DaveB,
Sorry but no offence, but looking at the level of your system components, I have to question how much the cable matters. Of course the MIT cables sound "predictable" and "consistent" because your system is probably not resolving enough to hear much difference. Could it be that the MIT is acting as a tone control to smooth out your component's deficiencies? Also, the way you hard sell MIT cable research theory like a sales rep, YOU are the one who sounds like a cult follower trying spread the MIT religion. I certainly don't troll around the MIT forum telling MIT owners I think those ridiculous boxes of complicated networks adds all kind of colorations directly into the signal path. How many articulation poles does one need to reach audio nirvana? Why ARE you here, DaveB?
I didn't really hear all that much difference in cable until I moved to a EMM Labs/Vitus combo. Frankly, I don't give a fig about any scientific mumbo jumbo that goes into cables, nor the BS marketing, even SR's overblown marketing with Quantum Tunneling, etc. All I know is that SR does make a positive difference to my musical enjoyment, and more than any other cable brand I've tried, placebo effect or not. This actually bugs the hell out of me because I wish cable didn't sound different and I can save a bunch of cash. I would just hook everything up with Radio Shack and laugh at the fools getting swindled by snake oil products.
Glory: we know your position and I tend to agree, but I think the line's getting a bit old...
