cables I mentioned because it offers the best sound/cost ratio. Offers sound similar to what I heard with PS II, so I keep one in my cable "collection"

I think HG Silver Lace and HT PS II both just "slightly" better overall than SA Hyacinth. The Hyacinth has a much more balanced tonal presention than Kimber SS, and between these two Hyacinth is superior in all respects. Hyacinth is priced between HT PS II and Silver Lace, so decent value, has about 95% performance of other two, so it is a close comparison. Some may actually prefer Hyacinth, it is very good also, I think HT PS II and Silver Lace are slightly
smoother/cleaner sounding.

HT PS II = Harmonic Technology Pro-Silway Mark II