Synergistic PHT... any other PHT heads here?

Okay so being budget minded first off tweaks like these are way more cost effective than component upgrades. Then trying to squeeze the most out of the tweaks... ECT and all the HFT versions are really very comparable. Also it really doesn't matter what you've done, they'll work just as much magic regardless. So what I would do is call and talk to Betty at highend-electronics.com and tell her just what you said, looking to get more Synergistic magic but gradually in a way that makes sense. 

What you're looking for, they have done specials on Synergistic and may be doing some again. Try and find out. They've done things like buy two get one free, buy one thing get another. That's how I got my Blue fuses, they were a freebie with ECT or HFT, and the darn Blue fuse was so good I kept buying more HFT just to get the fuse! 

Now Orange is the new Blue but you get the idea. Can't go wrong with any of those, they are all very good value for money. But if you can get one free with the other that is definitely the way to go. So call and ask. Never hurts to ask.

I'll have what you guys are having.

Ordered the Black/Green combo. Tried both separately with a small but discernable difference. 


Then put Black Widow on the headshell and the Green Dream on the arm near the pivot point. 


Much more wide open soundstage. Petty's Wildflowers and the Rest vinyl was huge and enveloping. M83s "Raconte-moi in histoire" was tight and deep. Yuko Mabuchi's first album was just sublime and her piano hung in the air in front of me  


I'm not sure these are worth the $200, but they do make a difference. 

That's the combination I like the best too. Black Widow is more dynamic and open, Green Dream is more liquid and smooth. Both throw a better stage and they combine together beautifully. I have one or two ECT on the tone arm base as well.

@millercarbon do you also put the black in the head shell  and the green dream on the arm?