Care to defend the $26,000 cables?
Absolutely.Let me first start out with an illustration. I have two cars. The first is an Isuzu Trooper. It's a great small SUV that has it's pros and cons. As it is only worth about $2,000, there's no way I'd spend $2,500 on the tires I put on it. On the other hand, I have a BMW 3 series that is worth considerably more than the Trooper. It is a pleasure to drive and the part I like most about it is how I feel "a part of the road" when I'm driving it. $2,500 is a small price to pay to put excellent tires on it so I can get the performance I want out of it. The horsepower, torque, 0-60 performance, etc. means nothing if I can't feel one with the road. So it is with all audio equipment.
I wouldn't expect the average audiophile to spend $26,000 on a pair of speaker cables if they were running a $5,000, $10,000, $15,000 or even $20,000 system. It wouldn't make sense. However, If I was running a very expensive system
THAT I ENJOY and I wanted to fine tune it... I certainly would.
Now, let's talk about the value.
I encourage you to go onto our website and look up the technology page. This page explains about our Multipole Technology. Each audio interface will have measurable components of inductance, resistance, and capacitance. The different combinations, or values of those components create a point of magnitude (Pole), somewhere within the audio range. Every cable will have one measurable, and definable pole that will determine the articulation range for transferring the signal. When comparing this articulation pole from manufacturer to manufacturer, it will usually be centered at different frequencies. The placement of this articulation pole is the main reason we hear differences in cables.
MIT's patented passive networks create a solution for allowing all of the frequencies, and all of the music from your recordings to be heard without either emphasizing or de-emphasizing any of the music. This creates many poles or points within the signal. This is measureable, definable, and provable. We refer to this solution as Multipole Technology.
For reference purposes, various MIT Multi-pole technology levels can ascertained on all of our products. The Oracle MA, for example (
http://www.mitcables.com/index.php?option=...;product_id=419 ), attains from 71 to 75 poles of articulation. Thus we assert it is 71 to 75 times better than normal cable... because it is!
Will you hear the difference? YES! Will you like what you hear? I'd bet the farm that you will.
Seriously, take this challenge. Go the MIT's website and find a dealer near you (
http://www.mitcables.com/index.php?option=...A&Itemid=62 ). Have the dealer do an A/B demonstration and then come back and report what you hear. And, while you're on MIT's site, try to grab a free set of cables to try out. We're giving a pair away on July 2nd. You just have to enter the contest (
http://www.mitcables.com ).
And remember that MIT doesn't just make the ultra-high-end stuff. There's a product for every budget and each one will be better than just regular cable alone. A good rule of thumb is to spend 15% to 20% of your total system budget on cables. So, if you have a $1000 system, don't spend more than a couple hundred bucks!
The great cable debate will probably last longer than you and I will live. Value is subjective. So is performance. But I hope this was helpful.
Happy listening!
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