MIT Z-Cord II, Part 3

Posted by Luminator (A) on December 24, 2022 at 23:19:54

At the end of 1995, 2Pac's "California Love" unified the state, was a massive hit, and set West Coast hip hop in stone. At the same time, my girlfriend ACS and I were bowling partners. Our home alley was San Francisco's Japantown Bowl. While we did have tournaments in Nevada's Reno and Las Vegas, most of our travel league and other tourneys were within the state, as far east as Yosemite, and as far south as Simi Valley. Yeah, we wanted to kick ass in bowling, but c'mon, these were weekend getaways.

In Winter 1996, 2Pac would release the iconic, critically-acclaimed All Eyez On Me, which included "California Love."

ACS and I were in some Central CA Valley motel, along CA-99. ACS remarked, "Sometimes, you just want a plain ol' bubble bath. You don't need fancy scents and pretty colors."

The January 1996 Stereophile featured Robert Harley's Herculean effort, in reviewing a Spectral/MIT/Avalon "2C3D" system. 2Pac's "California Love" repped the urban areas, but MIT were also from California, the Sierra foothills. That Stereophile review would encourage ACS and me to check out MIT's $325 Digital Reference, which was the big brother to the MIT T3 Digital we were using between CAL Delta and Theta Cobalt 307. With our Theta Data Basic and DS Pro Prime IIA, the MIT Digital Reference outperformed the overrated but top-selling Illuminati D-60 [I've written extensively about both cables].

The lowest-priced product of that review was MIT's $175 Z-Cord II powercord.

Sigh, what can we say? The Z-Cord II was just a generic OEM powercord, but with two of MIT's inline plastic boxes. In this price range, the MIT Z-Cord II did not appear to sell as well as API's PL-313, AudioQuest's AC-12, Kimber's PowerKord, Wireworld's Aurora II, or even XLO's Pro series models.

Sigh, the MIT Z-Cord II's 3-prong AC plug was just the same as found on any of your electrical appliances.

Here is a closer look at the two inline plastic boxes. But you know what? What if your system sounded fine with generic OEM powercords? What if all of the after-market brands and models messed up the sound of your system? In this case, the MIT Z-Cord II often sounded like a quieter and smoother version of the generic OEM powercord. It was like ACS being free from scented and colored bubble bath products.

Sigh, what can we say? The MIT Z-Cord II's female IEC is just the same as found on the throwaway cords included with your gear. But hey, it will fit anywhere, including behind video monitors.

-Lummy The Loch Monster

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Topic - MIT Z-Cord II, Part 3 - Luminator 23:19:54 12/24/22 (3)

RE: MIT Z-Cord II, Part 3 - hawaiiguy 21:26:18 02/15/23 (0)

RE: MIT Z-Cord II, Part 3 - fantja 05:56:37 12/26/22 (1)

They're on Xanga - Luminator 09:34:47 12/26/22 (0)

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