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  • Tred
    Tred Posts: 9
    edited September 2007
    Yes. I have two pairs of MIT Terminator-2 from 15 years ago for a little more than $100 per pair.
    F1nut wrote: »
    MIT sells $200.00 IC's???
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  • Tred
    Tred Posts: 9
    edited September 2007
    Not sure. Check with your customs.
    There are U.S. based web retailers carry these lines of products. Do a Google search.
    Face wrote: »
    If I'm purchasing from CA, are there any tariffs, etc..?
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2007
    MIT Shotgun is my personal favorite they smoke the others I have tried/used and abused.

    RT1
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited September 2007
    Yes. I have two pairs of MIT Terminator-2 from 15 years ago for a little more than $100 per pair.

    I see. Have you tried the current Shotgun S1's?
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  • Tred
    Tred Posts: 9
    edited September 2007
    Nay. I'm not a cable guru by any stretch. I've always used cables in the reasonable price/performance range. The old Terminator-2 was a starter model back when I bought it. Yeah, I know you're about to tell me what I've been missing. There is no doubt that the Shotgun should be magnitude better. This much I know though - those old pairs of Terminator-2 blew away pairs of Linn and Naim "stock" interconnects priced in the same $100 range. I've built a pair of Oyaide PA-02 terminated with copper Bullet Plugs and they're no doubt better than the old Terminator-2.
    F1nut wrote: »
    I see. Have you tried the current Shotgun S1's?
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2007
    Face wrote: »
    If I'm purchasing from CA, are there any tariffs, etc..?

    Only if you're a Republican. . .


    . . . oh you meant CA = Canada!!!:eek:
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,497
    edited September 2007
    Harmonic Technology Pro Silway MK III Plus's smoked MIT S1's in my system. One size does not always fit all.
    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited September 2007
    One size does not always fit all.

    So true Rich, I couldn't get the Pro Silway's out of here fast enough.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited September 2007
    Tred wrote: »
    I've always used cables in the reasonable price/performance range.

    You would probably like the MIT S3's then. Lots of performance for the price.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2007
    I'm using orange colored coat hangers!!!:D
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,497
    edited September 2007
    F1nut wrote: »
    So true Rich, I couldn't get the Pro Silway's out of here fast enough.


    I felt the same away about the S1 IC’s and S3 speaker cables. I am truly sorry if I gave the impression that HT’s are the final solution for everyone, like MIT’s are supposed to be.
    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited September 2007
    No biggie, not everyone's final solution is another's.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2007
    OK, how about some Nordost Valhalla then? I was really jonesin for the Heimdall for a bit as well.

    Then I thought about how great my MIT cables had made the rig sound and the jones subsided, man that was a close one that day.

    The fact is many members here do use the MIT Shotgun and have had great success with them, for some they are just too pricey and for others, well, hey what works for you you certainly should use.

    When I say my MIT smoked my prior cabling, well, the cables I was using were just not even close to being in the same league as the Shotgun's, so the result was hoped for and even expected.

    RT1
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,497
    edited September 2007
    I have heard all the way up to the older Nordost SPM’s, but kept what I have. Most of you know my friend Normanality. He went on a quest and tried just about every IC in existence. Cardas, Nordost, etc. You guys know that movie, Snakes On A Plane? Norm is responsible for providing the idea for that movie.

    You see, Norms audio dealer buddy took a big time job in Hollywood. He came to visit Norm and brought a producer with him. No matter where you looked, stepped or wanted to sit, there were IC’s all over the room. On the plane ride back, a movie was born.

    OK, so part of that story is BS, but there were IC’s all over that room, and he was kind enough to allow me to experience them.

    I must add that I had a good experience with the MIT’s and the Carver Amazings. Once I went with ESL speakers, the magic was gone. I can understand the possibility of capacitance with the network box on the speaker cable and ESL panels (to an amplifier or speaker cable, ESL panels appear as a capacitor). Roger Sanders even addressed that with a speaker cable designed for ESL panels. I always felt you got the full bang using MIT cables from IC to speaker, but couldn’t figure out why the IC’s by themselves didn’t work out. They seemed to veil the sound. It was a costly audio lesson for me, but the good side was a CP member got them.
    Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 *
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2007
    I would have no objections to you, Jesse and Ted sending me your MITs and Harmonic Technology Pro Silway MK III Plus's to me to try out in my rig. It is a smoke free environment and the dog and 10 year old are not permitted in the audio room.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited September 2007
    I no longer own the HT's, but you might talk me into bringing a rig full of MIT's for the day.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2007
    F1nut wrote: »
    I no longer own the HT's, but you might talk me into bringing a rig full of MIT's for the day.

    I'm talking, I'm talking, if I say it any louder you will here it all the way across Maryland!!!:D
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,554
    edited September 2007
    Yeah ok, we'll figure something out.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited September 2007
    Have you ever noticed how people's descriptions of audio equipment sounds a bit like descriptions of wine?

    :D
    "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." Bob Seger
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited September 2007
    BottomFeeder wrote: »
    Have you ever noticed how people's descriptions of audio equipment sounds a bit like descriptions of wine?

    :D

    Audiophiles started using those descriptions first:D , the wine drinkers just copied it!:D ;)
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