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Current and Former Transparent Audio owners

I would like some suggestions from you folks.I currently have my system wired with balanced super and never got around to the same speaker cables.I need to get a longer cable to go between my pre and amp and was thinking this might be a good time to try something different.When I wired the stereo with transparent I had tried XLO,Kimber,Mit,Cardas in my system previously and the transparent was just the right fit so I went as far up the line as I could afford.There is so much out there that I havent even heard like the harmonic,zen,and purist just to name a few so I was wondering if any of you transparent owners had jumped off the bandwagon for something better or sightly different for the same or even less money.I like the "house" sound of transparent not to say there isnt something I would'nt like better if I got to hear it in my system.I wouldnt mind a cable with the same sound but maybe a little faster or maybe a little more of the "slam" factor.Also I have never heard any ultra in my set up so maybe that is a option as well? Any of you ultra owners who stepped up from super is welcome to chime in on differences.
Thanks in advance for your input.
Tim
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cincy_bob
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I ran the Transparent Ultra interconnects and speaker cables in my system for about four years. They are very good cables, and, as noted above, they are a significant step up from the Super cables. However, the Transparent cables are a bit warm sounding, and they are rolled off a bit at the very top end of the treble frequencies.

Last year I went to the Jena Labs Symphony cables throughout my system, and this was a welcome upgrade in sound quality for me. The Jena Labs cables seem to me to be dead neutral and very well extended at both frequency extremes. They brought about a more natural sound in my system.

If you like what the Transparent cables are doing to warm up the sound of your system, I would suggest that you stay with the Transparent line and move up to the Ultra cables. If, on the other hand, you are looking for a cable that is more neutral and extended, I would suggest that you give the Jena Labs Symphony cables a try.
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