New MIT cables, adjustable articulation!

Valid points.

Still in fantasy territory for all of us.

F1nut wrote: »

It's a statement item. Kind of like VW building the Bugatti Veyron, which has now been upstaged by the Chiron.

I hear ya man, but given VW's current financial mess, maybe all that money invested in statement pieces/cars would have been put to better use paying attention to the lower brands. Which the lack of, has now put that company in jeopardy. See what I'm sayin' ?

Polk tried their own statement piece too, in the SRT's, how did that work out for them ? Point is....investing x amount of capital in a small niche market, in todays economy, seems to me a bit....unwise. That's all I'm saying.

DarqueKnight wrote: »

DSkip wrote: »

Regardless, I am sure there is solid justification for the price tag, but its incomprehensible to us common folk.

If there is solid justification, it would not be incomprehensible to us common folk. I'm not an aeronautical engineer, but I can understand a basic explanation of why a jet fighter costs $50 million. I can even understand why a mil-spec toilet seat costs $800.

There is a class of goods termed "carriage trade" which refers to merchandise marketed exclusively to wealthy individuals who want something "different" from us common folk. Such goods have exorbitant prices to create "exclusivity", but usually offer no performance or quality benefit over much less expensive items. They are packaged and finished expensively though.

I don't really care what things cost. I don't shop with my wallet when I'm selling something to someone else. I listen to their needs and try to decide on which products are right for their needs. Money comes into play with the person holding the check book so if someone is willing to spend $80k on a set of speaker wires so be it. I could care less.
What I do hear you on is I also don't see a reason why they cost this much. I don't believe in what they are trying to do and I don't see any need for a product like this.

I'm a Musician and have been all my life. I know what it takes to make music and retain my sound quality. I know what it takes to Mic a band and be a sound man at a venue. I know what it takes to record music and try to preserve the tonal quality of the band and what they wrote.
To me honestly high end just gets out of control. I'm all for making money and if I had clients that would be willing to spend their money on these, I'd sell them to them IF I felt I wasn't robbing them.
I will admit , I have not sat down with MIT engineer's and learned about these cable network boxes. I did not hear how they can improve on what MIT has done in the past with their highest end cables before these things but come one, does anyone really see value here? Not in money but in product development?
I will also admit I'm a huge fan of Audioquest. I found that they do the best overall job in cable technology. I have heard their cables do every single system I've installed for years them justice. I will say this, when you reach a certain level of quality in their cables , your not gaining anything back in return other then cooler looking cables.
Again I don't care what they cost, I stop where I feel is right for me and my budget. My entire system is wired in Audioquest at the level I feel is right and not wasting money on no gains. I don't care about bragging rights I own these awesome cables crap. So at $80k for a set, cool but I just don't see these doing what speaker cables on paper should do.

Maybe we can chalk it up to the laws of diminishing returns. We all know once you get to a certain point, every incremental increase in sound quality costs bigger and bigger bucks. Doesn't mean the SQ improvements aren't there, just that they'll cost more.

Some will pay a Kings ransom for that, they want the best of the best regardless of cost. I see nothing wrong with it if you can afford it. You only live once, right ?

Can't believe all the silly conversations (from veterans who actually know everything matters).

Every niche market for every product has this type of "over the top" product. I love how people say "$$$ doesn't matter they can't see how this would make a difference", and each one that has mentioned price doesn't matter, can't afford these anyway.

Do we really need a $1.2 million Bugatti Chiron? Nope, but it's there, and a few people buy it.

I really can't believe we are discussing the merits of MIT products and pricing. Those that own and have used MIT's know they make a difference.

My bet is they made these because they can. If you have $80K burning a hole in your pocket, I bet these would be awesome.

H9

P.s. I guess what I'm trying to say is if we question this based on $$$, then we should be questioning a lot of things. And those of us who know about achieving and chasing our own perfect sound, should not really be so suspicious because we know this type of thing makes a difference.

If I won a large Power Ball jackpot I would definitely buy these. I'd be willing to put them on a demo program with a select few members here.

Even if I had a doctor or lawyers salary, though... Probably not.

Some Wilsons or Focal Utopias or maybe some older classics like Apogee Scintillas or Duntech or Dunlavy.

$80k cables - hooked up to some MBL 101 X-tremes and Dan D'Augostino amps...oh yeah.

I admit it, I spend some time at the WhatsBest forum last night after reading this thread. Ultra high-end sure is pretty.

DSkip wrote: »

Joey_V wrote: »

I think while we are tolerant of high end prices, there's a limit.

$80,000 for speaker wire really pushes it.

If your income was 50-fold, you may not see it that way.

Agreed.

But by "we" I mean us in Polk forum.

Doubt anyone of whatsbest would buy something this expensive except maybe a couple of guys.

And there aren't many who make 50-fold who are also into audio.

Their new marketing slogan should be "You Don't Know What You Got Till You Got Em" or just commit to take exclusive aim at the truly obsessed audiophile and go with:
"Come on... you know you want them"

We do have quite a bit of rich dudes walking around the globe gents. I mean super rich, where 80k would be like buying monoprice cables to you or I.

I can see where some of these dudes would buy them, and so what anyway, spend it if you got it. Makes the world go round.

I'm deciding on whether I should buy a Lexus LS460 executive edition, or speaker cables.....tough call. lol

tonyb wrote: »

Polk tried their own statement piece too, in the SRT's, how did that work out for them ? Point is....investing x amount of capital in a small niche market, in todays economy, seems to me a bit....unwise. That's all I'm saying.

Polk wasn't a "luxury" or high end brand, so it wasn't a surprise that the market didn't embrace a "statement" product from them.

Toyota established Lexus and Nissan established Infiniti because no one was going to pay $70K+ for a Toyota or Nissan, even if its quality equaled or exceeded established luxury brands like Audi, MB, and BMW.

DSkip wrote: »

If your income was 50-fold, you may not see it that way.

I wouldn't. I still have to see some value for the money I shell out. I can afford $50 gourmet hamburgers, but I ain't spending $50 bucks for a burger.

tonyb wrote: »

I'm deciding on whether I should buy a Lexus LS460 executive edition, or speaker cables.....tough call. lol

Neither Be more like this guy https://youtube.com/watch?v=OCjWPExJTj0

This here again is so freaking interesting to me because those who can afford it will. It will always be like that. Sure you'll have dudes w/ loads of cash and be either cheap as all hell or frugal. To those who can afford it and know when it works they do it. For me it's entirely a different story. I can't get close to any of this stuff but there was one day where it almost happened. I saw that M.IT. was having a clearance of 10 footers, I forgot the name but hey they must have that build quality. I p/md Jesse and asked what he thought, 1st of the cables and then of my situation. I could afford these now but since I was still running through a spkr.selector there would be no way of using any of the ends supplied which were convertible. I also told him my left 2B was inches away from my Adcom and so what does one do w/ all that extra length. His answer ,Lew they are not for you if you insist on using the splitter and if you ever get higher quality cables that can't be cut just lay them down along the rear and never coil them. Point being now I sh%t canned the splitter for the time being and could have have those M..I.T.s. Obviously not the ones being shown now.
$80k cables go those Albert Von Schweikerts I saw.


http://www.vonschweikert.com/#!vr-9se-mkii/xb2a1