Discovery cables....

The Discovery Essence is an EXCELLENT cable. I recently replaced the cables I had been using from tonearm to phono stage (MIT Magnum phono) and from phono stage to preamp (MIT Oracle V2.1).

The $800 Essence was far superior to the $1995 MIT Magnum phono cable in all areas. Switching to use of the Essence as a phono cable resulted in a significant improvment in sound.

The difference I heard between the $3000 MIT Oracle V2.1 and the $800 Essence depended on where I used the cables. At the output of my phono stage, the Essence was slighly better. The MIT Oracle was slightly better at the output of my SACD player. In all honesty though, I struggled to hear much of a difference between the two cables. Both did a great job of getting out of the way of the music. And, both seemed to have very little sonic signature of their own.

The Essence is a GREAT cable and an AMAZING value. Anyone out there considering the purchase of cable should give Discovery's cables serious consideration.

Ken

I could not disagree more with Reb1208's comments. I heard none of what he describes in either my system, or in a friend's system (that is much more revealing than mine).

I do have other cables on hand that were shown to have a "unrefined quality in the lower treble-upper" only when compared to the Essence. The Essence does not suffer that particular flaw at all.

The transient response of the Essence is also superb as well. In fact, one of the things that first struck me when switching to the Essence its superb handling of the leading edge of transients.

Ken