MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR PAST

OCTOBER 1ST — NOVEMBER 30TH, 2026

When was the last time someone offered to pay for your mistakes? For the next two months, we will.

Transparent won’t shame you for your past audio choices. Maybe the speaker and amplifier ads that caught your eye didn’t even feature cables, as if the components just magically conducted music from source to speaker. Perhaps you were dazzled by a short, ear-opening demo, or by a superlative-laden “Best Product Since Last Month” review. Or, you might have invested in big components without realizing that the connections between them are just as important.

Whatever the reason, you have a system and perhaps it sounds…fine. 

But it’s not Transparent. 

This fall, we are declaring a truce. From October 1st through November 30th, the Transparent Amnesty Program offers you the rare opportunity to surrender your aging and inferior analog, digital, or power products for up to 50% of their original retail value toward the purchase of new, natural-sounding Transparent products of the same category.

Our Amnesty Program will bring you closer to the music, but that’s not all: once you join the Transparent family, you inherit more than 30 years of industry excellence, the guidance of our world-class dealer network, and the support of our stellar customer service team. You also gain access to the Transparent Upgrade Program, which provides an affordable path to higher levels of performance, along with factory recalibrations—free for REFERENCE level and above—to ensure your cables adapt to new components as your system evolves. 

Are you ready to be rewarded for surrendering? Speak to your Transparent dealer about this opportunity to escape past mistakes and seek Amnesty under our flag. The music you love deserves no less.

TRANSPARENT AMNESTY EVENT 2026  PROGRAM GUIDELINES

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

• Effective dates for the program are October 1st – November 30th, 2026. 
• This program as described below is eligible only to U.S. dealers and customers.
• Program will apply to any digital or analog cable or power cord in the current Transparent lineup and to PowerWave, PowerWave X, REFERENCE, XL and OPUS power conditioning products.
• Program will apply only to single product-to-single product upgrades that are within the same product category. For example: speaker cable > speaker cable; interconnect > interconnect; power cord > power cord; power conditioner > power conditioner; etc.
• Trade-in cables, power cords, and power conditioners must be recognized products which, as of the start of the 2026 calendar year, were distributed throughout the US via established retail channels. Dealer will determine eligibility of trade-in product.

CALCULATIONS

• Credit awarded for the trade-in product will be calculated at up to 50% of its assigned retail value; customer will pay listed retail price of desired Transparent product minus whatever credit is awarded by dealer.
• To earn 50% credit, verified trade-in products must have a suggested retail price of no more than half of the retail value of the desired Transparent product and be deemed by dealer to be in good condition and working order.
• Depending on their condition, trade-in products that have a retail value of more than half of the value of the desired Transparent product will be assigned a lower value that is no more than half the retail value of the desired Transparent product for the purposes of trade-in credit calculations.