Transparent Ref XL

[CLEE]

Originally Posted by TOGA

.....Surprisingly, they recommend one Opus+Ultra. They said ,so that in the future I may add one more Opus and no more upgrading forever.

Toga

Forever! You are not going to believe them, right?

[thesaint519]

Originally Posted by TOGA

Transparent sounds more musical, or actually sound more natural, unprocessed to me.
I don't want to pay for Opus anymore once I realize that I can do a lot of other upgrades
for the same money. But anyway I am glad that XL is much better than Ultra that I am
also use as IC right now.
I asked dealer about, for the same money, should I keep one Ultra and add one Opus to use with source, or replace both Ultra with two pairs of XL. Surprisingly, they recommend one Opus+Ultra. They said ,so that in the future I may add one more Opus and no more upgrading forever.

Toga

Wouldn't it be nice if there were no more upgrades forever?

[j3brow]

Originally Posted by thesaint519

Wouldn't it be nice if there were no more upgrades forever?

No doubt!

..... But then again the thrill of the chase makes this hobby go round ... And round ... And round

[TOGA]

I think I am approaching terminal velocity here...

The resistance by $$$$ of cables is as strong as the desire to upgrade.

[thesaint519]

I had the opportunity to purchase a 1 meter TA Reference XL RCA cable for a GREAT price. It will connect my dCS Purcell/Delius stack to my Lamm L2. The challenge is I have yet to purchase the L2 - but I will. Still saving up coinage. In the meantime, I simply stare at the ICs and drool. They're simply beautiful to behold.

[thesaint519]

Originally Posted by TOGA

I think I am approaching terminal velocity here...

The resistance by $$$$ of cables is as strong as the desire to upgrade.

[thesaint519]

Originally Posted by j3brow

No doubt!

..... But then again the thrill of the chase makes this hobby go round ... And round ... And round

So true...

[thesaint519]

Originally Posted by j3brow

my gracious transparent dealer offered to me the opportunity to try out Reference XL interconnect and pair of Reference XL speaker cables in my own system for next couple weeks. Both latest MM2 technology. I also took home two top of the hill MM2 power cords to play with. I haven't installed power cords yet. The Ref XL cables are breathtakingly good. A big jump up from my Ultra MM2 level cables (XL is 2 levels above Ultra in the transparent product line). These cables are spooky quiet. Details pop at a much lower volume than with my Ultra. Beautiful sounding cables. I'm only one album in to evaluation so far (Melody Gardot Absence 24/96) but color me impressed. Very impressed.

Did you decide to purchase them?