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Page 2 (click here for Page 1) Good Sound !
I heard an incremental increase in low-level detail from recordings. Everything sounded just a little bit clearer and more refined. The top-to-bottom balance of the sound was also better. The system imaged better. The Analysis Plus interconnects provided a more "fleshed-out" sound that was powerful and visceral, yet easy to listen to. With both speaker cables and interconnects in place, the system had a more substantial, fuller sound that was smoother to the ears. The Analysis Plus cables provided a sound that was powerful, yet always remained coherent and refined. I enjoyed the increased weight and power of the music, along with the system's improved transparency. The cables are also well-built, attractively designed, and, perhaps most importantly, priced reasonably enough that the cost of this upgrade is easy to justify. Good Sound! For the complete review in PDF format, click here. Stereo Times Beware of the bass the Analysis Plus has the potential to allow your components to reproduce. What may sound like a sloppy sounding bottom end just might be a room interaction that you've never noted before. Since it is all a matter of synergy, I can certainly say that in my system, the Analysis Plus Power Oval gave me remarkable improvements in musicality and in creating the illusion that I was in the musical venue and that the musicians were there in the room with me. I've shot for neutrality and naturalness (naturalness being the better word,) and I think that the Power Oval brings me considerably closer to my goal. As a matter of fact, I must admit with the Analysis Plus in and the TDS Passive Audiophile out, I can say this is the longest time I've enjoyed my system without the desire to upgrade. It's obvious to me that I'm hearing the music and not the system. This is a thoroughly enjoyable product and is now my reference power cord for the P300 feeding my front end and the Ultimate Outlet feeding my amp. I thoroughly recommend them for anyone that loves music for music's sake and not just as an audiophile hobby. Alvester Garnett For the complete review in PDF format, click here. SoundStage! I've been using a pair of Analysis Plus Silver Oval speaker cables ($599 per eight-foot pair) for many of my loudspeaker reviews -- in probably more than a dozen system configurations. Read More > Doug Blackburn
Stereo Times "There's certainly something quite magical about listening to the Power Oval design..." "What was more amazing was when I swapped out all the different A/C power cords and went with an all Analysis Plus system. The entire stage relaxed and instantly become more intricate in its retrieval of inner detail and delicacy during heavy passages. There was no longer the feeling that the instruments wanted to jump out at you and give you a big kiss on loud passages..." "At $299 per five-foot run, I don't think you can go wrong with the Power Oval design." "Swapping amplifiers and loudspeakers may make for a bigger improvement, but will also make a bigger dent in your wallet." "Before going out and purchasing this highly touted amp or that excellent loudspeaker, you owe it to yourself to hear what your system might sound like first with a mere change in cabling. The best way to achieve that is by checking out the latest Power Oval designs from Analysis Plus Inc. You just may thank me!" Clement Perry For the complete review in PDF format, click here. ctnow.com "Analysis Plus Oval 12... must qualify as a best buy at $145 for a 6-foot-pair." "Top to bottom, the best cable in this group." Kevin Hunt For the complete review in PDF format, click here. Stereophile "The good news is that Analysis Plus Oval 9 copper cable is excellent - it outperformed my (very expensive but no longer available) Yamamura 6000...." Michael Fremer Positive Feedback/Enjoy the Music "The best cable I have yet auditioned in my system." Stuart McCreary Ultimate Audio "The Analysis Plus Silver Oval Interconnects offers... :
To say the Analysis Plus cables provided a revelation in my system is an understatement. Details lost in the depths of the recording were revealed. ...inserting the Analysis Plus cables into the system lifted another veil between the listener and the musical event." Rufus Smith For the complete review in PDF format, click here. The Absolute Sound "…I am fond of the Analysis Plus speaker & interconnect wires: They are the best I have tried in my system, and their prices are right (especially when it comes to speaker cables). They are open-sounding, liquid and harmonically correct; they also dig out previously unrevealed spatial cues, offer super bass extension, and deliver a sense of tonal correctness profound enough that my bride – upon returning home one afternoon and reading the mail in the adjacent room – asked me if I had bought new speakers! Stephan Harrell SoundStage! "The Oval 9 speaker cable is a reviewer's choice product if there was ever was one." Ian White Stereo Times "The differences wrought in my system by the addition of the Analysis Plus Silver Oval speaker cables and interconnects are positive, dramatic and immediately apparent -- quite an achievement when you stop to consider that I already use a reference-caliber product ..." "The AP produced, to my amazement, greater inner detail as a direct result of its more natural, thus superior, dimensionality. The sound of Hargrove's muted trumpet -- rather its intricacies -- the sound of air moving through the horn gave it greater presence and spatial localization. The same is true of Keith Jarrett. Here, with Jack DeJohnette's delicate cymbal work, the initial snap and resonance from Gary Peacock's double bass, could not better illustrate these cables' superiority. I can't recommend the Analysis Plus Silver Oval more highly." "The Analysis Plus Silver Ovals makes my system sound more real. These cables have taken my system closer to the Absolute Sound." Clement Perry For the complete review in PDF format, click here. Stereo Times "The Oval Nine speaker cable is so good and so inexpensive that it really deserves, and gets, a solo review. The big-buck cable boys are going to have a COW over this one." "Oh, heck, you get the picture -- we seldom get true balance and superb performance in each major category: bass, midrange, treble dynamics & sound staging. This cable is very good to superb in each of these categories and as is so often the case in audio, the whole exceeds the sum of the parts. Taken as a totality, this is the best cable I have yet auditioned in my system." Stuart McCreary For the complete review in PDF format, click here. Secrets of Home Theater & High Fidelity "Price: Very affordable" "What the Oval - 12s did to distinguish themselves, however, was to allow my gear to demonstrate the important aspects of music reproduction in a way that speaker cables before them did not. Listening to the Oval - 12s, I realized that my system always had the potential to make more realistic, involving, and emotionally powerful music, but other speaker cables were holding it back, so it seems" "The Analysis Plus Oval - 12s is one of the surest and simplest recommendations I can make. If you are interested in value, without compromising any aspect of performance, check these out. Oh, and be sure to hurry before the guys at Analysis Plus wise up and decide to price these cables for the 'real world'. " Paul Knutson For the complete review in PDF format, click here. Art Audio "The Analysis Plus Oval Nine speaker cable sounds more natural and less colored than any cable I've heard. It sounds like what I hear through my headphones when I do my final listening check." Joe Fratus Bel Canto Design "It doesn't get any better than this! Your cables are THE true reference, capable of showing texture & inner definition, & expressing all the musicality while not imposing any character of their own. These are exactly the ideals all companies should hold their products to." Chad Baures Soliloquy "When you voice loudspeakers, a cable's contribution can adversely affect your judgment about the prototype's actual performance. By virtue of their superior transparency, we have used the Analysis Plus Oval 9 speaker cables to finalize crossover work on two new designs. We will also use it for upcoming tradeshows. As a manufacturer, it allows us to hear what our speakers are doing without any cable induced colorations." Bernie Byers, President Y-Files "Looking at the retail price table, I remain puzzled how they can sell these cables so affordably... rest assured that I wouldn't bother introducing a new cable company in this space if I didn't believe this product to merit serious consideration... they offer rock-solid engineering savvy, a firm grasp on the science behind the hoopla, and intimate access to high-tech gear the actual use of which might confound a lot of competitors..." Srajan Ebaen Von Schweikert Audio "I tried the Analysis Plus speaker cables and was very impressed with the sound. I liked them so well I have chosen to use Analysis Plus wiring inside my new VR-5 and VR-7 speakers." Albert Von Schweikert Enjoy the Music.com Best Sound in the show this year goes to the Bel Canto/Von Schweikert/Analysis Plus room. In past years, I've loved Bel Canto for their outstanding line of elegant tubed electronics. This system was quite a departure for them. It featured the Bel Canto DAC1, the PrEVo solid state preamp, and the Evo 200.2 digital switching amp, still a rare bird in high-end audio. The DAC1 effectively upsamples from 16 bits/44.1 kHz to 24 bits/96 kHz. Cables were from Analysis Plus, Inc., who make a variety of unique hollow oval silver and copper speaker cables & interconnects, which bear further investigation. The speakers were the new Von Schweikert VR-7. This system was the first in the show, and one of only a handful, to send chills down my spine. The sound was gorgeous, stunning, and natural, with outstanding timbre and reproduction of female vocals. The choir was wide and deep, and bass reproduction was tight and solid. On the Harry Allen, I felt like I was hearing the real body and key structure of the sax to an extent I've never heard before. Piano and percussion were solid, and well defined in space. All in all, an outstanding room, aided, no doubt, by its large (18' x 31') dimensions, and by the set-up services of Michael Broughton of The Audiophile's Source. Congratulations to all. Dave Glackin The Audiophile Voice "I'm a big believer in the subliminal effect of "pride of ownership," and in this area, these Analysis Plus wires deliver big time." Bob Perry Audio Pro Magazine "Close to Perfect" Pro Oval Studio Cable Straight forward talk, a lot of guitarist and musicians do not pay enough attention on the cable for their system. We could at least throw a question onto ourselves, "How good is our cable for our system?" Audio Pro Magazine - Editor's Recommended Bayyin Nur HIFI 4 ALL The following review conclusions are taken from HIFI 4 ALL magazine (www.hifi4all.dk) Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval interconnect, 3.995,- / sæt Konklusion: Analysis Plus Silver Oval interconnect, 1,5 meter til 8.050,- / sæt Kan fås i 1 meter til 6.300,- Konklusion: Analysis Plus Golden Oval interconnect, 1,5 meter til pris 28.585,- Kan fås i 1 meter til 19.995,- Konklusion: The Analysis Plus distributor in Denmark is Dynamax. www.dynamax.dk Audiophile Club of Athens For the past two weeks I had the privilege to have in my system a fine and affordable newcomer the Analysis Plus Solo Crystal Oval interconnect. Analysis uses a unique construction procedure in order to achieve oxygen free copper, which theoretically has zero signal loss. The cable construction appears to be of top quality and it is coupled with a modern design. I placed this cable in various positions in my system with similar results. Most of the critical listening sessions were made when the cable was connecting the pre to the power amp. I also compared the Solo Crystal Oval with other similarly or higher priced interconnects with favorable results. The first feeling that I got from this cable is that it is more alive in the way it presents music. It is not forward or offending in any way, but it brings out a lifelike palpability with very good micro dynamics. Instruments and performers clearly pose their own space with the right amount of air around them. The Solo Crystal Oval presents a very good soundstage in all dimensions, with exceptional transients and very good timing. This is a very vibrant cable it's got rhythm. The tonal balance is linear in all the frequency response. Whenever I listened to my system with the Solo Crystal Oval connected I found myself really involved with the music. Dynamics are very good so here we have an excellent performer for rock or jazz music. Electric guitars are excellent. Highs are smooth and well extended and mids are natural glowing with life and well defined. Low end is also very good. Only when compared with the most expensive interconnects in the market does one detect some vagueness in rhythm and definition of the low frequencies? The Solo Crystal Oval is a very transparent, alive, dynamic and grain free performer. It is an excellent high-end cable that costs only a fraction of the price of other High End interconnects. At 500 Euro / pair, this is a great value for money choice. Highly recommended.. Stelios Mitsionis Review33.com About the Oval 9 speaker cable Bass is rich and powerful Oval 9 has this quality that cables several times more expensive do not have. Thanks to Dr. Sun for the English translation of the above excerpts from a recent issue of the Chinese magazine Review 33 (http://www.review33.com). AUDIO
Higher frequencies is it's quintessence of taste and details, without unpleasant sharpness & overstress. Thanks to Krzysztof Jozefowicz (Digital Audio System) for the English translation of the above excerpts from the September 2002 issue of the Polish magazine AUDIO www.hifi.pl. TNT-Audio "I also found the Analysis Plus Copper Oval cables to be the best interconnect cables I have ever had the pleasure to enjoy, and most definitely worth their cost." Nels Ferre Page 2 (click here for Page 1)
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The Analysis Plus Oval One interconnects and Clear Oval speaker cables break the sub-$100 price barrier.
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