LeifS,
I must disagree with your view on Transparent and MIT cables. I can easily accept that do they not sound good with your speakers - there are not universal cables or truths in the high-end - but considering that these cables should be mainly used to tame bright systems is unfair. I have used them in neutral systems with great success. The networks are tuned well above 100 kHz and the sound of these cables is not only due to their networks, but to complex balance of all other typical cable parameters. In the same way you do not comment on technical aspects of your cables, Transparent and other cable manufacturers also do not explain it all.
Most people have the wrong idea about these cables because they do not follow Transparent rules - the speaker cables should not be used unless you use the source to preamplifier cable. And as LLoyd said, proper tuning is a must.
Many other cables can suck the life of certain systems and we (at less me and most WBF readers, probably not you) do not know why. But curiously many people feels compelled to debate network cables with authority.
In hind sight I realize I probably never should of posted and I apologize for doing so. I see many members here use these cables and seem very pleased with their sound and that's all that matters.
As I said in my post, these types of cables may work very well with some systems. Saying these cables would possibly work great with speakers or electronics that may be a little bright was not a good thing to do. I am in no way saying that these type of cables are bad. They are just a different approach than mine. All of us have our listening preferences and they should all be respected. There is really no right or wrong and I think we can all agree to that. The bottom line is we set our systems up to what sounds best to us.
We design our speakers to have a flat response and to sound like live instruments. We choose our electronics to do the same and I want to capture what the designer of those electronics created. This is why I chose to use cables that are extremely neutral. I don't want to add another filter onto other filters. We have enough filters between our electronics and the speakers. To us, the signal transmission is of highest priority in our designs. If you really think about it, if you take 100% of a signal and add a filter, you no longer have 100% of a signal. It is no longer pure. You now have an altered signal.
For years now I have been listening to the Wilson's and Magico's at the shows. It wasn't until I went over to Steve Williams house that I heard a Wilson speaker sound like that. I also understand that I'm not just listening to the speakers, but to a whole system that sounded fantastic. But for me this was a real treat to hear the Wilson's without the filter type cables.
I again apologize for my post. I get overly passionate sometimes lol
Leif