Audience Front Row vs Cardas Clear

@audphile1 @yyzsantabarbara @marco1  Thanks, Cardas is a rare animal here in my part of the World but I will audition the Front Row.

Any experience with Transparent?

I am a long term fan of Transparent. Virtually all my wires are Transparent. If you have complimentary components that you want to hear unaltered… then I highly recommend them. I frequently recommend Cardas for lower level components… or detail scraping components. But for true audiophile equipment, Transparent is the one. I have tested them against a number of mid and high end wires over the decades and they have always come out on top. Unless you are trying to change the sound of your system.

@ghdprentice Is there a sweet spot in the Transparent line of cables? I notice the Reference is twice the price of the Ultra?!

I use Gen 6 Ultra. They get better with the cost. My choice was based on my components / budget. If it starts to be a major percentage of the cost of your component... then upgrading the component becomes attractive.... and of course with a much better component then it will be more sensitive to improvements in cabling. My average component cost is around $20K, so Ultra made sense. Generation 6 was a big improvement over Gen 5 and earlier by the way. The performance bump made the lower level Gen 6 outperform one tier up Gen 5... at least in some of the tiers.

Network boxes are a polarizing issue..   I am curious does the Townshend F1 Fractal cables use the same principal?  Are they Impedance matching?