David, you've already made up your mind, but I'm gonna tell you my opinion of the HT 11 cord anyway. I tried one for 3 months, and didn't prefer it to my amp's stock Belden cord, and preferred the MIT Z-Cord 2 on my CD player. I'm still looking for better cords, and will be trying Shunyata Sidewinder and Black Mamba, and also Purist Audio Proteus (too many bastards interested in the Shunyatas lately, so I've had to wait my turn!). Another one I've tried that outperformed the HT cord was an ESP Power Flow. It was much smoother, much higher rez on both CD player and amplifier. However, neither it nor the HT cord were tonally neutral, both had a forward treble with both amp and CD player. If you need a forward treble, the ESP would fit the bill.
