Looking for a Digital Coaxial cable bewtwwen CDP ---> DAC (MIT AVT line?)

acmf74
acmf74 Posts: 936
edited August 2013 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Hi,

I'm looking for a new coaxial digital cable and my budget is around $100.

Has anyone have any experience with the MIT AVT line? I'm also open to suggestions.

Thanks,
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  • helipilotdoug
    helipilotdoug Posts: 1,229
    edited August 2013
    What length do you need?
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    SDA 2BTL's
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    edited August 2013
    What do you have now ?

    Lots of guys use the Blackcat Veloce.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • acmf74
    acmf74 Posts: 936
    edited August 2013
    I need a cable between 1.5M - 2M in length.

    I currently don't have a cable and looking for suggestions.

    Thanks,
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  • HTguru1982
    HTguru1982 Posts: 1,066
    edited August 2013
    http://www.accessories4less.com/make-a-store/item/IXOSXHD608200/IXOS-Xhd608-Digital-Coax-Audio-Cable-Silver-Plated-2m-6.5ft/1.html

    Won 'digital audio cable of the year award' in What Hi Fi Sound and Vision 2 years in a row.
    Display: Sony 42" LCD
    Sources: Harman Kardon DVD-27,
    Panasonic DMP-BDT110 blu ray player
    AVR: Sony STR-DA2400ES
    Amps: Sonance Sonamp 260(fronts),
    Kenwood KM-894(surrounds)
    Fronts: NHT 2.5
    Center: NHT VS-1.2A
    Surrounds: NHT Super One
    Subwoofer: SVS PB10-ISD
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  • Speedskater
    Speedskater Posts: 495
    edited August 2013
    At 1 or 2 meters, any cable of MonoPrice quality or up will work. Once you get past about ten meters then cable quality starts to get more serious.
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,593
    edited August 2013
    tonyb wrote: »
    Lots of guys use the Blackcat Veloce.

    LOVING mine!

    Thanks again Phil!
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    edited August 2013
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    LOVING mine!

    Thanks again Phil!

    LOL....you fanboy you. Glad your diggin' it. Phil gave you a helluva price on that puppy to. You best buy the guy a beer or 10 if you ever run into him.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,092
    edited August 2013
    EndersShadow wrote: »
    LOVING mine!

    Thanks again Phil!

    You're quite welcome...that is one hell of a cable!
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited August 2013
    I purchased the AES version of this for around $100. I'm not sure if it was a mistake or not, but there were two in the package. It sounds pretty good on my spare system. Once I get some time on it I will compare it to my $750 Zytron Python digital.

    http://bryston.com/products/other/digital_RCA.html
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,593
    edited August 2013
    tonyb wrote: »
    LOL....you fanboy you. Glad your diggin' it. Phil gave you a helluva price on that puppy to. You best buy the guy a beer or 10 if you ever run into him.

    It's not being a fanboy if it just sounds stinking GOOD!

    And it does. Opened up my soundstage.
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • 11tsteve
    11tsteve Posts: 1,166
    edited August 2013
    i have one from this fella, and I like what it did over my cheap TOSLINK cable. and seems to be very well made.

    http://www.groverhuffman.com/interconnects
    Polk Lsi9
    N.E.W. A-20 class A 20W
    NAD 1020 completely refurbished
    Keces DA-131 mk.II
    Analysis Plus Copper Oval, Douglass, Morrow SUB3, Huffman Digital
    Paradigm DSP-3100 v.2
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    edited August 2013
    Not a bad price either ^^^. Plus he has the length you require, the Blackcat only comes in one length.
    HT SYSTEM-
    Sony 850c 4k
    Pioneer elite vhx 21
    Sony 4k BRP
    SVS SB-2000
    Polk Sig. 20's
    Polk FX500 surrounds

    Cables-
    Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
    Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
    Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
    Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable

    Kitchen

    Sonos zp90
    Grant Fidelity tube dac
    B&k 1420
    lsi 9's
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  • 11tsteve
    11tsteve Posts: 1,166
    edited August 2013
    just a word of.. well, knowledge. Grover is a bit on his own schedule. It might take a little longer than what is normal to get your cable. IIRC, it was something like 3 weeks+ between ordering and my doorstep.
    I choose him based on another member's review of both the digital cable and IC's. At the time I was using a Tributaries TOSLINK, and just was experimenting with finding out of a digital cable would matter.
    To my ears, the stage opened up, I lost some edginess in the vocals, and everything just seemed a bit more anchored. And quieter... meaning I think I had some sort of noise from the TOSLINK. It may sound weird, but I can't tell you what it was, just that I noticed it was gone.
    I would like to try a set of IC's from him, but there is a pair of Infinity RSb's in need of inductors first.
    Polk Lsi9
    N.E.W. A-20 class A 20W
    NAD 1020 completely refurbished
    Keces DA-131 mk.II
    Analysis Plus Copper Oval, Douglass, Morrow SUB3, Huffman Digital
    Paradigm DSP-3100 v.2
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