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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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mikelavigne
2,200 posts
 
according to the literature supplied with the opus the network technology is "a refinement of transparent's computer model for network design". it requires "tolerances of 1/100 of an ohm and 1 picofarad".

from this literature it appears that the real performance gains of the opus are made in the damping and suspension of the networks.

btw, no one is touching these networks. it really doesn't matter to me how they do what they do. but i understand that inquiring minds want to know. i just want to listen.
lwatson
15 posts
 
the tolerances of 1/100 ohm and 1 picofarad seem to be more marketing than practical. that degree of tolerance is difficult if not impossible to manufacture and equally difficult to verify with modern test equipment.
faberryman
20 posts
 
Which Transparent cables did you open up? One might expect lower level workmanship in an entry level cable, such as a Transparent MusicLink 200. If that level of workmanship was in a upper end cable, such as an Ultra XL, it would be an entirely different matter.
kw6
692 posts
 
Hi Troy,

What model of the MIT and Transparent cable did you take apart?

Thanks!
rudbern
2 posts
 
what did you find in the nbs i understand they are belden wire. if they werent so expensive I would cut one open rudbern
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