TransParent Cables vs. Others


I am using TransParent Music Link+ ICs and will be looking to try a few new ones after I purchase a cd player this Christmas. I am using tube gear and think my system is warm, with excellent mids and highs. The bass is pretty solid but at times can be a little boomy in the upper bass/lower mid region. I would be looking to smooth out the bass (not take away) and add to detail. What IC under $500 used is the way to go?

What is your opinion on TransParent wire? Is the high priced stuff really worth all that $$$. I am interested in Cardas, Nordost (Red Dawn??), AP, and Acoustic Zen but am open to anything worth the $$. Or is staying with the ML+ the best option for the money?

Thanks.
mdomnick

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I have tried Transparent cables, Cardas and German HMS cables. They produce good cables indeed, but IMHO their prices are ridicously over the top. The best recommendation came from Audiogon member Lloyd Guiberteau: Try LAT-International-cables. Their speaker-cable, right from the box, (for 350 $) was already better than my HMS-cable In Concerto which sells for more than 1000 $. The same happened with the LAT-interconnect IC-200. I do have a friend who works for one of the main high-end distributors here in Moscow, and which distributes Transparent in Russia.
Even he was dumbfounded by what the LAT-cables do in comparison to much of the completeley overblown cables his company sells. Unfortunateley, they are almost never reviewed by the mags, and they know why, I guess. See www.audioreview.com for details and their informative website www.latinternational.com
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