Nordost vs. Transparent...which is better?

I too have auditioned both aginst my reference KCAG. The Transparent won and now all my IC's are Transparent Super Balanced. I recently tried a Transparent Ultra vs Kimber Bi-Focal XL vs Synergistic Resolution Ref speaker cable and the Synergistic edged out the rest by a hair. Go figure.

I know I'm chiming in on this thread pretty late, but I was hoping someone could help me out before I go to the trouble of demoing cables in the home. I have Wilson Sophia 2's with Classe Cam400 monoblocks, Classe CDP202 Player, Meridian G02 Preamp, and an LP12. The whole system is with Transparent Ultra Balanced IC's and Ultra Speaker Cable with Reference Power Chords. I've had transparent for awhile and am considering a switch but I haven't been convinced to do so yet. I was thinking of doing valhalla Ic's and speaker cable but am a bit leary of it being "edgy" and bright on my system. any comments are welcomed

Valhallas are not "edgy or bright"; they are simply faster and more accurate than most other cables on the market. What is edgy and bright are the components, not the cable. I would not, however, wire an entire system with Valhallas, or any other cable model for that matter.

Hope this helps.

Neal

Hi Sergio, what is it abt Acoustic revive u prefer compared to Transparent audio reference? How much does acoustic digital cost for 1m? May I knw what system ur matching the cable with?Happy listening tq

Hello Neal,

I agree with you almost 100%. From my experience I do hear them as being faster , more accurate, and the most neutral of other cables that I've heard. Where I differ from you is .... I would and did wire my whole system with Valhalla and I don't see myself parting with them anytime soon.

Enjoy,
Tom