Can you recommend cables with good PRAT?


I recently spent a few days comparing cables in a fairly resolving system. The CD player has two identical RCA outputs which allowed me to quickly A/B through the different inputs on my integrated amplifier.

I compared Transparent Cables's MusicLink, Monster Cable's Interlink 401xln 2c, PNF Audio's Icon, Paul Speltz's Anti-Cable IC, Wireworld's Oasis and a number of others. (I have a upper end monster with no identification on it. Any idea how to get it identified?)

Different cables had their strengths, weeknesses and anomalies but I have questions about PRAT (pace,rhythm and timing) in particular. Two cables were of particular interest in this regard.

The Wireworld Oasis (original) made all the musicians sound like they were having an "on" night and playing with one another unlike any of the other cables, but lacked in other areas and in partiuclar had a "hardness" in what I think was the upper midrange. It wasn't that it was too bright... it sounded like something else to my ear.

The Monster Cable Interlink 401XLN 2c also made an impression. There was a certain excitement to the music in regard to PRAT with this cable compared to all the others, but it sounded a little bit "off" compared to timing rightness of the Oasis. Again, more exciting than the others but not in a way that seemed coherent. It was as if the bass lines in particular would arrive just slightly ahead of time compared to the mids and treble. It worked but the push and pull of jazz and blues but seemed kind of strange with other music. The 401 is said to be "Bandwidth Balanced Time Correct" so it seems obvious they were trying to play with the arrival time of different frequencies. I'm mostly asking about this cable out of curiosity of the nature of PRAT in systems. It seems like this cable could compensate for particular timing variations that existed elsewhere in the system.
Did the Wireworld Oasis just sound right on my system because of the system's particular timing variations?

Anyone have any experience with these cables in particular?
Any recommendations for cables that excel in PRAT that are somewhere in the $150 and under price(used) for a .5 or 1 meter RCA pair?

Any help would be appreciated.
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I highly recommend one of the new interconnects from a new company in New Zealand called Antipodes. Their entry-level Katipo, because of its unique construction is far less system-dependent than most cables. This is why some cables lose that PRAT because of either a poorly designed cable or a cable which has impedance/capacitance mis-matches with certain components. If your components are designed well to portray the PRAT of the recording, these Antipodes cables will let that PRAT come through. The Katipo is being auctioned now on Audiogon at "dirt-cheap" prices and the company offers a 30-day return policy, so it is a "no-brainer", in my humble opinion.
Checking out all of the recommendations.
I have several pair of PNF Audio's Icon and find the cables quite nice overall and above average in regards to PRAT but not that "locked on" sound I'm looking for. I would have thought the Speltz Anti-Cables would have had the sound I was looking for (given they are solid core and rather simple design) but I found them only above average in the PRAT department too. From my limited experience with cable they are both(PNF and Speltz) some of the best cables I've heard so far overall.
I also agree DNM Reson. I just purchased this for my Naim CD5i-2. Great interconnect IMO for the money.
Try PNF Audio... best cables you'll find for the dollar! Now, the abilities of a "cable" to give you PRAT is a little dubious at best. What a cable SHOULD do is properly transmit PRAT, or any other proeprty of the other components in your system, not add or subtract properties of its own. Remember, all cables have filtering properties by their very nature, so matching the right cable always becomes a challenge dependant on differing characteristics of the cable vs. the rest of the system. That's why people always talk about cables having different "sounds". In my experience, I've found that the PNF products do what a cable should do better than any other, especially at their price. Lots of "snake oil" out there in the world of cables... find the right cable for YOUR system and stick with it!
I wouldn't overlook the offerings from Grover Huffman either, I've got his new Sx cables that I'm using and they are great and he's just a bit higher priced for a new set than a used set you have budgeted for, you could alsways ask him what he thinks too.
My two favorite companies in your price range (or, any range for that matter)for "good PRAT" and plain old "great listening enjoyment" would be
Reality Cables (Gregg Straley)
and
Auricle Audio Design (Joe Mazzaglia).
Both are the products of dedicated individuals who have been selling on Audiogon for years, although only advertising intermittently.