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Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
Excellent reference cable. I have used many cables costing much more with poorer results.

This cable is open, dynamic, neutral and balanced. If your system has flaws, this cable will not hide them.

Highly recommended.

Strengths:
Balanced, true to the source. An excellent reference cable.

Weaknesses:
Very open, reveals any flaws in the system.

Similar Products Used:
Monster, Kimber, XLO, Cardas, etc.

Price Paid:  $300.00 from Music Metre

Summary:
In my system, I found this cable very disapointing. I found the treble to be exggerated, whereas the bass was very thin indeed. The midrange was grainy. It did not live up to its name; it was not musical, it did not sing (ie., Canto);however, it was a meter. The cable has some detail in the treble but not much else. I did notice some added depth and width in the soundstage, but the lack of musciality negated this benefit. I can't think of a worse buy for the money.

Strengths:
It was flexible. Some added added soundstage depth and width. Treble detail.

Weaknesses:
High price, overally bright treble, bass missing in action, grainy midrange, competition outshines cable for price.

Similar Products Used:
Straight Wire, Acoustic Research, Wire World, AudioQuest

Price Paid:  $250.00 from Music Metre website

Summary:
This is my experience with the Music Metre Canto interconnect. I’m a believer in cabling. I’ve heard day and night changes in the same set-up with different brands of cable. I came to Music Metre via their digital Fidelus wire - and was so impressed that I came back for more. Many big ( and sometimes very expensive ) brands boast an ‘open window’ effect with their products – a claim which in my experience is rarely fulfilled. Music Metre does it for me – and without paying barking-mad prices! Reading one or two of the negative comments made here, I fail to understand by what standards those people are judging. I hear nimble, beautifully judged lows, passionate and open mids and laid-back ( non-fatiguing ), sweet and rounded treble. In these days when the hi-fi industry’s main objective often seems to be to confuse the punter with a bewildering array ofoptions – and spiralling prices – these Music Metre products are a refreshing fix for anyone whose aim is to enhance their enjoyment of music. Oh, and the designer himself is a no-hype, no-bull cottage industry who I am proud to endorse. Cheers All.

Strengths:
All round compatibility with solid state systems.

Weaknesses:
Needs breaking in before revealing its full array of talents.

Similar Products Used:
Kimber, Nordost, Klimo

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
After thirty years in this hobby, I have owned my share of equipment, and cables -- at a range of price points, from the reasonable to the ridiculous. After years of owning Tara, then Baton and finally Mapleshade, I was moved to try Music Metre again, having at one time several years ago owned both a pair of Signature interconnects and Speaker cables. I am now hooked completely on Music Metre. I own two pairs each of the MM Silver and MM Canto, one Fidelius digital interconnect and most recently, the new Signature II Speaker Cable. All of Jim Patric''s cables share a few family properties. And these are properties that are so central to musical enjoyment that I would enthusiatically recommend some or other combination of MM cabling to anyone who care about the sound of music. These attributes include the wonderful mixture of openness, transparency and harmonic detail. Beyond that, every cable in the line has a top to bottom coherence that cannot be bettered. I am not sure it can even be equalled. None of the cables calls attention to itself, but one is aware of the plethora of information when listening through the silvers. The Canto, in comparison, seems a bit more relaxed and unprepossessing. Music sounds natural and real through all of these cables. The Canto have wider compatibility. You can use it with any kind of equipment to good effect. I have found the silver to work best with tube equipment. I had been incredibly happy with the mixtue of silver and Canto cabling in my system even when employing the very fine, and nicely priced Mapleshade double-helix speaker cable. Recently I added the Signature II speaker cables from Music Metre to the mix, and the result was striking. The bottom end weight improved; the music was represented as natural and open and fast, but became more full bodied and weighty. The soundstage expanded and the overall effect was of being enveloped by the music. I have expensive Audio Note equipment, and others would likely be inclined to look for equally expensive cabling to bring out the best in the AN electronics. Natural, but not necessary. The MM cables are not only comfortable in asystems of any price; they in fact improve those systems and do so at a price point that is unbelievably good for what you get: great design, professional construction, and extraordinary customer service.

Strengths:
Open, natural, dynamic, sounds like music

Weaknesses:
I can''t buy enough equipment to use all the music metre cable i own and would want to purchase

Similar Products Used:
Name it. Nordost,Transparent, Tara, Kimber, Mapleshade,

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
This review is for the Calibre line of cables from Music Metre. This is a wonderful cable that I would of happily paid hundreds of dollars for, however I was fortunate enough to win a pair on auction at audiogon.com for a fraction of that. The calibre reduced the noise floor and opened the sound stage up quite a bit. My system became more engaging and placed me deep within the recording. My speakers have all but disappeared and the 3 dimensionality of the music has increased tremendously.The cables are constructed of the finest quality materials and show excellent craftsmanship.These cables are an out right steal!

Strengths:
This cable out preforms cables that cost thousands of dollars.

Weaknesses:
have yet to find any

Similar Products Used:
MIT Tara Labs Cardas...etc