Transparent Cables - Worth the money?


Hi all,

I am considering a system upgrade which includes Transparent's Reference XL cables (interconnect & speaker). My current system consists of the following components:
ProAc 3.8, ML 383 & 39, Van den Hul Revelation Hybrid (BiWire) and interconnect VdH MC Gold Hybrid. Does it make any sense to upgrade to this extremely expensive cables? I am thinking modular: my following upgrade will be: Conrad-Johnson Premier 16LS, ML 33H. Any comments welcome!
koen

Showing 1 response by kchahoc

Hello,
Thought I would chime in and say that the only speaker cables (not interconnects) that beat the Transparent Super line were the gutwire chime cables, and the Kimber monical. The speaker cables are actually reasonably priced for the excellect performance you recieve, but the interconnects are not worth it.
PS even my girlfriend could tell the diffrence between, the transparent and the Analysis plus 9 cables and the rest, but she had trouble (as I did too) telling the differenct between the AQ, the Kimbe, and the Transparent.
And it is not true that your equipment must be up to snuff to hear the differences. Even on the Magnum Dynalab 308 reciever the changes wrought by the more expensive cables were obvious.
I perferred the Transparent, there is just something I like about the sound, but the others sounded nice too and I suspect that some will like the others, so definatly go listen.
B&W n-805's with sound anchor stands
Magnum Dynalab 308 integrated
Bryston 4b and BP-20 pre
Kimber siver streak and transparent IC's
Various speaker cables (see above)