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Synergistic Research Galileo SX Power cord. (Opinions on sound quality appreciated).

Synergistic Research Galileo SX Power cord.
I know this cord is pricey, but can anyone share opinion or experience on the sound quality with this power cord?
I have owned in the past Synergistic Master Coupler (about 20 years ago) and the Apex.
It would be connected to a Lumin X1 into my Audioquest Niagara power conditioner.

I would appreciate experienced comments. Thank you.

ozzy
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thyname
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So I take it better than Shunyata Sigma v2 NR?
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ozzy OP
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thyname,
Oh yes by far. The Shunyata Sigma was more closed in and darker, at least with my equipment. I think it is more geared towards the Shunyata equipment i.e. the Everest conditioner etc.
I do however like the Shunyata Sigma V2 interconnects.

ozzy
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Well I just inserted the silver bullet into the SX power cord. I did not unplug the power cord. I hope that’s ok.

What I thought would be a a sharpening of the image actually turned out to push the image further back in the soundstage. This is within a few minutes so perhaps this perception will change with time.

ozzy
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Update:
Today, now I am very glad I stuck it out with SR Galileo SX during the burn in cycle. I have perhaps 200 hours on it and it has transformed daily from the beginning when it sounded so very forward. There were no ups and downs just a continuing daily improvement. Not sure how much better with additional hours it can become, but at this point it is a keeper.

The funny thing about break in, Synergistic Research said they burned in the cables for 5 days before shipping to me and claimed very little change would occur after additional hours. 

BTW, I have recently compared the SR cable to a very expensive power cord.

ozzy
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Who at my factory claimed there would be very little change? Conditioning and burn in are two different things. Conditioning is a strategic use of frequencies and current to forever shape the sound of a cable. Burn in is what happens when the cable settles into the system. This process is never permanent, when you change a cable from your system, it must settle in again. Before a trade show the cables we take have over 1000 hours on them, and we do everything we can to get sound in our show system within hours of the first day of set up, because it will be at least two days before the system really comes to life. This despite the cables already having over 1000 hours on them.

Ted Denney
Lead Designer, Synergistic Research Inc.
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