Transparent Reference XL Digital Link AES/EBU
This is the top of the line from Transparent. The most precisely built coaxial digital cable they make — quadruple shielding, custom RCA terminations designed specifically for digital signal transfer, and the kind of construction that separates a reference cable from everything else calling itself one. Transparent's listening experts built this for the best digital front-end components on the market. Serious listeners have trusted it for 35 years. Nothing in the S/PDIF category comes close.
When a client comes in for a demo, we tell them: bring a couple of records you know like the back of your hand. And bring one that's worn and beat up. If we can get that sounding good, anything will. That's the standard we hold ourselves to — and it's the standard a cable like this has to meet.
A note on CPO pricing: This cable was manufactured before 2021. Transparent's Certified Pre-Owned program applies a standard 20% discount to pre-owned current production cables — but for cables built prior to 2021, the pricing reflects that generational gap. What you're getting is the same performance, the same Transparent engineering, at pricing that acknowledges the market honestly.
$3,995 MSRP
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Return Policy
Return Policy
We offer a 3-day return window on all purchases. Returns made to a credit or debit card will incur a 5 percent processing fee. Shipping costs, both to and from, are the responsibility of the customer if applicable.
After the 3-day window and up to 3 weeks from the date of purchase, items may still be returned, subject to a 20 percent restocking fee.
For shipped orders, customers must notify us within 3 days of receiving the item to initiate a return. Once the item is received back in the same condition it was sent, we will issue a refund minus all shipping charges and a 5 percent credit card processing fee.
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This is the top of the line from Transparent. The most precisely built coaxial digital cable they make — quadruple shielding, custom RCA terminations designed specifically for digital signal transfer, and the kind of construction that separates a reference cable from everything else calling itself one. Transparent's listening experts built this for the best digital front-end components on the market. Serious listeners have trusted it for 35 years. Nothing in the S/PDIF category comes close.
When a client comes in for a demo, we tell them: bring a couple of records you know like the back of your hand. And bring one that's worn and beat up. If we can get that sounding good, anything will. That's the standard we hold ourselves to — and it's the standard a cable like this has to meet.
A note on CPO pricing: This cable was manufactured before 2021. Transparent's Certified Pre-Owned program applies a standard 20% discount to pre-owned current production cables — but for cables built prior to 2021, the pricing reflects that generational gap. What you're getting is the same performance, the same Transparent engineering, at pricing that acknowledges the market honestly.
$3,995 MSRP
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