Synergistic calls out Audioholics

I think Ted will have to sweeten the pot some by throwing in a free day or two at the gym so Gene can properly stretch his undersized shirts. 

All the best,
Nonoise

Good call out and offer with confidence and courage, thus anticipating and eliminating a lot of excuses to make it more possible. 

Taking on the challenge will help to prove and settle some things, maybe. Not taking on the offer for what appears to be a ("put up or shut up") challenge, will be telling. Great advertising will result for the winner.  

UAC United Audio Challenge, Round #1, ding-ding. Here comes the triangle choke! 

Could turn this into a Pay-per-View thing. Get the Norwegians involved and have them produce a "slow TV" event where it all happens in real time, 24/7, from the time Gene steps out of his home until he returns.

Great way for Ted to handle this though. And given that Ted deals in product for the "initiated", and Gene's audience is far from being "initiated", to Gene's audience, Ted's product is an easy thing to call BS on. Ted produces product that is very much at the cutting edge of audio gear, so people have an easy time doubting its merit.

Would love to hear Gene say "$hiit, it works..."

I am going to direct this thread to my own purposes. I could care less about the video and argument with Gene. 

As I have written two articles at Dagogo.com in regard to tweaks and methods that purportedly cause significant change to audio systems, such as break in, isolation, etc. I am publicly requesting of Synergistic Research and Ted Denny product to conduct informal testing/comparisons of the company's tweak products. 

I invite Ted Denny and Synergistic to send me representative tweaks that are claimed  to be efficacious. I will put them to the test using my informal methods, and will write up an article to appear at Dagogo.com. I should be able to have other listeners present during the testing, and can report on their perceptions as well.   

i.e. place said tweaks on only one side of the system/room. 

I suggest that I be sent a complement of the following:
Tranquility Pods
Isolation Footers
Cable Risers
XOT Carbon HFT
HFT acoustic treatments

I will place ALL of these on one side of the room/system and compare. One might think that if there is efficacy to such tweaks/products, then there should be an enormous shift, an unlistenable change to the system. I will determine if that is so. I have built and tuned hundreds of systems, and have a room with the sonic attributes of a mastering studio, so if there is a change, I will hear it. 

If the system sounds as before, and does not exhibit profound, easily discernible changes, such as balance, tonality, center image shifting, perception of LF weaker/stronger on one side, etc. then the tweaks fail my Law of Efficacy. 

If such things manifest themselves, then I am wrong, and would have to judge the benefit of said tweaks as having potential to pass my Law of Efficacy. I would publicly admit my error in judgment of the products. 

I am willing to use myself as a willing participant in self-assessment and assessment of tweaks I have not used. I believe my methods to judge efficacy are strong, and would clearly lead to a dependable result - without cameras, flights, high res recordings, etc. 

Of course, anyone with proper knowledge can test tweaks this way. I will educate as to the process. 

So, is Ted Denny and SR going to send me their tweaks products, or not? 

At RMAF several years ago Ted personally did a demo of the bowls on the wooden trellis, whatever it is called. The demo failed my Law of Efficacy miserably, and I told him so. I said the cables were interesting to me, and I would like to discuss a review. Ted said that the tweaks and cables were a set and would not be reviewed separately. I declined. 

I am not interested now in reviewing SR cables. I wish to independently assess SR tweaks, ancillary items. If SR responds that these require the SR cables, then I will consider the tweaks to be nothing more than gimmicks. 

I've been wonder if or how long it would take for a response to this guy.

I'm sure a $12M a year company can afford to invite Amir from ASR as well.

I would love to hear how condescending and dismissive they would talk, face to face, the way they do on video, but after actually listening with their ears not their machines.

Then send them both home with Synergistic Research t-shirts....
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