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Old 04-29-2009, 04:01 PM
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Default Purist Audio vs Cardas vs Transparent vs Audioquest

Getting ready to do a 4 way cable shootout over the next 2 weeks.

Purist Audio Venusta
Cardas Golden Reference
Transparent Reference XL
Audioquest Colorado

The three players are ready, just waiting for the Transparent balanced. Stay tuned!


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Ever try Synergistic Research Tesla yet?.
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/s...c/tesla_2.html
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Ever try Synergistic Research Tesla yet?.
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/s...c/tesla_2.html
Not yet.
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This is going to be good...looking forward to your results.
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Are doing both interconnects and speaker, or just interconnects?
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Are doing both interconnects and speaker, or just interconnects?
The speaker cables will be the awesome Transparent Reference XL. I had a question in my mind whether the speaker cables will interfere so I already tried all the cables except the Transparent Ref XL balanced. There is a noticeable and immediate difference between all the interconnects. I don't think the Transparent Ref XL that cost as much as the Sophia speaker itself will be the bottleneck in this shootout. It is truly "transparent".
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The speaker cables will be the awesome Transparent Reference XL. I had a question in my mind whether the speaker cables will interfere so I already tried all the cables except the Transparent Ref XL balanced. There is a noticeable and immediate difference between all the interconnects. I don't think the Transparent Ref XL that cost as much as the Sophia speaker itself will be the bottleneck in this shootout. It is truly "transparent".
Well you know how much I like my Transparent cables. I am not sure whether they are transparent, but if they are all my previous cables were coloring my system a poor shade of pale.
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Well you know how much I like my Transparent cables. I am not sure whether they are transparent, but if they are all my previous cables were coloring my system a poor shade of pale.
They are because the transparent ICs made a huuuge difference in my system before. While adding the speaker cables after the ICs did nothing with those ICs in the system.. Replacing the transparent speaker cables for my old speaker cables and keeping the transparent ICs in, immediately bloated the bass somewhat, collapsed the soundstage and the palpability was no where near as good, so my other speaker cables would not be good for this comparison. Transparent cables work as a "system" together but the speaker cables truly get out of the way like they should and offer the amp/speaker a bridge of transparency and network optimized connection.
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I have a new super duper cable, it is fat, has a nice box and is more expensive then the the transparent cables so it must me better. I call them the "Platinum Bankrupters". They sound better really, they are more expensive so they must be better right ??
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I have a new super duper cable, it is fat, has a nice box and is more expensive then the the transparent cables so it must me better. I call them the "Platinum Bankrupters". They sound better really, they are more expensive so they must be better right ??
David, I hope your posts improve and offer something valuable once you get the 501s in your system.
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