Transparent cables with Thiel speakers

Nolitan,

Thank you for sharing your experience.

I have heard 3.7's with Ayre digital, Levinson amplication and Transparant reference wiring throughout - I spent an afternoon evaluating and the system sounded outstanding. Can't compare to other cables because nothing was switched out during the demo, but I wouldn't have wanted to...

I have been using Audience AU 24 "e" cables and interconnects with my Thiel CS 3.6's, and the Audience cables are truly outstanding. Lows are deep and distinct and the high frequency is extremely smooth with no hint of straining.

I have heard Transparent with Wilsons and Ayre electronics at a dealer - in context with the system everything sounded great.
The problem I have with Transparent is the cost/value.
Another dealer in my area told me that they had went to a clients house who had close to a 100K system - Wilson speakers - not sure of the electronics but they were wired entirely with Transparent Reference (not the Opus). They were installing something unrelated to two channel audio (think it was HT processor or something like that) and were listening to the setup. They said they were surprised by the performance and with the agreement of the owner isntalled all Synergistic Apex cabling (about 2/3 the cost of the Transparent loom). According to them the change in sonics floored the owner - the result was that it sounded like the Tranparent was choking the system and the Synergistic opened the soundstage right up.
Again this is second hand and maybe it was just that systems synergy - but I have no reason to doubt them.
I also have Audience Au24 ( I cannot afford the Synergistic) and have upgraded one interconnect to "e" status and can say it was more then a subtle upgrade. Before spending high $$ I would definitely recommend trying Audience and Synergistic Accellerator or Apex if you are in the market - it may save you some $$. But if you are prepared to drop that much $$ (like Transparent) on a cable loom - there are some other top contenders like Nordost and MIT.

I compared Transparent Audio cables to several others at home in the following system: Wilson Audio Sophia IIIs, Densen B350 mono-amps, B250 preamp, Rega Apollo as source. Based on my observations I just don't understand why so many Wilson owners swear by Transparent, in the context of my system it wasn't close and I agree with Lougiants comments, because I had the same experience!