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Why Transparent Cable? for Wilsons.... options?

Well this is the situation being cheap I guess!

Using Wilson Sophia's with my Krell system, love it.
Using the Transparent Super at the moment for speaker cables. Everyone says I should move up, like the Ultra at least.
Have you guys tried anything else on your Wilson and worked well? My reference system once used Au24 ONLY and it was my favourite cable ever, till I got the Wilson.
They dont work well IMO and not sure why. Even the Super(lowest line of Transparent) works amazingly with the Wilsons. For me to jump to the Ultra is going to cost me over a grand, thats the problem. Its expansive enough for me right now with the Super and thinking may be there are other options that wont exceed 1k on top of what I have now.

Any advise is appreciated.
thx
rapogee
audiofeil
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>>Of course we could all just save some time and ask you what we should use instead.<<

Fine.

Use what sounds best in your system and ignore folks, much like you, who talk a good game but don't know how to play it.

Sound good?
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dave_b
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That IS fine...that's what I'm saying anyway. All I did was offer up a possible high quality, fair priced alternative cable that many audiophiles have, and or may, find worthy of a place in their systems. Try to get some rest over the Holidays Audiofeil...turn off the lights, play some Mozart and drink your favorite beverage:)
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dave_b
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For the record, my new system is comprised of Wilson Sophias, a BAT VK-D5 24bit CDP wt. Amperex 7308 NOS tubes, a Krell S300i, Harmonic Technologies Truth Link IC's and Pro-9 Reference spkr cables with MIT Oracle and Transparent Reference MM PC's.
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hughp3
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Dave - I finished making my 5 foot pair of AudioQuest Type 8 cable with Furutech spades. I now hear a definite difference with the Watt/P'7 and Krell FPB's. Cleaner/sharper attacks and crisper highs. to me its not all that subtle however I know the music well. However the base line was in-wall cable up to a 50 foot run. The system is cleaner overall now. Yes worth the modest expense and hard for me now to say wire does not make a difference. Now $2K+ wire...not so sure about that.
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dave_b
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That's great Hughp3...sometimes a little extra effort pays off handsomely. Any combination of wires will sound different... no matter what the price. Finding the right wire for your ears doesn't have to cost a fortune:)
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