I opened both MIT and Transparent netwks


I have opened both MIT and Transparent networks to see what was in them. In both cases, it was very similar. In both, I found an inductor, capacitor, and a resistor. They were connected between the signal and ground in a novel way. Both were encased in an epoxy or glue that I had to break to see what was in it. The wire in both networks appeared to be just simple copper wire, and the soldering work was sloppy and ugly. It made me very upset. However, I do think that both MIT and Transparent make very good cables- the MIT's excel in bloom and soundstaging while the Transparents allow a deep silence between notes- a very low noise floor. BTW, I have also cut open a transparent reference digital interconnect, audioquest corals, NBS, and Cardas twinlinks and hexlinks. The Cardas had amazing workmanship and wonderful soldering in even their cheapest cable.

Troy
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I took apart the high end BBQ model. What appeared to be its main design element related to performance was the carbonized layer where the 'skin effect' occurs.
Troy, you cut into 1k interconnects?? ( Transparent ultra )
Super= 400 or so. You must be insane!!
In response to the question of ever cutting open a weiner, well yes I have. Years back in my medical residency, a curious colleague and I made a histologic section of a hot dog and examined it under the microscope. It was 4 years before I could even look at a dog, let alone eat one again. Certainly put a damper on my previous addictive ritual at Indians games of beer and dogs with ballpark mustard. I'm back at it, however, but I can't think about it too much whilst in the process. That's where the beer comes in.....