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MIT Shotgun Question.

I have shotgun S3 from cdp (rotel 1072)to rotel pre 1069(in bypass mode) to rotel 1075 amp.The setting from cdp to pre is set at high as pre input sensitivity is 100kohm.The setting in shotgun S3 is set at low for pre to amp as amp is 33kohm.
Does anyone using Mit interconnects stay with the recommended settings?Reason I ask is when I set the IC going from pre to amp everything is very clean and crisp but lacks in musicality and is very cold sounding.There is just no smoothness to the music.But if I set the IC to medium from pre to amp the sound stage opens up and though there is a slight loss of clarity everything sounds more rounded.smooth and open.
Could the specs on my amp be wrong?This is not just with music from cdp but with all sources.Tv,dvd,bluray.Any thoughts from MIT users would be appreciated.Thanks.
shaunp
merganser
216 posts
 
"Can I use barrel connectors and chain multiple IC's for burn in."

I've never considered that before. It may be ok with some cables, but I would not recommend trying that with the MIT's. However, you can always call MIT to get their opinion.

"the midrange was too forward and edgy."

I have to agree with Drjoe, no way.
shaunp OP
42 posts
 
I called Joe Abrams who I bought the IC's from and who is a MIT Dealer and he said no that it is not recommended to use barrel connectors and chain them together.He told me I needed to put them where they are going to stay and break them in that way.So that is what I am doing.We had a long discussion on the IC's and I feel more relaxed about this whole thing now.
I am running the IC's in from the time I get off work and all night at low volume and am shutting it down when I go to work.So essentially they are getting 14 hours of break in per day.And I am not doing any critical listing and will not till around the 350 recommended break in.
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ozzy
7,545 posts
 
If they are interconnects just hook them up to a tuner or a cable bos output on one end and into your preamp at the other end.
You can turn off the Amp and let them run continuosly.

Better yet use a Audiodharma cable cooker. I have one that if you pay for return shipping, I would cable cook them for about 3-4 days.
merganser
216 posts
 
Good deal. Joe knows what he's talking about.

Do not use a cable cooker with MIT cables.
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wig
1,282 posts
 
I've used MIT cables exclusively since 1996 and thought they were the best cable until I heard the Goertz MI2 and my new DD cables. The only way I can explain it is the sound seemed to be coming from a bubble up front with no depth. I never noticed it until I demoed the MI2 and S3 side by side and was blown away by the depth dynamics and texture. That's when I after 13 years of use began searching for better cables and found the Dynamic Design cables.
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