Stanwal, the Apogee Wyde Eye is a budget-class hot pick, it's nowhere in the same league as some of the more expensive cables. I don't believe I've heard the Transparent Reference (and I don't believe I'd ever pay that much for a digital interconnect) but I can vouch for the Zu Ash, the Atlas Opus, the Ven Haus Cryo Pulsar and the Auricle "Encore" Signature as all being both more expensive and better-sounding than the Wyde Eye.
The 1.5 meter length, if it works with your gear, removes a signal transmission problem and results in more defined and coherent sound. I have never heard a system in which the extra length didn't make a nice difference, but in theory a proper control of impedance matching between transport, connections and DAC could have the same result at shorter lengths.
The 1.5 meter length, if it works with your gear, removes a signal transmission problem and results in more defined and coherent sound. I have never heard a system in which the extra length didn't make a nice difference, but in theory a proper control of impedance matching between transport, connections and DAC could have the same result at shorter lengths.