Those black boxes degrade sound?


I see these devices on cables and want to know do they lose performance over time. I read in a post somewhere that they do. Any thoughts on longevity or are these mysterious black a bunch of voodoo. I have a pair of BOTL Transparent speaker cables and they do sound good. Mike
blueranger
I do not think they wear out and actually found quite the opposite. My old 850 Reference speaker cables and 350 Reference ic's seemed to sound better over the years and were stellar right up until recently when I replaced them.

Regarding the comments about rolled off freq and smeared sound, I would be very curious to know which cable exactly, and with what gear because that is so very opposite of my experience. I have yet to find a cable that comes close to the clarity, accuracy, dynamics and overall "you are there" experience than MIT. They transformed my system way beyond my expectations and each cable has been more like a component change than a cable change. I can appreciate some may not be willing to make that type of investment in cable components but I cannot understand denying their efficacy.
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as per usual, spouting off again about nothing which BTW "I have not heard"

tell us all, dear voodoo, how good that group delay sounds compared to your smearing reference standard
I have many years of experience with MIT and they are anything but smeared. They are actually the most grain free cables I have used - they might not be for everybody, but I have found in every system I have used/heard the one characteristic that is consistent is clarity and grain free sound.
I feel that I must chime in... If not just to add to the debate.I Owned a set of terminator 3, speaker cables (used). And though build quality was simply first rate even by todays standards, and not the most expensive of cables. I was overall dissapointed. THey sounded muffled, No mids, no highs, no detail (not an exagertion) I gave them months of breack in time to no avail. I handed them to a buddy whom was using straight gauge, without any input from me he noticed the same. Having said that, He still has my ancient MIT 330 IC's, and will not part with them. Just my two cents, I think that MIT is a great cable outfit (their record, and reputation shows)and would not hesitate to try other MIT products.However, Proof is in the pudding : )