Thanks for the detailed feedback.
NASA’s in my backyard… 
@j1hampton, I’m a big fan of Analysis Plus cables, but my experience with them to date has been more in their budget range. If you can recall from your listening tests, which Audience and Wireworld cables were compared to the AP?
@j1hampton Thank you for sharing your experience. This LightSpeed Red USB is quite interesting. What source do you use to feed your DAC?
@Serhan current chain is a dedicated AsusRog>JRiver>AudioQuestJitterBugsx2>LightspeedUSB>DSD>BHKPre>M700s via XLR and using the RCA out to feed another system. Ordered a CuriousEvolved Blue USB cable and will compare to the Lightspeed once burned in. Planning on another standalone dac to feed my Pass Headphone Amp and will ultimately use the CuriousEvolved to feed the new dac. The AQ Jitterbugs help in old school computer rigs 
but the Lightspeed showed me the need for a quality USB cable. For really hi-end tweaks like the Harmonic, SupraHifi in Texas are good, although they prefer their Bricasti over PSA, good guys with great lines. They have the AnalysisPlus line as well.
Agent Hampton, could you kindly describe the rest of your systym, aside the signal transmission?
You are clearly far in the game of jitter elimination, clear transient transmission, etc., so it would be interesting to know through what you hear all that.
@Arenith so sorry to give any impression that i even know what jitter is ;)… Computeraudiophile, PSA forums, SupraHifi, UnderwoodHifi, MoonAudio, UpscaleAudio, JohnDarkoYoutube, Hans B, these are the knowledge centers. High res files thru DSD>BHK-Pre>PASS-HPA1>LCD-X is a very enjoyable listen, and took a good amount of trust to assemble in this day and age of few Retail listening demos. Speakers are old Bowers&Wilkins 800 Series 3 Matrix that continue to improve with the addition of each component and Ted’s genius OS’s for DSD. But similar to what Paul has said, my wife and I listen to streaming actives in the kitchen most of the time, and are very happy… I will say this for anyone up the industry chain, and for Sales associates, the YouTube sound demos when produced with good recording and video capture by Pursuit of the PerfectSystem, can be invaluable to a wide consumer audience looking to hear a component. Terry Ellis has a number of sound demos using the DSD thru KEF reference 3s that when listened to thru a decent system, do make you want to consider the DSD. His Chord Cutest demos are superb. Many will say there are too many variables, but in this day and age, quality video/sound demos are cost effective imho. That said, my live demo of the KEF Ref 3s at Magnolia Center was obviously good with different components, but listen to Terry’s demo using the Luxman 509x to drive the KEF’s and you be the judge, the wow factor for that component is off the chart. My apologies if i’m breaking any rules here, being informed is the only way to buy at this level in the hobby of hifi. Cheers mates,
Sorry Al, when you say “I didn’t hear hard sterile sound when using them”, were you referring to the APs or the Shunyata speaker cables?
I’m asking because I’m using a pair of Analysis Plus Black Oval 12 speaker cables.
I was talking about the Analysis Plus cables which I now regret selling.
AP is having a 25% off sale 11/24 thru the end of the month
My only experience with them is a borrowed Power Oval 2 AC cable feeding my DAC which I did not care for (sounded a little cloudy with loss of detail) an Audience Forte stolen from my home theater set-up sounded better. Finally ended up with a VooDoo Infinity Digital which pushed all my buttons
Maybe power cables are not AP’s strong suit? I am tempted to try some Solo Crystal IC’s to compare with my Heimdall 2 loom. Anyone have experience with both Nordost and AP, well maybe not the ODIN or Valhalla lines?
I realize their speaker cables are very well thought of but happy with the Shunyata’s i’m running at the moment
Best,
-JP
Somehow I’ve gotten an impression of Analysis Plus that their products are quite very system dependant and while their theoretical side IS convincing and even pleasing, one can’t buy even top AP cabling and blindly trust it’ll be any better than something potentially much more affordable.
In the end I wouldn’t go for Analysis unless I had an evaluation period with several choices.
(Which btw is hard to do where I live)
I agree about the hit and miss nature of these products. I have had more success with their cabling in musical instrument use than audio. They do work well if you have a bright audio system, they will tame them down somewhat. I love what their power cables and signal cabling due to my guitar and bass amps.
I believe the sale is only for their silver and gold cable lines. Solo crystal is copper and if the sale announcement is as written those cables won’t be on sale. I’m waiting to see the actual sale prices posted on the website. There are all kinds of opinions on this thread, but I’ll just reiterate I’m a believer in their black mesh oval 9 speaker cable and especially the solo crystal interconnects. I don’t hear the softening some report, but clearly the cables are system dependent. What brand of cables aren’t? Particularly Nordost which interestingly I don’t care for myself. As always, YMMV.
I like the theory behind Analysis plus cables, but did not like them at all when I tried them - brittle, cold sound. This was the interconnects and speaker cables.
Expressing this view in the past seriously annoyed a few of our more combative members.
But try them, they may work in your system.
Thanks for all of the thoughts, very informative
Maybe I’ll give the speaker cables a try if I get restless on that front
Best,
-JP
Please let us know what you hear when you do. It is fun to read reports of other’s experiments.
Agreed, cables are very personal and system dependent
The Heimdall 2’s just hit a nice balance in my system
Best,
-JP
Analasis Plus has used the 800 Matrix when showing their cables. I also have 800 Matrix as does my son. They are exceptional reproducers. Glad yours a singing well for you. I love mine!
Which series of the Analysis Plus interconnects did you try?