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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
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pops
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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.
max_pain
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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 : )
no_money
638 posts
 
You heard another network cable that you didn't like and now this one or other 2 must be the same?

I suppose all cars drive the same since they have 4 wheels?
lewhite
156 posts
 
The best way I have found to not degeade the sound of cables is to shorten them. Anyway there is prolly no room for a "box" on a 24 inch SC. Also found that there was a zobel inside my speaker and when removed clarity and linerised time transients(?) improved.
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phillyb
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I owned MIT Oracle for a few years now 1.2V and 3.2V proline. They are not smeared, bright, dull, dark, slow or fat. They match up to your gear due to the variable impedance switching.

The cables cost but in a well designed system can be the cherry on the cake so to speak. Don't know them till you live with the for awhile, put your prejudice aside, some up some money and buy a set for yourself, start at your source.

I don't own the speaker cables only due to not having the room to work with the very large network box, so I use Kimber Select 3035 speaker wire, which works well with the MIT.
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