Thiel Owners

I used these MIT cables many moons ago -  https://www.highperformancestereo.com/cables/speaker-cables/mit-mh-750-music-hose-8-foot-pair-spade-lugs.html    I think I had 2.3s back then.  Actually had two pair (an 8 ft. and a 12ft) and used one of the long ones on a Thiel SCS2 center channel.  I picked them up cheap as a guy painted his baseboard and they were covered in paint.  I ended up cleaning them and selling them for about the same as I paid for them about a year and a half later as I made a pair of speaker cables from (dual runs of) Belden 83030 that clearly bested them.  So I wasn't super impressed by them.  They were OK for the cheap used price I got them for (I think the 8 ft. pair listed for $450 and the 12 footer for $600 and I think I paid $200 for them way back when and after I cleaned them and shipped them I got my $200 back).

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M.I.T. is a sonic match for Thiel loudspeakers. Models will depend upon budget and taste. The company offers an extensive catalog of cabling.

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Actually MIT has downsized (if that's the right word) into 3 categories with variants in each.  The Reference uber expensive series, the 2CD3 series which is also very expensive, and the Heritage EVO line the new entry into the brand, still not cheap.

The two categories below the Reference line offer significant trickle down technology that makes them a great value if you have the funds.  I use the EVO line and it is significantly better than the older reference MIT's.

I've always been an MIT user/fan.   Started with them, tried many other cables, and came back.  Their business model became way too extensive and confusing for a while.   I think their new offerings make a lot of sense.  They are and always have been however price leaders in the industry.

I had settled on MIT back in the 90's when I was originally pushing my 2.2's with Adcom. Can't remember which/what, I did upgrade to a better MIT I was so impressed and had big gray boxes everywhere. I'd even tried out Cardas and Audioquest from friends and was pretty meh.


However, when I got my BAT amp & pre, I wanted to get some balanced interconnect cable to take advantage of that. At the time I got a screaming deal on PS Audio Xstream everything as they were discontinuing everything but the power cable. So I figured I'd just buy everything I could lay my hands on and replaced all my cable with PS. The speaker cable is short of comic though, truly garden hose stuff.


After it was broken in, I couldn't go back to the MIT. In fact, the cable seemed to be the final missing link. I'd seen measurements indicating that the VK-3iX measured much better using the balanced connects, that might have had something to do with it. But when I would swap out just speaker cable, there was still a notable difference. In the end, I really enjoy the PS and hope I can figure out a way to continue using the speaker cable. But the speaker cable was really short so that's going to be iffy. I do still have a box full o' MIT somewhere!

IMO the Kimbers , Audioquest and Cardas pair well with both Thiel and Vandersteen. The Canare in a shotgun biwire with good connections is also an extraordinary value.

tomic601 good call on the Kimber, 8TC is an extraordinary value and works extremely well with Thiels even better for me than 3035.  They can be lean in the midrange with Thiels so system matching is imperative.  I have also found Straightwire and Analysis Plus to work well.

I have found most quality stranded copper cables work will with Thiel and you don't need to spend long on cables.  I have learned that the hard way.