Speaker cable boxes?

NJPOLKER

I am thinking I may get a better response here than where I first posted it in Hook Ups Connections thread.
What are in the boxes used by the high end speaker cables? Gotta be gold based on the costs!
Thanks Drew

Example
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?cablspkr&1228539477&/MIT-Shotgun-S2-BiWire-10'-Pair

MillerLiteScott

There is magic inside those boxes:D

NJPOLKER

I am expecting someone to tell me to buy a pair and open them up if I am so curious.

F1nut

What Scott said and I'll add, it doesn't matter what's in them. It's what comes out at the speaker end, which is glorious.

NJPOLKER

Yeah Yeah Yeah but whats in them? Ya gotta know. There is no way the folks around here don't know whats in them!

ben62670

NJPOLKER wrote: »

Yeah Yeah Yeah but whats in them? Ya gotta know. There is no way the folks around here don't know whats in them!

If you buy me a set I'll tell you what's inside:)

NJPOLKER

I feel like a f ing dentist here.
Oh well
I think it was the Rolling Stones You Can't Always Get What You Want

WilliamM2

You actually got an answer in your original post as to what's in Transparent's speaker wire box.

There were a couple of sites with pictures of what was inside. A Vishay 26.7 ohm resistor and a 0.001uF capacitor. Total parts cost of less than $1.50.

F1nut

Bah humbug to you too.

He was talking about MIT cables and I can assure you, they are nothing like Transparent cables, not to mention that the ones you refer to are very old examples.

WilliamM2

F1nut wrote: »

Bah humbug to you too.

He was talking about MIT cables and I can assure you, they are nothing like Transparent cables, not to mention that the ones you refer to are very old examples.

Why the attitude? I just told him what was in them.

He may have used MIT as an example, but here was his question:

What are in the boxes used by the high end speaker cables?

Also, how can you assure me that the MIT's are nothing like the Transparents? Have you opened your's up? If so, please answer his question.

F1nut

William, it's a well known fact that you don't believe in cables. All I did was acknowledge that fact.

Yes, I have seen more current photos of the insides. No, I have not opened mine. If I could tell you all that is inside an MIT network box I would, but I can't. What I can tell you is that MIT has a lot more stuff than Transparent has inside theirs. MIT also holds considerably more patents than Transparent.

The bottom line here is that for the many of us who have tried MIT cables, that they do work magic. If it makes a difference to anyone, Matt Polk also thinks MIT cables are excellent.

ben62670

WilliamM2 wrote: »

You actually got an answer in your original post as to what's in Transparent's speaker wire box.

There were a couple of sites with pictures of what was inside. A Vishay 26.7 ohm resistor and a 0.001uF capacitor. Total parts cost of less than $1.50.

You wouldn't happen to have any links would you?
Ben

WilliamM2

I have a link, but it's 4 years old, and the pics are no longer up. It's also in Swedish:

http://www.faktiskt.se/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=2953&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

I'm sure if you Gogle it, you can find more info.

ben62670

Thanks Bill.
Google isn't too much help. Most who can afford MIT's aren't too into DIY I guess. Basically what I can see is they are impedance matching with the R, and C going across from Pos to Neg. I'll do some calculations to see what .001uf, and 26.7r equates to. What I am speculating is the values are designed to offset the C, I, and R of the wires themselves to remove the possibility of the speaker wires coloration.
Ben

heiney9

I just upgraded to MIT's with the "box" and the results were extremely favorable. After participating in Ricardo's MIT cable swap and having a chance to demo them in mys system I went out and bought a used pair.

Mine are along the entry level of MIT cables but I am very very pleased I made the jump. The great thing about MIT is if you get them and don't like them you probably won't loose anything more than the shipping cost if you flip them.

Seems like a no brainer to me

H9

WilliamM2

ben62670 wrote: »

Thanks Bill.
Google isn't too much help. Most who can afford MIT's aren't too into DIY I guess. Basically what I can see is they are impedance matching with the R, and C going across from Pos to Neg. I'll do some calculations to see what .001uf, and 26.7r equates to. What I am speculating is the values are designed to offset the C, I, and R of the wires themselves to remove the possibility of the speaker wires coloration.
Ben

They are wired as a Zoebel network. Shouldn't affect frequency response at all.

Would work well for impedance matching as well, if the manufacturer had any idea what amps and speakers you were using, and designed them specifically for that setup, which of course they don't.

Face

That's why the impedance boxes are adjustable.