Transparent's The Link and The Wave receive more praise

Taken from the recent March 2011 article titled "5 Cable Combos That Won't Break the Bank" by Andrew Robinson, AudiophileReview.com:

“…Transparent Cable's The Link Interconnects and The Wave Speaker Cable.

Priced from $85 a meter The Link interconnects are Transparent Cable's entry level interconnect though their performance is anything but, possessing a rich, full, largely neutral sound that is ever so slightly laid back with excellent detail, air and speed. The Link interconnect is a great cable for many of today's budget and mid-fi components, especially MP3 players and other portable digital components such as iPods and iPads, which is how I use them. The Wave speaker cables are priced from $200 per eight-foot pair and like The Link are Transparent Cable's entry-level speaker cables. The Wave speaker cables are similar in sound to The Link and are obvious partners, though I believe The Wave speaker cables are marginally better than their interconnect counterparts, capable of performing quite well in systems costing considerably more…”

Music Matters with Karen Sumner and Josh Clark

Time Wednesday, February 9 · 5:00pm - 10:00pm

Location Definitive Seattle - 6206 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, Washingtion

Music Matters highlights this year include the world debut of the new B&W PM1 Prestige Monitor loudspeakers, presented by their designer, Dr. John Dibb; Meridian's new DSP 3200 digital active bookshelf speaker system and the Media Core 200 digital music system; as well as the new VXR stereo amplifier from Ayre.

Manufacturer representatives include: Sterling Trayle from Finite Elemente, Mike Latvis of Harmonic Resolution Systems, Norm Steinke from Meridian, Jim Spaynhour from Peachrtree Audio and John Giolas from Wilson Audio. Our own Karen Sumner and Josh Clark will be in attendance.

During the evening, Audio Research will debut the Reference Anniversary Pre-Amp, and Linn will introduce the updated Akurate DS system, Classé will debut the new CP-800 digital preamplifier, HRS will present the MXR Reference stand, and GoldenEar will demonstrate the Triton Two loudspeakers, which is Sound & Vision's "Audio Product of the Year".

To read more about the event, click below for Karen's recent blog post:
http://blog.definitive.com/01/2011/music-audio/karen-sumner-transparent/

Key Links:
Music Matters info is on our home page: http://www.definitive.com/
Direct link to Invitation Registration: http://www.definitive.com/events_MM6_register.html

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Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102420079833454

Karen and Josh present at Music Matters in Seattle

Karen and Josh took part in the fourth annual Music Matters event at Definitive Audio in Seattle, Washington on February 4th. It was a great success with over three hundred music lovers in attendance. Our room was packed for ten half-hour presentations where Josh and Karen discussed and demonstrated Transparent's approach to audio product design in a session called How We Listen. Our room featured a complete Transparent Reference system with Reference interconnects, speaker cables, power cords and PowerIsolator Reference power conditioning, Audio Research electronics and Wilson Watt/Puppy 8 loudspeakers.