Do Transparant Cables have a sonic sig?

Remember, all cables have a sonic signature!

I think they sound very dull and artificial. Beware of electronics in your wires!!! All they can do is throw away something. And, there is the risk that they will add noise or distortion to your signal.

I have found Transparent's sonic signature an unbeatable match with Krell gear. However, I also found that this same signiture colored my system and made even my tube setup sound like Krell solid state gear.

I'm obviously biased since I recently replaced all my cables with Transparent Reference XL, but, it wasn't until after trying many other top-of-the-line cables (to not offend anyone - I won't list them). However, the point is that for me, in my system (basically, Levinson electronics), they were the best and by a significant margin. Their "signature" was the most open and natural sound I had ever heard from my system. Two previous posts are right on - all cables have a signature and system matching is critical. Listen for yourself and learn which cables do it for YOU!

yes they do. When planning to recable your system it is very important to try the same cable through out your system. If you dont you will never fully know what the brand of cable added or took away from your systems performance. I was using all transparent ultras which where very good but I tried the Harmonic Techs. and it was asthough someone lifted a vail of the vocals.And I also found out of most of the cables I tried they had the least sonic additive of any of them. And thats what you want a cable that doesnt add or take away.( they all do but you want it to be at the smallest degree possible so it allows you to hear you gear) And the harmonics worked for me. Needless to say I sold all my transparents and went HT. Good Luck