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Re: Element Cables?

Posted by G man (A) on September 28, 2004 at 15:39:57

In Reply to: Re: Element Cables? posted by Artar1 on September 28, 2004 at 13:12:06:

Great! I would certainly be interested in the comparison between Element and Signal. I have only read reviews and opinions of each, but not in direct comparison to each other. I have tried other reasonably proced cables, but none were totally satisfying.

MIT MI-750 Plus Series II were the resident cables when I started looking at other reasonably priced cables a few years ago. Lets see, I tried Nordost Solar Wind, Better Cables Silver Serpent, LAT International IC-100, and Acoustic Zen WOW. I won't go into detail, but none of them on their own supplanted the MITs. None of them were terrible, especially the Solar Wind and WOWs. The Solar Winds are musical, extended, and pretty smooth, especially for the money...and that's the key (for the money). They were not good enough.

The WOWs were pretty good, probably a level or two up from the Solar Winds. They have more inner resolution and smoothness, and are commendably (or comparatively) dynamic too. Although they are probably better overall than the MITs (resolution, soundstage, treble, bass), I think that their tonal signature does not match my system that well, at least for the sound I want. In the current room, the combination of the Mirage M3si speakers, Aragon 8008BB, and the WOWs is, I don't know, a little dark? For sure, the sound needed to "open up" a little, and have less of a bass presence.

Finally, in a little frustration, I purchased a pair of Shunyata Aries ICs. Now we are talking, but they are a little on the high side ($) for me. The best performance I have found with my current wires is to have the Aries from the CD player to the preamp, and the WOWs from their to the power amp. Still, there is that tonality or whatever that need to open up more. Sometimes I slip the MITs back in place of the WOWs, and the tone is much better, but other areas of performance seem to suffer some. And neither of these wires compares at all with the Aries. Anyone have an extra $800 lying around they don't need?

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