The MIT Lending Library

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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited December 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    Yeah, you could of came over and demo'd my EXp's and AVt's. Then off to, Femnu for Mai Tai. :D

    . . . . and pie :D:D

    I want a McIntosh MC2000 for Christmas. Then I'll bet the Oracle's would be a good match!
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
    Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
    NAD SS rigs w/mods
    GIK panels
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  • jm1
    jm1 Posts: 618
    edited December 2009
    jm1 wrote: »
    Looks like I have been approved.

    Thanks for creating the thread.

    They suggested I try the Magnum M1.3 series for my system. For the speaker and number of ICs required just for the CD to speaker signal path, the total would be $14K. No point proceeding with this as this won't happen anytime soon.

    After looking at the original email I received, its also cool I was selected to start the trial of the Magnum set of cables from the lending library.
    All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed and third, it is accepted as self evident.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited December 2009
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    . . . . and pie :D:D

    I want a McIntosh MC2000 for Christmas. Then I'll bet the Oracle's would be a good match!



    MMMmmmm, Pie!! :D

    -Jeff
    HT Rig
    Receiver- Onkyo TX-SR806
    Mains- Polk Audio Monitor 70
    Center- Polk Audio CS2
    Surrounds- Polk Audio TSi 500's :D
    Sub- Polk Audio PSW125
    Retired- Polk Audio Monitor 40's
    T.V.- 60" Sony SXRD KDS-60A2000 LCoS
    Blu-Ray- 80 GB PS3


    2 CH rig (in progress)
    Polk Audio Monitor 10A's :cool:

    It's not that I'm insensitive, I just don't care.. :D
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited December 2009
    MIT is cool as hell for doing this. Wish my system was something they would consider, but that just tells me something about my system. Still, Gavin was really cool about it. He's always answered my questions right away, and been a really cool guy.

    Sticking with my Kimbers for now.
    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    Benjamin Franklin, February 17th, 1775.

    "The day that I have to give up my constitutional rights AND let some dude rub my junk...well, let's just say that it's gonna be a real bad day for the dude trying to rub my junk!!"
    messiah, November 23rd, 2010
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited December 2009
    I'm afraid to see what "upgrades" they'd recommend.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited December 2009
    Face wrote: »
    I'm afraid to see what "upgrades" they'd recommend.

    Same here, but what the hell. It's only their suggestion.
    Michael ;)
    In the beginning, all knowledge was new!
    NORTH of 60°
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited March 2010
    Got this email today:

    Dear friend,

    The purpose of this letter is to inform you that I have been inundated with requests to borrow from MIT Cables' lending library. In fact, there have been over 4000 requests. This deluge of interest has me buried in a mountain of paperwork. So I apologize if you've been waiting a long time for me to get to your application. I have not intentionally been out of touch... I've just been extremely occupied while trying to get through it all.

    As I've been going through the applications, two things have become evident:

    1. I'm doing my best to match the proper cable to your system. Sometimes we don't have a cable in our library that fits the bill. If that is the case, I will let you know and will do my best to find a solution.
    2. We only have a finite number of cables in the library, so as we lend them out, there will most likely be a waiting period before you'll get your turn.

    You should be hearing from me real soon about the status of your application.

    All the best,

    Gavin Fish
    MIT Cables
    TNRabbit
    NO Polk Audio Equipment :eek:
    Sunfire TG-IV
    Ashly 1001 Active Crossover
    Rane PEQ-15 Parametric Equalizers x 2
    Sunfire Cinema Grand Signature Seven
    Carver AL-III Speakers
    Klipsch RT-12d Subwoofer
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited March 2010
    TNRabbit wrote: »
    Got this email today:

    Dear friend,

    The purpose of this letter is to inform you that I have been inundated with requests to borrow from MIT Cables' lending library. In fact, there have been over 4000 requests. This deluge of interest has me buried in a mountain of paperwork. So I apologize if you've been waiting a long time for me to get to your application. I have not intentionally been out of touch... I've just been extremely occupied while trying to get through it all.

    As I've been going through the applications, two things have become evident:

    1. I'm doing my best to match the proper cable to your system. Sometimes we don't have a cable in our library that fits the bill. If that is the case, I will let you know and will do my best to find a solution.
    2. We only have a finite number of cables in the library, so as we lend them out, there will most likely be a waiting period before you'll get your turn.

    You should be hearing from me real soon about the status of your application.

    All the best,

    Gavin Fish
    MIT Cables

    Can you guess where all the requests have come from????

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,033
    edited March 2010
    I finally got around to putting in my request yesterday. I'll get to 'em one of these years, I guess. I knew I should have done it sooner, I knew it and I still procrastinated. Silly me.

    DOH!
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • KrazyMofo24
    KrazyMofo24 Posts: 1,210
    edited March 2010
    I just submitted it, it would be awesome if I get approved, but not holding my breath.
    Setup:

    2 Channel: Vienna Acoustics Mozart Grand, T+A P 1230R, Primare SPA21, Oppo BDP-105
    PC: Vienna Acoustics Haydn Grand, Cambridge Azure 650A v2 , Peachtree iDAC, Denon DVD-3800BDCI

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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited March 2010
    LOL, I put in my application a few days after Jesse put up the link. Got denied about 2 days later, but then again I was expecting that. Gavin was very nice and even offered some other possibilities for my to try out. Including getting a pair from one of his dealers at a discount and having a 30 day trial period. Maybe some day I'll take him up on it, for now I am good with what I have. Thanks to Jesse and Gavin for the chance.

    -Jeff
    HT Rig
    Receiver- Onkyo TX-SR806
    Mains- Polk Audio Monitor 70
    Center- Polk Audio CS2
    Surrounds- Polk Audio TSi 500's :D
    Sub- Polk Audio PSW125
    Retired- Polk Audio Monitor 40's
    T.V.- 60" Sony SXRD KDS-60A2000 LCoS
    Blu-Ray- 80 GB PS3


    2 CH rig (in progress)
    Polk Audio Monitor 10A's :cool:

    It's not that I'm insensitive, I just don't care.. :D
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited March 2010
    Filled out a application and he recommended Monster cables for my system.:)
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited March 2010
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    Filled out a application and he recommended Monster cables for my system.:)

    BAAAAHAAAAAA.

    -Jeff
    HT Rig
    Receiver- Onkyo TX-SR806
    Mains- Polk Audio Monitor 70
    Center- Polk Audio CS2
    Surrounds- Polk Audio TSi 500's :D
    Sub- Polk Audio PSW125
    Retired- Polk Audio Monitor 40's
    T.V.- 60" Sony SXRD KDS-60A2000 LCoS
    Blu-Ray- 80 GB PS3


    2 CH rig (in progress)
    Polk Audio Monitor 10A's :cool:

    It's not that I'm insensitive, I just don't care.. :D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    Filled out a application and he recommended Monster cables for my system.:)

    LOL!!! Get the hell out of here!:D:p
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2010
    Lasareath wrote: »
    This is a great program that MIT has but i already am convinced, I already own many MIT cables and I'm buying more this month. Every single cable in my system will be MIT!!!!!!!!

    Ditto! But every cable in my rig is already MITs.;)
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,033
    edited March 2010
    UPDATE: Apparently, Mr. Joe Abrams will be taking over all of the lending library applicants that haven't been approved directly by MIT yet. He should need no introduction to this forum....but if you don't know about him? Get to know him if you are in the market for MIT's. ;)

    For those who don't know him, just Google Equus Audio and you'll find him in short order.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited March 2010
    Yep; I got that email today~
    TNRabbit
    NO Polk Audio Equipment :eek:
    Sunfire TG-IV
    Ashly 1001 Active Crossover
    Rane PEQ-15 Parametric Equalizers x 2
    Sunfire Cinema Grand Signature Seven
    Carver AL-III Speakers
    Klipsch RT-12d Subwoofer
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,033
    edited March 2010
    It's better you get the e-mail, then the suggestion to go with Monster Cable. :D
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • seeclear
    seeclear Posts: 1,242
    edited March 2010
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    Filled out a application and he recommended Monster cables for my system.:)


    Yep, monsters will really make those bose sing!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
    "Don't forget to change your politician. They are like diapers they need to be changed regularly, and for the same reason."
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited March 2010
    seeclear wrote: »
    Yep, monsters will really make those bose sing!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

    Bose rocks!!!!:)
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited March 2010
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    Filled out a application and he recommended Monster cables for my system.:)

    Just kidding:)
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  • bsturgeon89
    bsturgeon89 Posts: 128
    edited March 2010
    I've been told they will sound like **** for the first 200 hours or so. The lucky people who are the first to get them.....do you think they are receiving a "broken in" set?
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited April 2010
    bsturgeon89 wrote: »
    I've been told they will sound like **** for the first 200 hours or so. The lucky people who are the first to get them.....do you think they are receiving a "broken in" set?

    If you are referring to MIT's, they definitely DO NOT sound "****" (just perhaps a little "thin") out of the box.

    Two days of burn in (48 total hours) yields 75% and Two weeks (336 total hours) yields 100% of the performance they are capable of delivering. By the way, this guideline applies to most audio and power cables

    I believe the cables being circulated have been properly burned in, but it is best to season them a for couple of days in your specific system before critical listening. (at least this is what I've found to be true of my current 100 yards of MIT Shotguns).
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
    Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
    NAD SS rigs w/mods
    GIK panels
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited April 2010
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    If you are referring to MIT's, they definitely DO NOT sound "****" (just perhaps a little "thin") out of the box.

    Two days of burn in (48 total hours) yields 75%     and Two weeks (336 total hours) yields 100% of the performance they are capable of delivering. By the way, this guideline applies to most audio and power cables

    I believe the cables being circulated have been properly burned in, but it is best to season them a for couple of days in your specific system before critical listening. (at least this is what I've found to be true of my current 100 yards of MIT Shotguns).

    I agree but let's just say I wouldn't compare them to other cables until after 350 hours. Mine sounded okay within the two week peroid but the real deal revealed itself after 350 hours. Same with my Sonic Caps and Mills resistors in my 1.2 TL crossovers.
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  • wutadumsn23
    wutadumsn23 Posts: 3,702
    edited April 2010
    Just got an E-mail from Ken Loughlin, VP of MIT and I guess I am still in the running for a demo on some cables. Due to the great intrest in this demo he has sent my information to a "independent representative" and this was what they said....

    "To avoid further delay, we are turning your request over to our independent representative, Mr. Joe Abrams and his MIT affiliate online company; Equus Audio. Joe is now in possession of the entire selection of "loaners" intended for this program." So I am waiting to hear from him as to what I am going to do next. I'll keep ya posted.

    -Jeff
    HT Rig
    Receiver- Onkyo TX-SR806
    Mains- Polk Audio Monitor 70
    Center- Polk Audio CS2
    Surrounds- Polk Audio TSi 500's :D
    Sub- Polk Audio PSW125
    Retired- Polk Audio Monitor 40's
    T.V.- 60" Sony SXRD KDS-60A2000 LCoS
    Blu-Ray- 80 GB PS3


    2 CH rig (in progress)
    Polk Audio Monitor 10A's :cool:

    It's not that I'm insensitive, I just don't care.. :D
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