MG Audio Planus CU2

I stumbled onto this forum quite by accident (I can hardly remember where I saw the link), but I'm glad I did. I saw Priaptor's recommendation of the MG Design Planus interconnects and with a 30-day guarantee and that pricing, how could a body go wrong??? Mine will be arriving shortly and nothing could please me more than for them to surpass my Valhallas. I've observed an insane pricing of cables over the past 20 years (remember when the MIT interconnects, introduced in issue 47 of TAS, circa 1987 cost just $480???) and I'm pretty disgusted by it. If inflation was based on audio prices, we'd be in complete global collapse. Nonetheless, I've bought a number of pricey wires over the years, just to hear if they were worth it in my system (and always keeping in mind that if the interconnects and speaker cables were superior to my speakers, I was not going to hear what they could really do. That's the thing: everything in your system needs to be equivalent to everything else. It only takes one link in the chain to give the wrong impression of the better component not being as good as it is because of a wire, or a CD player that doesn't show off your wire's abilities). These days, EVERYthing counts more than it ever did, because everything is so expensive, one can't afford to make a mistake unless the manufacturer offers a 30-day guarantee. I'd like to see a speaker manufacturer who does that. Hah!

If the CU2s are even equal to Valhalla, which, I'm led to believe they will be, if only due to their having a more filled in upper bass/lower midrange, one of Valhalla's weak areas (not dynamically, just tonally. There's just a bit too much Kate Moss and not enough Cindy Crawford in those realms, although, dynamically, one wouldn't notice it), I can live with a slight loss of transparency.I prefer the full tonality of an instrument to "absolute" transparency, although I'd like both.For less than 3k, that is. I'm glad the CT-1s are priced as they are: the days of greed is good have turned to greed corrupts (just look at how many senators, governors and congressman have ended up (nearly) behind bars for corruption (based on money). And, I'm unwilling to pay 4, 5, or 6k for interconnects, period. That is, unless my speakers are 30k, or Magnepan 3.7s (how cool is it that a $5.5k speaker has all the transparency of some of the 30K speakers! GO, MAGNEPAN!!!!!!!), or 14k Nola Micro Grands. Without superb speakers, electronics - and lets not forget - the room itself has to be well-balanced - I'm unlikely to hear the full effect of the expensive stuff, but even then, I wouldn't want to pay the there's-a-sucker-born-every-minute-stupid pricing of many of today's components. It almost seems there's a race to see who can bring out the most expensive speaker these days. Yes, I've heard the "exotic materials" argument, too. I've never seen so many speakers over 20k, and all since around 2005, when Magico started the stampede. Before that, they were a few speakers in that range (mainly Wilsons) but otherwise, that kind of pricing for standmounts - and even floorstanders - was uncommon. And the electronics? especially digital, truly sickens me. 70K for digital when a 8K turntable can breathe the Breath of Life as well (ignore the ruler-flat bass: that's not my thing) as any digital setup.

Back to the Planus. If the coppers are great, I'll spring for the silvers, too. it would be a real hoot to pay 2k for two lengths of interconnects that equal Valhalla, or any of the other high-priced spread. Sure, you'll likely get that last "ping" and "ting" for 15x the price - until something better comes along. I was once on the mountaintop and I still wasn't satisfied. Versa 2.3, Goldmund, Watt/Puppies, MIT, ARC, VAC. which, at the time were IT. I'd rather approach "IT" with a good 20K system, not a 50K system, 100k or 200k system, just on economic principle. But more power to those of you who can afford it. I just can't justify (or afford) it anymore.

So, Velociraptor , I mean PRIAPTOR, thanks for the heads up!