MIT Terminator 2 Speaker Cables-DEMO

Ricardo
Ricardo Posts: 10,636
edited June 2009 in Electronics
This demo consists of two pairs of cables:

1 Pair of old MIT Terminator 2 speaker cables (8 ft, spades both ends).
1 Pair of MIT Shotgun S3 RCA interconnects (1 m).

The terminators are mine and the Shotguns belong to Ted (reeltrouble1). We are offering these for polkies to demo in their homes with their systems. These cables are expensive so if you want to participate you need to follow some rules:

-You must have positive feedback from transactions in our flea market, and participate regularly in our club for at least 6 months. All applications will go through approval from Ted and me :)
-You'll have to pay for shipping (and packaging if needed) when you send them to the next in line, with insurance as follows:
Terminators: $200
Shotguns: $400
Signature is recommended
-If there's any damage or cables are lost, sender will need to lead and follow up the claim with the carrier.

You can choose to opt out from the Shotguns; in this case the Shotguns will be sent to the next in line, and stay there until that person receives the Terminators.

Process:
-Demo will last no more than 4 weeks.
-Sender owns coordinating communications with the next in line (request address, check if SHotguns will be included, and if not, get address from the next....)
-Name in bold means cables are either on their way or in his/her possession.
-Ted and I want to be informed (via PM) when the cables ship, and when they are received.
-It would be great that once you are done, you post a short review here, saying if you found any differences with other cables, be it better or worse.

Here's the list:

Baggedlancer
Ern Dog
MillerLiteScott
heiney9
SKsolutions
acsubie
phuz
phipiper10
strider
disneyjoe7
nikolas812
pearsall001
ben62670
McLoki
TNRabbit
Lasareath
amulford
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited May 2008
    Not in, but very cool of you.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,476
    edited May 2008
    All those who swear they don't hear any difference....here's your chance to step up to the plate and get a listen on. What a great opportunity too. All you have to do is pay shipping to the next in line?

    Ricardo, not in 'cause I just picked up a pair from Mr. assless chaps but that's an awesome deal. Some folks will really appreciate this. ;)
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited May 2008
    not in.. none of my amps can use a spade.. weird i know.
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  • Tomasito
    Tomasito Posts: 142
    edited May 2008
    Does an MIT terminator cost 10,000? I think you are joking?
    The MIT magnum speaker cables cost $8,000, which is lower to the top of the line Oracle.

    BTW, as of this writing.... there is a MIT terminator 2 (12 feet) pair speaker cable in ebay with a buy it now for $250.00!
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited May 2008
    danger boy wrote: »
    not in.. none of my amps can use a spade.. weird i know.

    They use ICONNS which means they can be used wih Bananas or Spades. That's the ones you have right Ricardo?
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited May 2008
    No iconns; these have fixed spades.

    And no, they don't cost $10,000.
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited May 2008
    Damn....I hope a $10,000 pair of speakers come with a happy ending! :D I'd love to try them but everything I have takes banana jacks and I don't know if I can get a spade to work or not.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited May 2008
    Ricardo wrote: »
    No iconns; these have fixed spades.

    And no, they don't cost $10,000.

    Oh ok, I thought it was a later Terminator series or AVT.....I'm a simple man, please don't yell at me Ricardo.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited May 2008
    These are great cables, and as soon as Ricardo sends me a PM with an addy off they go to the next person. Turns out in order for my rig to get the synergy it needed, I had to switch to silver cables, otherwise these would have found a permanent place in my rig.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited May 2008
    This is an opportunity to try something new. If you don't want to try it, move along. I soft deleted the comments ONLY to keep it on track, not because it was anyones fault....just relax.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited May 2008
    I'd like to give them a listen, put me on the list. It will be interesting to see how MIT cables compares to my Signal Cable Classic speaker cable.
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,564
    edited May 2008
    Ricardo,
    I need to try these. I started a PM before but I deleted it.
    I do not want to. But I know I need to try something better than the crap I have now.

    Scott
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 51,027
    edited May 2008
    MillerLiteScott wrote: »
    But I know I need to try something better than the crap I have now.

    Scott

    Agreed :)
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited May 2008
    Yea, what he said. When you want to upgrade Scott......I have everything you need :)
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited May 2008
    See first post for "Process".

    Kepp the names coming.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,252
    edited May 2008
    Ricardo, cool idea put me on the list please :). Maybe if this is successful/enough interest I will use the same idea with Ben's silver cables I won in a karma thread.

    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 | Puritan Audio PSM136 Pwr Condtioner & Classic PC's | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited May 2008
    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    These are great cables, and as soon as Ricardo sends me a PM with an addy off they go to the next person. Turns out in order for my rig to get the synergy it needed, I had to switch to silver cables, otherwise these would have found a permanent place in my rig.

    PM Sent today!
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited May 2008
    In behind H9 please. I'd be interested in the silvers too if that comes to pass.
    -Ignorance is strength -
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  • acsubie
    acsubie Posts: 773
    edited May 2008
    put me on the list please...
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited May 2008
    Cool. Cables already started moving.

    Keep those names coming.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited May 2008
    I have quite a few names I would like to call you Mr. Fancy Pants.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited May 2008
    Fancy? Just because they are not assless like yours????
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,576
    edited May 2008
    Don't be hatin'.
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited May 2008
    Great chance to step up, folks. Whaddaya got to lose???

    I might like to get in on this. I wanna compare the performance against some Shotgun 3's.
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  • phuz
    phuz Posts: 2,372
    edited May 2008
    In. Been wanting to try MIT stuff for a while now.

    With Love,
    Kimber Fanboy
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  • phipiper10
    phipiper10 Posts: 955
    edited May 2008
    I'd love to give these a try.

    Thanks for adding me to the list.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited June 2008
    On their way to MillerLiteScott now. Let's make that list longer!!!
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited June 2008
    What the heck, can I sign up?
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited June 2008
    Love to try them out IN :) Lets hear what's all the fuss is about ;)

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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited June 2008
    I just finished a 3 week demo with these MIT 2's and want to share my impressions. I noticed an immediate difference compared to my Signal Cable Classic speaker cables. With the MIT's the higher frequencies were more forward and they sounded brighter than what I'm used to. Very detailed. For HT applications this was awesome and enjoyable. I prefered them over SC. For music I found some peices too bright for my preference. By the end of the three weeks my ears had adjusted and they didn't seem as bright as they did at the beginning.

    Doing this demo was the best because I got to try out some new cables and expand my experience without having to purchase anything. Great idea Ricardo- thanks again.
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