In Reply to: Re: Silversmith or HMS? posted by Fiddler on September 3, 2002 at 05:59:13:
OTOH, i borrowed Callaway's HMS cables for a week in my system and while very good for the money they were clearly short of the detail, refinement, speed and openness of the Valhalla interconnects in my system. the HMS Grand Finale speaker cable were not in the same universe as my Transparent Opus speaker cable.keep in mind that my priorites are neutrality and openness.....things the Valhalla has in spades compared to "almost" any other cable.
that being said, i would recommend HMS as a contender in it's price range.....it did nothing wrong and was enjoyable and certainly was not edgy or strident in any way. in a solid state/cd based system the HMS might be a safer bet than a cable using a silver conductor. i know this is a generalization that doesn't always apply but it should be considered.
mikel
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Follow Ups
- Re: Silversmith or HMS? - mikel 09/3/0206:46:16 09/3/02 (10)
- do you hear the same thing with Siltech G5? - kuma 11:19:47 09/4/02 (7)
- Re: do you hear the same thing with Siltech G5? - mikel 22:22:48 09/4/02 (6)
- thanks mike. - kuma 23:05:55 09/4/02 (5)
- Re: thanks mike. - mikel 06:48:48 09/5/02 (1)
- thanks! <nt> - kuma 19:40:45 09/5/02 (0)
- Re: thanks mike. - Rhoeni 06:02:49 09/5/02 (2)
- wow. dude... - kuma 19:11:56 09/5/02 (1)
- Re: wow. dude... - Rhoeni 09:29:22 09/6/02 (0)
- Re: Silversmith or HMS? - Diatonic Cluster 19:03:59 09/3/02 (1)
- Basically a shoot-out between Siltech G5 and HMS - Rhoeni 03:47:01 09/4/02 (0)