I decided to try the SR Tesla accelerator cables, Purist Auquaus Anniversary, Analysis Plus Big Silver Oval and MIT Magnum M1 stuff. I compared them all to a set of Monster Cable M2.2s speaker cables and Z200i IC's (combined price of $620 USD. The Monster cables outperformed all the others by a good margin...who'da thunk it? |
Tunnel all you want Tesla minions...try Morrow Audio IC's for 60 days with a no hassle return. I think your gonna have to change religions:O) |
I still prefer MIT speaker cables, but have allowed myself the freedom to try the Morrows. I tried the Morrow' and I liked it...sounded just like sweet violins! Each product to it's strengths and correct use perhaps? For my front end the Morrow is quite tasty. |
Understood Joeyboynj, they are similiar sounds in some ways but I feel the Morrows offer more color and harmonic complexity. It's all good:O) |
SR the cables, SR the power conditioner, SR the ART system, SR the toilet paper.....Mel Brooks "Spaceballs" Revisited. Just enough techno babble to impress the easily impressed, minus any real engineering insight. I had the Tesla cables home and found them grey sounding and overly smooth. Website offers nothing tangible on the winding geometries, insulation materials, wire quality etc. |
I have a very simple signal path...Sony XA5400ES to 400xi to MG3.6R's. SR tesla accelerator IC and speaker wires left me cold. My love of MIT has waned in favor of Morrow Audio cables. Mike Morrow is in love with home audio reproduction and is extremely passionate regarding his products. He also restrains himself from excessive greed and pseudo scientific principles. |
Tried some MIT Magnum MA cabling and the Tesla Accelerator stuff again....the Morrow cabling has gotten even better over time. If your serious about getting the best sound, you must try morrow's for the 60 day trial period. Unless your into the cult of the month club (I was victim), Morrow Audio offers ultimate cabling for Monster cable prices:O) |
Shellie, please do try the Morrow MA4's and SP4's. Make sure they are burned in by Mike and/or have 400hrs plus playing time on them. They blew away the MIT Magnum MA and Transparent Reference stuff as well. |
I also looked deeply into the SR website and the info is slim to none, unlike say a Cardas site (they even compare all alternative geometries). This is Voodoo folks and has taken the path of the mystics vs SR's previous attempts. |
My head hurts just thinking about SR speak...no thanks, I've demo'd them enough to know they are not for me. Happy trails:O) |
Had to mention, I just read a review of the Apex cables where the reviewer compared them to? Other SR cables. Oh, then they were challenged by the reviewers DIY cables..Oooh Ahhh :=) It's just unfair I tell ya! |
Music Interface Technologies can supply you with their patent #'s I'm sure. They have an excellent video that explains their designs and technologies while offering a primer on music theory. No voodoo, just music:O) |
I told you so guy's...this SR thread reads like minutes from a cult meeting! It's voodoo cablenomics:O) |
When I have tried SR cables I hear frequency alterations and colorations. Extra added smoothness and reduced tonal complexity for example. MIT cables sound more like the muicians are in my room:O) I get 100% trade in value when I move up the food chain! |
Well Hasse, did you ever wonder why most cables are so unpredictable? The cable company would have you believe that your system is to blame or is inferior. Wires are wires and will vary by their materials and construction, which are not always that great, just different. MIT cables are designed to address actuall interface problems of components and how the musical signal is transported via Patented scientific methods (read, all Patents are not good ones). Therefore, I have found MIT cables to perform more predictably and consistently from one system to another. They also reproduce music more faithfully and honestly...i.e...accurate tone, pitch, timbre etc.! Buyer beware for those who need to believe in certain "cable cult" over practical applications of proven technologies. |
Yes I can hear a BIG difference in my system. FYI, I've owned many 6 figure systems using MIT and other brands over the years. I could afford to not be frugal:O) My current system, although very humble compared to the plethora of reference components that have graced my homes, is quite resolving. Check out the PM1 specs etc.. My source even specs up there with the Esoteric's of the world. But more to the point, cable IS ONLY WIRE...UNLESS YOU ADDRESS THE COMPONENT INTERFACE PROBLEMS AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION ISSUES. MIT is THEE cable company who has substantial technology and research that do just that. BOTTOM LINE IS DON'T TRUST ME...TRUST YOUR EARS!!! A well designed product WILL BE efficacious when used on any level of componentry and will do so consistently. On any given system, putting in a commensurate MIT cable product vs (insert cable x's name here), will yield a more realistic auditory experience. That's what 30 day trials are for my dear fellows. Of course, not everyone savors re-creating the hallmarks of live music in their system as much as the next person. Therein lies the rub no? With every conventional cable comes unpredictability and standard aural phenomena. With MIT, you hear a compelling reproduction of the musical event intact, with correct tone, pitch, timbre, dynamics...all within a spacious, airy 3 dimensional soundfield. The difference isn't subtle...it's paradigm shifting. I know some people that don't even hold tone or dimensionality as important factors in stereo reproduction. I would consider such people ignorant and misguided. |
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