John makes some valid points here. And based on what he initially writes, and my own experience of owning MIT 350 ICs, I can see exactly why they do work well with the Nordost. If one cable is soft and the other is a bit overly detailed, then the sum here might indeed result in a fairly good tonal balance.
I had a similar experience with pairing the rather lean MIT IC with the somewhat fat Coincident TRS speaker cable. But the instant a far more neutral IC (Kubala-Sosna Emotion) replaced the MIT, I had way too much midrange presence. Putting the K-S Emotion speaker cable into the system then brought things back into balance like I somewhat had achieved with the MIT/Coincident. But now with the K-S pair, I had resolution and dynamics the MIT/Coincident could not match. Of course this comes at a huge price and the system has to be able to benefit from such.
There is often much discussion here that the system should be all the same cable brand. If such a cable brand or model is way off neutral, then you either keep making it more and more bright and forward or perhaps you have way too much emphasis in the mids with poor coverage at the frequency extremes. In many cases, this is where mix and match is the ONLY way to success.
John
I had a similar experience with pairing the rather lean MIT IC with the somewhat fat Coincident TRS speaker cable. But the instant a far more neutral IC (Kubala-Sosna Emotion) replaced the MIT, I had way too much midrange presence. Putting the K-S Emotion speaker cable into the system then brought things back into balance like I somewhat had achieved with the MIT/Coincident. But now with the K-S pair, I had resolution and dynamics the MIT/Coincident could not match. Of course this comes at a huge price and the system has to be able to benefit from such.
There is often much discussion here that the system should be all the same cable brand. If such a cable brand or model is way off neutral, then you either keep making it more and more bright and forward or perhaps you have way too much emphasis in the mids with poor coverage at the frequency extremes. In many cases, this is where mix and match is the ONLY way to success.
John