I'm studying MIT cables

I'm weighing in late here because I just picked up a set of MIT Shotgun S3's from Joe. I have to say that the whole "poles of articulation" sounds like complete BS to me, but then, I'm no engineer, just a lawyer, :). What I can't argue with, and what matters most, is that to ME, for whatever reason and because of whatever mumbo-jumbo, the MIT Shotguns have hit a sweet spot in my system, replacing my Cardas Golden Cross cables. So with my Focal Diablo Utopias and Plinius SA103 amp and a Naim NDX (all my music is on my server), there is some sort of synergy that just "sounds right" with the Shotguns. Don't know why . . . Just that it does! :)

Thanks! for sharing- Moto Man.

it is not difficult to better Cardas cabling, IMO. The brand is okay at best, at any price point.

MIT goes into and pulls off much more R&D if you ask me.
In the same vein, Transparent cabling rivals MIT more closely in this manner. I believe both brands can be "tuned" to certain other brands of gear. This is a no-brainer and offers better system synergy.
The impressions that you are hearing is better system synergy- the very aspect that we all strive to achieve!

Keep me posted and Happy Listening!

Lust... I had to laugh at that, I had a conversation with an MIT dealer on the San Francisco peninsula that was disturbing as well. I took cable into his store and put it in his six figure statement system for comparison, when I told him the entire package including $3500 power cords was the cost of his $20,000 speaker cable alone he said there was no way he wanted to sell a cable package for $30,000 less than what he was selling. That was after he and all of his sales people admitted the new cable was better. That high end industry is driven by money first. And yes there are bargain performance brands that are the real deal.

Lust & Aintitgr8-

go ahead and names "names" for the rest of us. It is imperative to share intel on dealers/retailers that are operating in some kind of "gray" area. You can PM me w/ the information as well. Keep me posted and Happy Listening!