Hello All,
First off, I've finally gone and done it. I sold my 360's and bought a 260 which should arrive in the next 2 weeks. I'm excited but also a bit nervous. My sick audiophillia always thinks about what will be lost rather than what will be gained but I am able to smother that voice for the most part and looking forward to hearing this beast.
Anyways... that is not why I started this thread. I've always been baffled by near everything about MIT cables but at the same time I have always considered them the best cable out there, for any rig, not just Spectral. Their line is incredibly confusing, pricing totally out of hand and information on whats what is so cryptic it's impossible to sort....but I am trying to do so. Here is some of my recent experience....
I had been using Oracle Matrix 50HD interconnects and Matrix 90HD speaker cables up until a few weeks ago. I found them to be much more articulate than the Spectral cables and really better in every way. I just replaced the interconnects with Oracle MA-X and the change was dramatic and quite frankly surprising. I expected better but similar in character but they are not. The MA-X adds an incredible amount of weight, presence and low end dynamics. It has a much greater "you are there" presentation and the stage size is massive in comparison. This is not to say the Matrix is bad, just very very different. In some ways it sounds faster and more detailed in the highs but I think some of this may be my room being overloaded with the added low end from the MA-X. If you heard the 2 cables on after the other there is no way you would believe it is the same amplifier, that's how different they sound. Any thought I had previous that my Spectral's were a tad lean are way gone with the MA-X in place. But in the end, I just wonder what is best for these amps and what Spectral or even MIT believes best?
Before I bought the MA-X I asked some dealers this question. I got conflicting information, imagine that. One said that the MA-X is what MIT recommended as best for Spectral, the other talked generally about how some MIT cables, even high in the line, do not mate well with Spectral and suggested the Matrix. Is there an actual answer to this question? What is the best cable solution for Spectral amplifiers?
What do you guys use and why?
First off, I've finally gone and done it. I sold my 360's and bought a 260 which should arrive in the next 2 weeks. I'm excited but also a bit nervous. My sick audiophillia always thinks about what will be lost rather than what will be gained but I am able to smother that voice for the most part and looking forward to hearing this beast.
Anyways... that is not why I started this thread. I've always been baffled by near everything about MIT cables but at the same time I have always considered them the best cable out there, for any rig, not just Spectral. Their line is incredibly confusing, pricing totally out of hand and information on whats what is so cryptic it's impossible to sort....but I am trying to do so. Here is some of my recent experience....
I had been using Oracle Matrix 50HD interconnects and Matrix 90HD speaker cables up until a few weeks ago. I found them to be much more articulate than the Spectral cables and really better in every way. I just replaced the interconnects with Oracle MA-X and the change was dramatic and quite frankly surprising. I expected better but similar in character but they are not. The MA-X adds an incredible amount of weight, presence and low end dynamics. It has a much greater "you are there" presentation and the stage size is massive in comparison. This is not to say the Matrix is bad, just very very different. In some ways it sounds faster and more detailed in the highs but I think some of this may be my room being overloaded with the added low end from the MA-X. If you heard the 2 cables on after the other there is no way you would believe it is the same amplifier, that's how different they sound. Any thought I had previous that my Spectral's were a tad lean are way gone with the MA-X in place. But in the end, I just wonder what is best for these amps and what Spectral or even MIT believes best?
Before I bought the MA-X I asked some dealers this question. I got conflicting information, imagine that. One said that the MA-X is what MIT recommended as best for Spectral, the other talked generally about how some MIT cables, even high in the line, do not mate well with Spectral and suggested the Matrix. Is there an actual answer to this question? What is the best cable solution for Spectral amplifiers?
What do you guys use and why?