Strange thing though- I tried the MIT's between the CD player and pre and they sound just fine there, killing some of the bite from my crappy Marantz 48 CD player. The script was eventually reworked to bring the budget down, which included giving the T-X less extravagant abilities and replacing Sarahs role with Kate Brewster. They kill the TARA's, which on my system sounded horrible, and my system sounds rhythmically "correct" again. While Hamilton said Sarahs Terminator 3 death happened midway in the screenplay, its in the final ten pages of the Sarafian draft, though its possible she read a different version. These are not high-end, but they exhibit a detailed sound with high frequency zing and air that I associate with the "high end". I pulled the MIT's after a few weeks' use and plugged in a pair of Audioquest Turquoise. This new-felt annoyance seemed to be a sort of rhythmic confusion I was perceiving- things justed seemed unconnected and ultimately just slightly confusing. I noticed after a few weeks of listening that I was becoming fatigued this happens to me all the time in the studio, sitting for hours in front of a pair of NS-10's, but that's obviously because the tweeters on things are like drills in your head. But then there was the rhythm problem (this is where some will think I'm crazy, but anyone who reads these things is probably a little affected also).
The bass was noticably reigned in and became more accentuated, a big help for my 80's era B&W's. The sound became much more laid back(which I don't like), but transient detail seemed more coherent. I brought 'em back to the dealer, he gave me the MIT's, and so I went home and plugged them in. I hate the whole break-in thing, sounds like voodoo, and in the case of the TARA's, it was. Super horrible brightness resulted, cymbals sounding noticably smeared and even distorted.
#Terminator 3 budget full#
I originally purchased the TARA 22's (I can't remeber the full name) to go between my preamp and amp.