Transparent's Network Boxes

I've noticed a trend here and on other sites. It seems that the most consistent Transparent (and other well-known brands) bashers are people who assemble and sell cables as a hobby or home business.

Guys, let me give you a tip straight from Business 100 class: your business will not succeed on a strategy of bashing companies you consider to be competition.

I think Transparent & MIT are among the best cables out there. Of course, I own about $30K in audio equipment, so I can easily hear the difference. By the way, what is it about the network boxes from these manufacturers that lights up everyones' fire? Every cable company out there has megabuck cables in their line-up without the boxes and I don't hear nearly the same amount of chatter from audiophiles.

Tried them (Ultra's), they never worked in my system, dark, dull and to bass bloated bass. I did keep one set of interconnects that worked very nice between the cd player and the preamp and they were the Super balanced interconnects.

The other interconnects and speaker wire were a bust. They cost a lot, and after trying most of the brands out there, after the wire settles in there are defference, but they are small, in the end it's what sounds good to you.

No art to it, use your own ears, and make your decision based on sound, not on cost.

There is a web site that shows what is in the boxes and it was not much of anything.

Paul I used to have a URL reference which thoroughly explained the networks; I've lost track of it but will try to dig it up again (a kind soul here had posted that info. years ago). The networks are often a source of contention among purists, etc, who don't understand their purpose nor their architecture. What you'll find inside is a simple parallel assortment of R's, L's, & C's (resistance, inductance, capacitance) which are connected in *parallel* to the cable (nothing is in series with the signal other than wire itself). Their purpose is to absorb any reflected energy (for example, reflected power coming out of a speaker & reflecting back toward the amp) due to impedance mismatch or counter-emf. Componentry which exhibits a less-than-optimal match between the source, the cable, & the load would benefit more from this design approach than that with a better matchup would benefit. Therefor the sonic results vary according to the users' application. In my own experience, the results are significantly superior to some other approaches which I've tried.