Analysis Plus Spker Cable Excellent Cable or Hype?


Analysis Plus speaker cable has gotten great reviews. But, is this cable as good as it claims?? I have read a few reviews that claim it is not very musical. There also seems to be a lot of pairs up for resale. I need to find the best speaker cable to work with a pair of Thiel 2.3's, an Aragon 4004Mk2 amp and Conrad Johnson PV-8 tube pre-amp. Need good advise and input!! Thanks SJ
sunnyjim
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.
It appears you got some nice equipment, so don't Buy cheap/non-musical cables that will degrade your Sound. I haven't tried the Analysis cables ( I have tried many others )but My RECOMMENDATIONS would be SYNERGISTIC RESEARCH X-SERIES Cables - all the way. They are All I use -I will put them Against ANY cable. If you can hear and/or audition some - do it !
More INFO. : www.synergistic research.com
:) listening
I had Oval-12 6 months and was not satisfied-flat,dull,liveless sound;then replaced Nordost Flatline gold-with much better results;currently I have ZU cable Ibis and very pleased with them-right sound,great price...