Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments?

Shellie thanks for the comparison with the old line.

Whoops, meant Acoustic Ref not Absolute Refs in my post a couple back questioning relatively less opinions on it in comparison to the other Tesla cables.

I compared (source to pre/pre to amp) accelerator/accelerator with acoustic ref/accelerator and went with the acoustic reference/accelerator combo.

two accelerators was nice.. very detailed and fast... but replacing the one IC with an acoustic reference gave all the same detail and 99% of the speed with a more fluid, slightly warmer, musical presentation and slightly better soundstage, better bass and midrange and slightly sweeter highs.

Frankk,

With the Accelerator speaker cables and the Accelerator ICs between my CDP and preamp, female vocals (my favorite music type) had a metallic sheen to them (grayness). Even on really well-recorded female vocals like the XRCD2 CD "Best Audiophile Voices II", there was that metallic sheen and the vocal crescendos were almost ear piercing at higher volumes. Same with Nora Jones, Holly Cole, Linda Ronstadt, Shelby Lynn, etc. However, the soundstaging and dynamics were good and the bass was fast and tight.

When I replaced the Accelerator speaker cables with Precision Reference, the metallic sheen (grayness) went away and the peakiness on crescendos was reduced, although female vocal crescendos still had a glare that made me wince.

Once I swapped the Accelerator from the CDP to preamp position to the preamp to amp position and put the Audioquest between the CDP and preamp, most of this glare was eliminated.

Finally, when I replaced the T2 on the CDP with a Hologram D and the AQ Niagara on the CDP to preamp position with the Apex, the glare disappeared entirely and many other things about the sound got way, way better too.

The Accelerator ICs are working very well for me now in the pre to amp position, with Apex ICs on the front end and Precision Reference speaker cables.

I hope this is helpful to you.

Good luck.

I think that Dlcockrum's observations strongly suggest the strong points of Synergistic Research designs. They do make a difference. But, of course, without the sound advice of SR we are all faced with trial and error in choosing which cables are best for us. Every new devise reopens the issue. I love these cables but nevertheless I am frequently faced with issues of which is best. I just got a Oppo 83 universal player modified by Exemplar. It loves the Apex cables but the issue is still out about the Hologram D. This is all part of the quest.