Need help : Mit or Cardas?


Hello, Here is my system Classe CAV75 (75 x 6) Classe SSP25 Classe CDP1.5 Sony DVDS7700 All JMlab Electra line (905 main) I've been considered Cardas Quadlink 5c (speaker wire and IC), and Mit 330 Plus Series II, and Mit MH 750 series II (Mit cable is on sale now for 40% at Audio Advisor) or I can buy used Cardas Golden Cross (IC) with Quadlink (speaker wire). Please help me to choose the cable because I don't have chance to audition all of these or reccomend me other brands and models which you think will be best for my system. I care much about music than HT. I listen mostly soft music (no rock and rap). I've looked for something detail, warm and liquid. Thank you very much. Tranle
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Showing 2 responses by carl_eber

I've tried the latest Transparent Reference, and also Ultra, and MIT's cables are much better, if you want to try a network cable. I'd avoid Transparent, unless you want to omit bass performance. I've tried the Analysis Plus Oval 9, and Cardas Neutral Reference (both RCA interconnect and speaker cable of the Cardas). I liked the NR speaker cable better than the interconnect. I didn't like the AP Oval 9 at all, with the Shunyata Black Mamba AC cord on my amp. But, curiously, the Oval 9 achieves much better performance with a Synergistic Reference Master Coupler on the amp, where the Cardas NR speaker cable was smoother, but lost bass focus (going from Black Mamba to Synergistic). I prefer MIT cables to both of these, however. The Terminator 2 is the best speaker cable I've heard, and works better than 750 Shotgun did when I tried it last year. The 750 did lose detail and had prodding bass, but both Terminator 2 and 3 are almost perfect (they only lack a little bass extension). They're more dynamic than any other cable I've tried, and don't lose detail at all. They make my Krell KAV sound like a Full Power Balanced.
The Transparent Reference I tried were broken in for hundreds of hours, and the Ultra for several thousand. Funny thing about MIT, they sound superb from the get go, and only improve a little after burn in. The series resistor in Transparent cables probably has a lot to do with the burn in making more difference. Anyway, I like cables that don't have anything in series but conductors.