MIT bashed, not Transparent, why?

I think it is because of the market presence of MIT(all the way down to mass - fi stores). Familiarity breeding contempt. On a smaller scale, a similar thing happened with StraightWire and WireWorld. The market being saturated with the original brand will eventually produce people who hate the brand. The smaller company does not engender the same emotions, as similar as the products may be.

Maybe people have tried both and just prefer Transparent. It has been known to happen before. Even after breaking them in MIT just didn't work for me, they always seemed to put in some haze and smooth things out too much.

Great question no money - I've never seen a product that some people hate so much. I'm not questioning the reasons, I'm sure in most cases they are legimate opinions. I for one have used MIT in several different systems. I even had pre network cables that are better today than some of the competition. I use 330 shotgun ic's and did exstensive (for me) comparisons and found them to be far superior. There not warm and the highs aren't rolled off but smooth and natural. I've got them in a warm system already. They image like crazy, like no other cable I've heard. I have speaker cables too but I just bought Thiels and can't use them - biwire. I would love to hear them, I wish I could trade em cause I don't want to buy more right now - kids college tuition. I do think there way overpriced but I think that about all wire. But we're in a luxury hobby and paying luxury prices. Look at wine and ultra premium spirit prices! $55 for a 1.75L of Vodka, that's $175+ profit per case for the supplier, that's a fact! Fastest 2 growing categories in the industry. Sorry about the soapbox - I'm enjoying a cold bud.

I have MIT interconnects and speaker cable throughout my system, and I love the sound of them. Trust your ears.

I used to laugh at networked cables too, but then I bought some MIT, & then bought some more.
Also used to scoff at upgrade power cords (how could that possibly affect the sound?) but then I tried them, & then I bought some more. Ditto for footers & shelving, well you see the pattern here...