I was lucky enough to be asked to try out a prototype of a new Synergistic Research product. For now, I think they are calling it a Tuning disc.
What it looks like is a small wafer (smaller than a dime and is very thin). They are either in gold or purple tops and are attached using some tacking substance. I placed 2 on top of my Shunyata Sigma V2 interconnects.
I wasn’t expecting much but whoa, did these things work! First, I tried the purple on my interconnects and boy did the soundstage widen with lots of air.
Then I tried the gold discs and though the sound stage shrunk perhaps a little but the naturalness of the music was fantastic!
Hard to believe that these things work so well, I am really impressed.
I now have about 20 various Synergistic Research resonators. In my room they make a significant improvement and are a good value. A friend told me about them. I thought it was ridiculous until I heard his room with and without them.
I’m assuming this new product will come with a 30 day return policy as do all the other SR resonators. I’ve never returned an SR fuse or resonator but have found some have more impact than others.
If anyone can hear it, Jr can. I'll ask him if he want's to give it a shot. He's pretty picky. It's either two ears up or both down. Sometimes though you get one up and one down.. We'll see.
Junior is on the fence, he needs a little more listening time.. :-)
Correct Mad Scientist has similar products. I have had them for over a year now. Place them on cables using blue tak, tape or zip ties…etc…..
The MS paste was not effective but his donuts, bars and discs are somewhat effective in my particular system. Very slight. Only the most resolving system and ears that care would notice it.
Mad Scientist (down in Australia) had something similar and gave some out for free to get some feedback. I got some of their discs and they were about the size of a nickel and a bit thicker and needed something tacky to keep them on the connectors of the ICs.
I thought I heard a difference but that was with a less revealing system and don't know if I have them anymore to try out.
Ozzy seems to have always been a straight shooter. So I appreciate when he lets us know of something that works well for him. Thank Ozzy for the heads up.
I know, I know, I was skeptical too. But these little buggers are impressive. So much so that they may transform the high-end cable business, they're that good.
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