....the thread locusts have come and gone. Okay, so outside of the self serving answers and the strange ; ''Give me your Esoteric units ! '' ..... I am looking into the Acrolink's which I was considering and now also Transparent in which along with MIT, I have never been a fan of either, great cables just not for me. Maybe it's the '' boxes '' ......design the cable and it would seem that a'' box'' would not be necessary. Just my thought.....my short list may also include Siltech which do make some great cables. If anybody else out there owns Esoteric separate's ....drop me an email and ...thank you for all of your posts and time as it is appreciated.