Transparent Audio ULTRA Speaker Cable

The Ultra Speaker Cable is the amplifier-to-speaker link in Transparent’s LIFELIKE collection — the tier where Transparent’s network module transitions from injection-molded plastic to machined and polished acrylic, and where the calibration process gets more specific to your system. The Gen 6 network filter for each Ultra Speaker Cable is calibrated not just to the cable’s electrical characteristics but to the electrical output of your specific amplifier and the impedance and reactance curve of your specific speakers — a two-sided match that lower-tier cables can only approximate through generalized calibration.

The physical build reflects the tier: heavy precision-wound OFHC stranded copper for wider bandwidth current handling, gold-plated tellurium copper spade or banana terminations for reliable mechanical contact under high-current loads, and the machined acrylic network module with epoxy-resin damping and precision isolation feet that reduce vibration coupling into the network. The acrylic housing’s larger, cleaner internal cavity gives the electromagnetic field around the network components room to expand freely, which is what allows the lower noise floor and improved low-level retrieval that Ultra Speaker Cable delivers vs Super.

Ultra Speaker Cable is designed for systems where the amplifier and speakers have moved into the resolving-separates tier — a good pre/power combination or top-tier integrated driving speakers where the cable’s contribution to bass definition and imaging becomes clearly audible. Sold in pairs with gold-plated tellurium copper spade or banana terminations; biwire configurations are available for four-post speakers. Level-matched LIFELIKE companions include Ultra RCA, Ultra Balanced, and Ultra Phono. Fully upgradeable to Reference, XL, Opus, or Magnum Opus Speaker Cable.

An advantage worth knowing about Transparent’s upper tiers: registered Ultra owners get free network recalibration when a system change — new amp, new speakers, new room — moves the electrical characteristics enough that the network no longer matches. That’s the mechanism that keeps Ultra performing as designed across a system’s evolution. We keep Ultra Speaker Cable on hand in both Scottsdale and Tempe. Walk in during business hours, or book ahead if you want extended time on a specific amp/speaker combination.