New Synergistic Product: Tuning Discs


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.

ozzy

 

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If people where less on the influence of marketting publicity and more attune to acoustic method they will be no more subjectivistic consumers of ready made solutions or objectivistic nihilist... These 2 opposite disctinction make no sense in an acoustic tuning process where subjectivity and objectivity serve one another...

Then denouncing these products like someone just said even if they work is fanaticism...Not science...

And buying them and thinking all problem are solved is a delusion...

But acoustic is too complex for simple mind it seems...

 

There is place for everyone able to give information in audiogon even if he is a seller...If it is a gentleman... Why not?  If not a gentleman ..... Drop it....

 

 

Ok.

Once again, all the same naysayers chime in without having tried the tweak.

Just because your limited experience prevents you from imagining a bigger and more complex universe out there, does not mean it doesn’t exist.

Until you have tried it, and find it doesn’t work, them you really should keep your traps shut.

Same crowd who will not accept a piece of gear can sound amazing if it doesn’t measure well. Insecurity prevents some people from being able to decide if the thing in front of them sounds good. They need to be told by measurements if it’s good.

Such ignorance combined with a sense of superiority. You do realize we are not powering  a lightbulb with a battery right? An audio system is just a tad more complex than that. 
 

 

This forum and many of you have helped me tremendously. I had been out of the hobby for sometime and when I was able to come back so much had changed. Less audio stores, YouTube reviews ect. Many of you steered me away from decisions that I am sure I would of regretted. In my younger days I was all about tweaks. Shameful to admit but I bought some green marker that you put on the side of cds lol. Literally it was a marker. I should of thought “if it makes a big difference why doesn’t  recording companies just darken the sides.” Not suggesting that this is the same type of product. However, the one thing you guys taught me was to spend my money where I would get the most enjoyment. This is subjective, I know but your general advice was something like “save money on x and go buy some nice recordings.” I still have to many recordings I would like to buy, so for me to spend money on tweaks, does not make sense. Everyone has different priorities, this I also learned in life and here. I will admit although it was not intended to be a product plug at the end of reading all the comments it felt like one. Just my 2 cents.

@perkri kinda hard to try it when it is not even on the market.

Like I said earlier manufacturers will send out samples to people who will review it to create buzz.

I for one do not think this is the case here but here maybe suspect of the motives.

 Once again, all the same naysayers chime in without having tried the tweak.

@jerryg123 

It is difficult to check these things out when not on the market yet, absolutely. Which makes the naysayers look even dumber.

And the marketing end of discussing it here, is nothing new. Many, many products are sent out for review and then discussed on this forum.

The difference is that Ted is directly participating in the discussion. There was a recent post discussing the new Class D amps from Atmasphere. Ralph chimed in to answer questions, which is as it should be. It’s a rare thing to have direct access to the designer of something and have them answer questions.

I didn’t see the public outrage over that I am seeing here.

Wonder why that is…

Guess the haters just love to hate. Especially when it’s something they know nothing about, right?

At it’s core, what is marketing at its best? It’s a tool to help educate the public on potential benefits of a given product. 

But, when people fail to accept that something might work, they let their ignorance fuel their anger.