Increased bass speed and depth, detail. Vocals sounds great. Build quality is phenominal.

very, very, stiff, makes it difficult to run a short 1 meter piece and place the system near a wall as it will stick out. music wise none

I was in the upgrade path again this month and took my wife down to Paradyme in town here to listen to a better dvd player or cd player. Since I'm using the dvd player I currently own as a transport the salesperson told me that I wouldn't pick up much in sound quality. He has helped me get very close to some high end equiptment in terms of performance without spending a ton. Anyway we listened to my Monster cable digital coax I brought in and listened to a number of MIT wires and Monster Cables. The Monster didn't impress with the bass and the voices were very cupped sounded to me,1st time I've really heard this, and the voices were also somewhat more sibilant which has become a pet peeve of mine lately. The lower line from MIT removed the sibilance and was more dynamic but the voices were still cupped a little. Finally we listened to the Reference 1 digital interface and was impressed immediatly and this was out of the box. The voices on Sarah mclachlin sounded very good! Vocals took on a really great presence that wasn't in my sytem before. The bass posessed exceptional depth on my system at home that didn't exist like this before. On Eric Clapton's Unplugged in the very beginning of track 1 there are very low bass frequencies that my wife and I didn't really know were there. For those who aren't familiar with MIT wires and cables they sound somewhat poor out of the box and can even sound worse after 24 hours, but give them the time to "burn-in" and the difference is truly amazing. MIT cables have a warm character to them and in my system which is somewhat bright this tames it perfectly. Spending a lot on cables is not the answer if your system has problem areas and could cost you a lot until you get them figured out. You can fine tune a system that is ready and really inprove it's quality when you get it right though! Set up of different cable brands depend a lot on system synergy, MIT seems to work well in a lot of different set ups. Highly recommended if your system if ready! I didn't pay retail,thank G**, and picked them up for $270+tax. Kind of pricey but well worth it to me. 4 stars for value because of price, 5 for performance.
Jim P

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Monster digital coax and Monster optical.