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MIT & Spectral -- but Which MIT?

I know that Spectral recommends using MIT wires with their amplifiers; 'quality' of the various lines of MIT cables aside, though, does it matter which MIT cable is used to maintain amplifier stability? MIT cables range from (almost) reasonable to hideously expensive; rather than use my current Alpha-Core M2s, I'll pick up some MIT wire to protect my newly-acquired DMA-50, and would like to keep that cost as low as possible. Are the lower-cost MIT Terminator lines adequate to the task, or should MH-750 be considered the minimum acceptable? If they should be 750s or higher, which model and/or impedence -- low, medium, high -- would be best (speakers are ProAc 2s)? Shotgunned, or not? Has anyone successfully used Alpha-Cores with Spectral amps? Any help is vastly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Mark
mjm
bob_bundus
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Mj you can get all the advice you need from MIT rep. Joe Abrams, membername = joeabrams. He'll provide you with great advice & a great deal too. MIT makes a special line for Spectral but I don't see any of them in his present sale listing.

http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/search2.pl?seller&zzJoeabrams

I'd suggest to go with at least MH750. He has one 8' pair & one 10' pair available. But for Spectral I think that I would suggest the Oracle series; he has an 8' pair of V4 for slightly more $ than the MH750. He also has a 10' pair of V3 Wideband EX, which would be great with your DMA amp if you can swing it.
You want cable made for solid state of course. Regarding impedance, that relates to interconnects not speaker cable. You need to know the input impedance of your amp, then go to their website to determine which impedance range matches it, or ask Joe. He's absolutely wonderful to deal with.
I'm using MH750 Magnum biwire with my big Accuphase amp & it does a really fine job.
jdwek
84 posts
 
Dear MJM,
Joe Abrams who is frequently on this website would be a good person to answer this question.
I will give my personal experience. I had the DMA 180 and now the DMA 360. I have used a bunce of MIT cables and they are each quite a bit different. For instance I have tried the oracle v2 and preferred a much cheaper 770 cable. The most important thing is to match the impedances since the spectral cables are a bit special.
jd
ozfly
887 posts
 
I would second the suggestion to "Go with Joe" (Abrams). He is excellent to deal with and was very willing to work with me about trying different options in my previous Bryston/Thiel setup. I tried three different paths before settling on the right one.
detlof
1,899 posts
 
Yes, go with Joe, although the DMA 50, which I know well, is less tricky with cabling than Spectrals newer and higher powered offerings.
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