what cables/interconnects should I try?

Transparent is a save choice. It never goes wrong. For Nordost it really depends on your system.

I sold a lot Nordost for over 9 years of time. And I did a lot of tests with Nordost. I owned the Valhalla loudspeakercable for over 12 years of time.

@ Mcanaday, Try some Tara Labs cables, go and listen to some, Tara just introduced a whole new line of cables that are not known about yet by the community here, I believe they will be talked about for years to come though.

Cables sound different in different systems. You have to try them out in your system to hear what they sound like. I'm using Anti-Cables after trying out dozens of those high priced brands that are known to be "best".

Hi, I have never herd transparent, I would think they would be very good.abit out of my price range.I use tara labs between pre and amp for the transparencey and openess, onyx.And harmonix gp between cd player and pre for musicality .Im happy with it.

There are so many cable manufacturers around now, that possible choices and synergies became impossibly large. I tend to go for what is likely to be a cost effective way of working. That for me is the small guy, selling direct with no marketing budget. With Nordost for example, a very big slice of the cost, must be in retailer margins, marketing, advertising and large staff costs. Most of the little guys seem to do sale or return too.

Three, I am using at the moment and I know everyone says stick to the same manufacturer, are:
Silnote
Wywires
Sablon Audio
I would recommend all 3, reasonable cost, results and very easy guys to work with.