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What is best match for Wilson Sophia 2? Transparant Ultra MM or Cardas Golden Reference?
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Transparant cable
Yesterday morning I called Wilson Audio and asked which cables would they recommend for my setup. I was kindly informed by a gentelman ''it is not a secret that we use Transparant cables (reference)for internal wiring of wilson speakers. I was shocked and didn't want to hear rest of the story because I could guess the reason why they use network cables: they emphasize particularly on midbass and high frequency in trade of low bass. This was answer of two strange things.(at least for me) First: I was trying to find out how possible''old sock'' focal inverted titanium drivers sound so good,effortless, smooth...these values are not new to me since I am used to Focal be drivers. Second: Wilson Audio make show demos with underpowered, ordinary amplifiers.
As all we know network cables have ability to play music how they are ''fine tuned'' by their dedicated crossovers.(big ugly box, sometimes black, sometimes white)
One of my friend has transparant cables and Wilson Maxx2. I asked him why he uses tranparant cable. He said transparant corrects Wilson's some characteristic faults. He was ''wrong''. Not the transparant corrects faults, but any cable which has anyhow a particular character forces wilsons play ''incorrect'' in my opinion.
virtual Dynamics
I have never heard Virtual Dynamics cables but I have heard some reservations about them: they tend to play every single instrument bigger than it actually is.?
Cytocycle

I was using VDH mc gold between dac and preamplifier, VDH second between pre and power amp. I thought all carbon cable ''second'' was limiting factor of my system. Everything started from this point. After a quick research I ended up testing various cables: Sonoran, Acrolink,Vdh. This weekend I will test Cardas and transparant. Tomorrow I will explain my further findings.(here now 12.30 a.m.)
Today I have spoken with A.J. Vandenhul via telephone. He told me to change order of cables, between cd and pre ''second'', between pre and power ''Mc Silver mk3 balanced'', and finally Supernova speaker cable. Since I have ''Second'' XLR I couldn't employ it between dac and pre since Musical Fidelity kwdm25 dac has only rca output. I put my reserve VDH Jubilee silver hybrid between dac and pre and Kept ''second'' between pre and power. To be honest, when I heard first my setup after cable change, I felt like midbasses improved, detail, clarity improved, but most importantly I had a feeling that sophia's tweeters are upgraded to Focal Be tweeters.(I wish David Wilson will see ''Be'' tweeters on his designs before he passes away)
I regret to say that I have changed my cables with ''Acrolink, Furutech, Oyaide'' Only cable left ''unchanged'' is Vandenhul ''Supernova''. This is a sad matter for American Cable manufact. Simply because my all American system depends on %80 jap. cables, %20 Dutch cables. Reliability matter of American made cables is a open debate. Very Sad.
and replaced Vandenhul Supernova with Transparent Reference SC MM. Please god forgive my sins,,,I resisted so much, so much but there is a certain synergy I don't know how.
Transparent sounds very good to me, it didn't cut the harmonics and well matched with acrolinks
Transparent Reference Sc (new version) has been bought, too late for MIT oracles....