Great separation qualities,

Unattractive boxes at speaker end of wire.

I tested the MIT Terminator 4 wire along with the above mentioned wires over a 3 week period in my home. Here is my system:

Jolida 502b integrated amp
Sony CD player (Dont know model but it is a low-fi player)
B&W Nautilus 804 speakers
True Colors Cobra interconnect

First let me state, that this was my first foray into listening to "high end" speaker wire. I have never purchased any other wire except from Radio Shack. Since I recently bought a "high end" system I thought I would investigate more expensive speaker cable and see if the these cables "really" made a difference from the typical $20 radio shack wires that I had been using all of my life.

The results? Well ALL of the "higher end" cables were superior to the Radio Shack...the sound difference was noticeable to both me and my wife. Although I suspect the difference is not as dramatic to justify the 20x greater expense for some listeners. For an "audiophile" the Radio Shack would be unacceptable, but for "casual listeners" and perhaps for even some "audio enthusiasts" the Radio Shack will represent the best "value" for the money.


Anyway, here are my thoughts for the MIT T4. MIT's were the best sounding speaker cable out of all that I tested. It had great range of sound, from clean highs to a robust bass. If aesthestics were not important I would definitely buy these wires, but the "terminator" boxes are so big and ugly there was no need to even suggest to my wife that I purchase them. My system is in my living room and therefore a look that blends into our room is very important.

The element that set the MITs apart from the rest is the separation of each voice of the music. There was such a clean and pure sound coming out of the MITs that none of the other wires could quite match. The openness and sense of 3 dimensionality was best on the MIT. For this the MIT gets a 5 star for overall rating. I gave only 3 stars for the value rating, because it was one of the most expensive of the group at $330 for a 10ft pair.

Similar Products Used:

Nordost Superflat (Bi-Wired), Audioquest Slate, Audioquest Bedrock (Bi-Wired), Synergistic Research Quad Alpha (Bi-Wired, Radio Shack flat cable

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I have always been leery of spending extra money on cables and not believing there would be a siginificant improvement if any. Well I was in the dealer and demoed the MIT against Monster and could hear the difference. I won't say it was night and day or anything that drastic, but there was better sepearation where you could easily pick out instruments that were played. If you could compare the cables to a live performance, with the MIT's it seemed the sweet spot was bigger and with the Monster cables you were farther back in the audience and the music wasn't as engaging.

I have these cables hooked up to B&W CDM 1 SE's, Quad 606 power amp and Rotel pre and cd player.

Similar Products Used:

Monster, noname 8 gauge

These pairs of speaker cables are really great, not just great but really great. High is clean, yet clear and low is deep, tight. Sound is sonic and improved. Recommended. 5 stars for performance at the price.

I used to use a little sub (crappy little sub) with my BA's. After upgrading to MIT 4 Bi-Wire it stays dormant. I would have never, never guessed that cabling could have made such a dramatic improvement in bass. I'd buy them (or mure expensive MIT)again for sure.

I was very unsure that I would hear a difference when I replaced my bi-wire Monster Cable with these. I was very surprised that there was a very noticable increase in clarity throughout the audio spectrum. It was as if I heard my whole CD collection for the very first time. Definitely worth every penny.

I know that the listed product review is for MITerminator 4 Bi-Wire, However, I have never listened to an MIT "BI Wire" Product. Instead I have taken some advice from my local Hi End store, Ohio Valley Audio,(Acurus,McCormack, Kimber, MIT, Soney ES, NAD, Denon, Klipsch etc.), Jim, over 30 years of Audiophile knowledge, gives great "sound" advise, for free! These guys carry great sounding equipment that normal people can afford. A while back, as I was moving up through the audiophile chain, I bought a pair of Klipsch KLF20's. These are Bi Wire capable and 100 DB. After buying the speakers,(demos's $799.00 pr), I was on a tight budget. They suggested using MIT with "MY" system, and suggested I run 2 seperate sets of MIT 4 cables, Not the MIT factory Bi Wire configuration. I have to tell you, at the time and what I was used to listening to, for the price, they sounded great. Wide open sound stage! The high frequency was sharp, like when a cymbal crashes, you could hear the sound linger longer and decay naturally. Great bass. Not like Monster cable that all the highs just seems to blend together and the bass is muddy, no separation between instruments.
I liked the MIT 4's and suggest them to anyone that owns mass market Japanese amplification,(Denon, Sony etc). They seemed to make the equipment I owned at that time, sound more powerful and run cooler. Since, I have upgraded to several different brands and more expensive cables,(and components), and have honestly found better. However, If you have a Mid Fi system consisting of Sony, Denon, Pioneer, you cannot go wrong with MIT 4 cables, MIT 3, or MIT 2! May I suggest the interconnects also? Subsiquently, I rate the MIT 4's 4 STARS. ****. $$$$

The system that was used during the MIT 4's period:

Front End: Audio Alchemy ACD II (transport)***
Audio Alchdmy DTI (Anti Jitter)*****
Audio ALchemy DITB (D/A converter)*****

Amplification: Denon PMA 915R (integrated amp)****

Loud Speakers: Klipsch KLF 20's ***** (punch!)

Cables: (Digital) Digiflux, Ensamble, Digital RCA (Stereophile recommended)*****
(analog) MIT3 Interconnects, 1 Meter ****
MIT 4 (2 sets) speaker interface ****

Five stars!!!! You can also pick up MIT cheap from "Audio Advisor".

Comments please.....

Say what you want about high end cable....I say there is a difference. After many years of wondering and constantly upgrading from factory zip cord to Monster Cable, I took the "bait" on the MIT Terminator 4 Bi Wires. For my system the benefits were noticable at first play and continue to improve over time. The clarity of sound, definition of bass (mid and low) and "opening up" at the high end are the benefits I reveived from the MIT's. I recently converted my interconnects to MIT as well and continue to hear something new at each play. (In addition, these cables look cool as h@#% connected to the system)Audioadvisor is an excellent source for MIT at a great price. Give the MIT's a try if you too are a "doubting Thomas" about cable.

I used to have only Monster cables connect to my gears (speaker and interconnect). I was shopping to upgrade my speakers cables to bi-wiring and the saleperson showed me the MIT 4 bi-wiring, for the price you will have to spend twice that this one worth with monster. I bought one pair and bring it home, at first i was a bit dissapointed but after only one day of breaking i was sitting in front of my system and couln'd beleive the difference, i've heard some music that the monster couln'd delivery. The bass is more tight, precise, the high is really more accurate and very good midrange, cleaner vocal, I guess the little electronic crossover at the end of the cable worth is money. And one other thing, with these cable you can change the tip (the connectors) without changing your whole cable, let say that if you change your speaker and the spades that you bought don't fit with your knew speaker, you need larger one, well you unscrew the small ones and put back the big ones, that's it, no need to cut your cable. It's a very good cable. Since than i bought some interconnect from MIT and it blew me away, so i have a lot of monster cable for sale.
Since i'm talking about monster cable, i've try 3 times to talk with someone there, i've had some questions about there product and never got my answer, by fax and even by e-mail. That's the other reason i switch to MIT , i've contact them four times already and evertime got my answer and very fast. Continu your excellent work and i'm gonna be a fidele buyer of MIT product.