I've had both the of the interconnects in my system and find there is no comparison between the two. Transparent is much richer and fuller sounding. More resolution of inner detail and more natural sounding. Designers Ref has more air, but images in the soundstage are not as focused. Some people mistake open and airy soundstage as a veil on other cables. It's all about tastes and I prefer Transparent. I have a Levinson 390s going directly to an ARC VT 100 mkII. Speaker cables are Acousic Zen satori shotguns.
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