MIT Shotgun S3 speaker cables or interconnects first?

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited October 2011
    At minimum don't coil speaker cables and try and keep power cables and signal cables crossing each other at 90*, that takes care of most of the issues.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,243
    edited October 2011
    heiney9 wrote: »
    At minimum don't coil speaker cables and try and keep power cables and signal cables crossing each other at 90*, that takes care of most of the issues.

    H9

    That can be a task with upgraded power cables and IC's as they are stiffer then the cheaper stuff..
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited October 2011
    TOOLFORLIFEFAN wrote: »
    That can be a task with upgraded power cables and IC's as they are stiffer then the cheaper stuff..

    I hear ya!!! At worst you don't want all you cables laying parallel to each other. Just try an mix 'em up so they aren't all 100% parallel. Even 45* criss cross is better than parallel. Again you just have work within the space given and the type of cable given. I would imagine (this is a logical guess) as you move up to better cables it becomes less of an issue as I'm sure the shielding and sheathing is incorporated into the design to minimize the effects of wires running in close proximity to each other. Although I still always try to isolate power from signal cables.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited October 2011
    This is good knowledge. I'm glad the topic came up. I'm in the process of sourcing out dedicated circuits for my system since it shares the same circuit as my entire main floor and kitchen... I'm amazed it hasn't popped. However, in addition to that, it will allow me to re-connect my entire system. And with this knowledge, I can implement this knowledge when I do that.

    I'm wonder how much noise is in my line. So much to do... so much to buy and add...
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited March 2012
    Joe is great to work with. Just bought some S3 8 footers. Hope that I can figure out how to make them work seeing my amps are pretty close to the speakers.

    Just wish MIT would do shorter runs. oh well can't complain about the deal at all!
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  • michael1947
    michael1947 Posts: 775
    edited March 2012
    You fellas got any photos of your 2 channel rigs and your cable lay outs: and Chris how is that new rig coming along...what with all of those tubes?
    Main Family Room: Sony 46 LCD, Sony Blue Ray, Sony DVD/VCR combo,Onkyo TXNR 708, Parasound 5250,
    Polk SDS-SRS with mods, CSI 5 center + Klipsch SC2, Polk RT2000P rears, Klipsch KG 1.5's sides, Polk Micro Pro 1000, Polk Micro Pro 2000, Polk SW505, Belkin PF60, Signal Cable Classics,Monster IC's, 2 15 amp circuits & 1 20 amp circuit.

    Living Room: Belkin PF60, Parasound HCA2200, MIT ProlineEXP balanced IC's,Emotiva XDA-1 DAC/Pre,Emotiva ERC2 transport,MIT AVT2, Polk LSI 9's.
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited March 2012
    cstmar01 wrote: »
    ...Hope that I can figure out how to make them work seeing my amps are pretty close to the speakers. Just wish MIT would do shorter runs....

    I'll tell ya, the cables are so thick, they really "act" like shorter cables. If you think you need 6's, you'll be glad you got 8's. If you think you need 8's, get 10's. They have minds of their own...
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

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