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Special Spectral??

Am intrigued with the possibility of purchasing a Spectral pre-amp / amp combination but the info. I'm receiving is that it really has to be used with MIT cables to obtain its special qualities. This seems kind of a drag to me as who wants to be stuck with having one option for cables? My question is has anyone had decent results in using any cables other than MIT?
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johnh
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I hate to be a curmudgeon, but I find your description of the Sophia /Spectral system to describe pretty close my listening impressions of the Sophia's themselves.
johnh
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I have used Spectral with other cables. I find the interconnects unnecessary, never heard the superiority of MIT there. I like Synergistic there. I don't believe that is necessay.

I have tried other cables against the MIT for speakers and have also preferred others. The MITs in my opinion, roll off the highs a bit and sound a bit unfocused. I use Walker Audio High definition links in parallel and these filter off the ultrasonic fequencies that might cause oscillation or harm to the speakers. You should use some kind of Zobel network when using non-Spectral cables though.
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