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Transparent Audio Demos MM2 Cable Technology
Demos technology for CE Pro to show importance of quality cables in systems.
Brad O’Toole (left) and Josh Clark demo Transparent’s Opus speaker cable during a recent visit to the company’s facilities.
Transparent Audio recently gave CE Pro an advanced screening of its new MM2 technology at the company headquarters in Saco, Maine.
The company is showcasing its MM2 technology at CEDIA Expo 2008 to demonstrate how quality cabling can improve a system.
Transparent's Brad O’Toole, Josh Clark, Rich Curole and Dave Schultz showed us around and took time to explain the MM2 technology upgrades introduced earlier this year.
Clark says the company's ever-growing knowledge of cable design has enabled it to advance the design of its cable geometry and filter (network) technologies.
"Our networks are really filters and [the networks] allow us to control the characteristics of the cable so they don't act like [RF noise] antennas," explains Clark.
"Basically cables are noise antennas and we stop that noise. Our networks are low-pass filters that let things go below one million Hertz [1 MHz]."
Transparent has found that equal size strand gauges, tight twisted pair construction and the use of acrylic fittings and housings has pushed the company's products to a point where they can control inductance and capacitance with its networks while eliminating RF noise.
Clark says that enables the cables to yield a lower noise floor, increased dynamics and faster transients.
Clark adds there are three attributes of cables that hinder the reproduction of music:
Using affordable components from Rotel and in-wall speakers from Monitor Audio, Transparent demoed how the company's MM2 technologies have trickled down throughout its entire line to improve the performance of all of its products, including Transparent’s basic RG-6 products.
The demo concluded by demonstrating Transparent's top-of-the-line Opus products in a system that included Wilson Audio speakers, LAMM amplifiers and a Mark Levinson front end.
Transparent's demo conclusion pointed out subtle differences between its older designs and the MM2 technology and how it impacts the performance of statement components from companies like Wilson, LAMM and Mark Levinson.
Click here to view photos of CE Pro's visit to the Transparent Audio headquarters.
The company is showcasing its MM2 technology at CEDIA Expo 2008 to demonstrate how quality cabling can improve a system.
Transparent's Brad O’Toole, Josh Clark, Rich Curole and Dave Schultz showed us around and took time to explain the MM2 technology upgrades introduced earlier this year.
Clark says the company's ever-growing knowledge of cable design has enabled it to advance the design of its cable geometry and filter (network) technologies.
"Our networks are really filters and [the networks] allow us to control the characteristics of the cable so they don't act like [RF noise] antennas," explains Clark.
"Basically cables are noise antennas and we stop that noise. Our networks are low-pass filters that let things go below one million Hertz [1 MHz]."
Transparent has found that equal size strand gauges, tight twisted pair construction and the use of acrylic fittings and housings has pushed the company's products to a point where they can control inductance and capacitance with its networks while eliminating RF noise.
Clark says that enables the cables to yield a lower noise floor, increased dynamics and faster transients.
Clark adds there are three attributes of cables that hinder the reproduction of music:
- Cables are RF antennas
- Length can affect performance
- Capacitance at lower frequencies can impact dynamics and volume
Using affordable components from Rotel and in-wall speakers from Monitor Audio, Transparent demoed how the company's MM2 technologies have trickled down throughout its entire line to improve the performance of all of its products, including Transparent’s basic RG-6 products.
The demo concluded by demonstrating Transparent's top-of-the-line Opus products in a system that included Wilson Audio speakers, LAMM amplifiers and a Mark Levinson front end.
Transparent's demo conclusion pointed out subtle differences between its older designs and the MM2 technology and how it impacts the performance of statement components from companies like Wilson, LAMM and Mark Levinson.
Click here to view photos of CE Pro's visit to the Transparent Audio headquarters.
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Bob is a dedicated audiophile who has written about consumer electronics for various publications within Massachusetts before joining the staff of CE Pro in 2000. Bob writes CE Pro's monthly Audio/Video news and Screening Room, as well as serving as the co-chair for the EHX A/V educational curriculum.
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