Transparent Cable Upgrade?

Mattmiller, Transparent does not have "Poles of articulation". That is unique to MIT. If you talk to MIT folks, their boxes are very different from Transparent boxes.

Like Jfrech, dynamics, impact, attack and decay all IMPROVED when I switched to Transparent REF XL cables.

Cables with boxes can be very good indeed.

Dealer here in seattle stated the Ultra and Reference were kissing cousins and differed by when purchasing Reference you get custom caliberation and spikes on the boxes to keep them off the floor. How important is the custom caliberation or will the Ultras suffice?

The calibration is big deal in Transparent cables. You'll hear lower noise, more resolution, better deeper and tighter bass and a better image. It's not subtle as you move up level to level.

For the price increase, i sure hope so. Thank you. What are they calibrating the cables to?

Tonyptony The IC I used that I felt was not to far below the transparent reference's IC was Time Portal reference xlr. Sorry about the long delay I just came back to the thread. I had a transparent ultra mm1 xlr and the Time Portal cable. The Time Portal cable beat the Transparent Ultra. Trade the ultra up to reference mm2. Use the transparent from disc player to preamp and moved the Time Portal down to the amp- preamp IC. Since the original post the transparent reference IC has opened a little more space between the two. but not enough to balance the cost out.
Pete