Krell KBL or KCT, CAST cable or balanced cable?

KCT will blow away the KBL. Keep the Transparent cable you have, but then get a pair of Transparent CAST cables, not Krell CAST cables and write me back with your findings. I had the same set up at one time and the Transparent CAST destoyed my Transparent Reference XLR interconnects. Good luck and enjoy the dynamics and low end bass detail. Again, avoid Krell's cable as it doesn't sound as good as CAST from Transparent.

From the original Krell literature (circa 2000) about CAST they stated that the characteristics of the cable would not affect the sound. In fact, this was claimed as a specific feature of CAST. At that time only Krell sold CAST cables. Later on Transparent started to offer more expensive CAST cables. I wonder why these "more expensive" cables sound better ?

I have heard both the Transparent and the Krell CAST cables in my system (KCT, 400cx) and there was no difference, as auditioned by myself, audiophile wife, and musician friend. Due to the current domain in which this connection works, high impedance ouput feeding a low impedance input, the conductor does not have an impact on the sonics. I stuck with the more cost effective Krell CAST cable.