About synergy?

Not to derail the thread completely.... But I tend to agree with many postings on here, about being uninformed. And just plain crazy.
Hang out with some hobbyists at a shop sometime-- it will floor you what can come out of their mouths...

I've been snippy in my posts sometimes as well--- the absurd ideas just need to be silenced...and by more intelligent folks than I. I don't know why I post sometimes...

For example , a guy, obviously mismatching gear, called the new Rega Brio bright... Which it is far from... Or someone questioned the quality of the new Rega DAC's RCA jacks... They're standard... What does he want? Fancy wbt's on a $995 unit?

Anyway, I love to hear a "synergistic" system, whether it means all the same manufacturer, like an all naim or rega system, or pieced together making informed decisions on what works best together in a room...

From the Greek--- "working together"..

Now split hairs and stroke yourselves all you want.

Since this thread appears derailed I will try to get it back on track. Even if you hate the term synergy, realize it's the most important task when assembling a HEA system. I believe this topic deserves further discussion(not name calling). Thanx for the previous posts, many have been very interesting and informative.

Since this question is related to synergy I thought might as well open an older thread instead of creating a new one. Will you get synergy using two of the same premier power cords plugged into a dedicated line when lesser cords are used on source equipment? One cord is plugged into an amp, the other to a non filtering power strip.

I'll go out on a limb and say that any real improvement to quality of power should always result in positive improvements in sound quality, so it is one tweak that is more about optimizing performance in general and less about synergy. If an improvement in quality of power produces negative results, then I would look elsewhere for another aspect of the system that is not up to snuff perhaps. Synergy may come more back into play at that point.

I would suggest synergy is the most important component in an audio system. A cheap, but well tweaked, system can sound better than a mega-bucks system whose components don't "play nice" together.

Second, IME, compensating for a problem in one component with another component gives disappointing results. Better to get each component as close to what you want to begin with.