jafant,
I'm very happy with the Kimber/Transparent combo. Upgraded to Kimber Hero XLR from RCA interconnects in 2013 and it was a nice upgrade.
Then a couple years ago my dealer had a used demo pair of Transparent Music Wave Super Gen MM available at a bargain price. Took them home to give them a try in place of my much more modest Transparent "The Wall" cables. No contest. Big and immediate jump in SQ. My wife was all in favor. Just turned around and called in my credit card to Audio Consultants in Evanston, IL.
Interestingly enough, just last week met with Bob McConnell of Transparent Audio at Audio Consultants. Reviewing my cable loom, in terms of next steps, he thought my best bang for the buck would be to try Music Link Plus or Music LInk Super MM2 between my DAC and preamp.