Our friends at Harmonic Technologies have achieved yet another victory in the "common sense" revolution of high-end cable design. If you are a fan of both the "Truth-link" and "Pro-Silway" interconnects, this may just be your ticket. I have never experienced an interconnect this musically intact anywhere near this price! Sound engineering and the personalities of these designers, will put them way out in front of the pack! Do your ears and wallet a favour before copper and silver become limited resources.

This is the best interconnect that I tried in my system (Meridian 508.24-Unison Research Simply 845-ProAc Response 2.5). It´s very, very detailed but NEVER harsh or bright. Soundstage is very large, bass is deep and controlled and fluid mids. This cable excels in naturalness giving every kind of music an organic feel.Outstanding interconnect.

I use the Prosilway mk2 balanced i/cs between an Ayre V3 and an EAD 9000/3 Dac.They are better in every way than the AudioTruth Diamond x3 balanced cables i had before.Amazing!!and the silways are less than half the price of the diamonds to boot!!Good Stuff!

Natural, detail, transparency, balance, soundstage, control, dynamics, speed, subtlety and a-i-r.

Not a fix-all for bad components---damn.

I was spoiled by the rich and ultra-smooth performance of the Truthlink for over 6 months. Naturally, I had high expectation about the Pro Silway in its MKII iteration. Initially, the sound seemed somewhat thin due to its extreme high-detail retrieval. However, with lots of patience and the knowledge that it will be seasoned to perfection over time--I became completely satisfied two months of burn-in. Naturally balanced music from one extreme to the other AND everything in between came across like never before. Imaging is tightly focused but non-fatiguing. I was able to toe-in my speakers almost in a textbook triangular format and enjoy music without having to worry about wearing out my ears. Music is at once light on its feet and yet powerfully involving and impactful according to the dictates of the signal. Soundstaging is deep and wide which allows for easy distinction between front, mid and back layering. Last but not least, it's extremely fast in its pace yet sacrifices nothing in way of substance and subtlety.

Enjoy the music,

Hungikenobi

Similar Products Used:

HT Truthlink, JPS Superconductor, XLO Signature, Millersound, AudioQuest.

Imaging / Depth / Soundstage /

None so far

I had always believed that the Audioquest were the best
value for money in Interconnect cables, having owned
almost all of their line in Interconnects.

Well, this is no longer the case. I think H/T have given us
one of the best interconnects at any price-maybe THE best!

The Truth-Link was fine, better in some aspects than some
of the AQ's. It did not do everything right in comparison
to the AQ Lapis. But the differences were not that big.

The AQ's in my system, as well as in some of my friends'
systems, were bold & leaning to being aggressive. They
are more refined as you go up the line. However, they
still retain that forward character in their presentation.

I will give it a 5 Star value rating and 4 Star overall
rating until burn-in is complete.

The Pro-Silways Mkii's, without any burn-in, revealed
a wider soundstage, a KILLER center image and much more
depth into the soudstage. The presentation was neither
forward nor laid-back. However, the sound was a little lazy. Mids & Highs are to die for, although not yet fully
developed.The bass was very clean, tight and promising.

I e-mailed H/T to ask about the burn-in time required and received a reply from Mr. Jim Wang saying that the Pro-Silways required between 200-300 hours of continuous
burn-in to reach their maximum development & sound potential.

I strongly believe that when the burn-in is finished, this
cable will be a REVELATION !

I will not trounce AQ. They are good cables in their own right and will perform well in some systems.

However, the Pro-Silways have risen the bar in the field
of interconnect cables and at $400.-per meter pair they
have, in my opinion, put to shame $1000.-cables, maybe
even higher priced competition.

With the Pro-Silways, it's as if a heavy and dark veil has
been removed and the image is now in very sharp focus.

Similar Products Used:

H/T : Truth-Link / Audioquest:Quartz/ Opal/Emerald/Lapis/Diamond

Everything

None

I'm an interconnect and speaker cable skeptic. I winced at spending $50 for Monster interconnects, so you get my drift.

Spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars on cables is to me insanity. Well of course all that changed when in the course of three conversations three people entirely unconnected with Harmonic Technology all highly recommended their products.

I tried the Truth-Link interconnects ($250 a pair) and the Pro Silway II's ($400 a pair). I broke the Truth-Links in for about 40 hours and was enormously impressed compared to my Monster Cable 400. This is it I thought. It can't get any better. Detail was amazing, bass far more extended, and that nasty top end so prevalent in CD based systems - even with a Rega Planet - was sweetened.

I was about to hand over the cash for the Truth-Links when I remembered the Silways. These are a combination of silver and copper. I hooked them up and started to listen. For the first ten minutes I was not impressed, then things started to happen.

If you could directly inject all the information from the CD to your speakers I suspect that the Pro Silways would be redundant. Remember the old adage the best amplifier is a piece of wire with gain. The Silways do just that. They transfer the information from source to output without adding anything. These things are astonishing. Compared to the Truth-Links they are far more subtle. The high end is more delicate, the bass more extended and better rounded. In the middle you have a warmth and security that makes the cable a significant upgrade.

For $400 a 1 meter pair (less from discount dealers). If you have a system costing $2500 or more you really have to
try these interconnects. The difference is like changing your CD player or any other part of your system.

Similar Products Used:

Tara Labs Prism.

I originally used the HT Truth-Links between my AudioAlchemy DAC and DLC Preamp and liked them very much. I then tried the HT Pro-Silway Mk IIs and liked them even better. There's a lot more air and bloom around the voices and cymbals and strings are crystal-clear. Bass stays the same. I've since shifted my Truth-Links between my McCormack DNA 0.5 Deluxe power amp and the DLC and placed the Pro-Silways in their place. This is an excellent silver interconnect for slightly more than the all-copper Truth-Links from the same company. Excellent value indeed. (Incidentally, I'm using JPS Labs Superconductors + speaker cables elsewhere in my system.)

Quite nice-sounding.

A bit of roughness!

First out of the box, it appeared very smooth, though the upper band was a bit thin, scrimped, and constricted. 40 hours later, the top opened up somewhat, but relatively, the wire appears to be a bit less open than the BEL. The Serenade, of course, as a bit of a biting top. Now, some 60 hours later, the HT II is smoother, and the top opened more, though still a bit short on A-B testing among the wires being used for critical comparison. Overall, seems to be a fine wire; however, compared to the BEL, the HT II seems a bit less smooth, like "Swiss" cheese, with some holes (roughness). Additionally, the bass from the HT II seems a bit less tight or focussed. Something seems missing when compared to the BEL. Perhaps Mr. Tom Miller was correct in the Absolute Sound's 1999 Golden Ear column by stating that he keeps coming back to the BEL because of the amazing amount of sound the BEL wires pass. I would rank them: BEL P-1, HT II, Serenade, and Cardas Quadlink last. May be the HT II could perform better in other matchups. Incidentally, my system contains a Rowland 112, Adcom GFP 750, etc. The Pre-Power amps are consider very fine products. Everything else being constant (perhaps), since my critical listening was done using same equipment, only these wires were switched in and out (A-B listening) at times.

Perhaps judging the HT II after 60 hours of usage is not fair? The BEL also has similar mileage though, yet its balance is better, to "my" ears.

Similar Products Used:

BEL P-1, StraightWire Serenade, Cardas Quadlink 5C

Imaging,cohereance,smoothness, bass control

none for the price

Best cable under $500.
The bass from the subwoofer is now fully integrated with the mids and trebels of the sats.
Wide and deep soundstage. The problem with the sound becoming congealed when things got scary( Mahler 2nd symphony) has been solved.

Similar Products Used:

Home made interconnects, tara, siltech.

Extermely low noise floor

Compared to my MIT 330CVT S2, these 1m RCAs between my McIntosh C712 and McIntosh MC162 was better at detail retrieval. You don't have to strain your ears to hear them. There was a high frequency hiss when I was using the MITs and this disappeared when I used the Silway. Soundstaging and separation was much better with these interconnects.