Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments?

Ozzy, I tried the Precision Ref on my amp versus the Hologram A and much preferred it, but Ted D says he cannot predict which will work best with amps. He was, however, shocked that I preferred the T2 to the Hologram A on my line stage. I suspect that these cables are very system dependent.

Ozzy. What I heard with the Hologram A on my pre amp and Precision AC on my amp was like everything sounded muffeled as if everything was behind a blanket but still listenable, like 80% of what should be there. Then when switched the other way everything opened up and dynamics, soundstage(width) , all frequencies came out and grabbed you in your seat.

Regards Bacardi

"What I heard with the Hologram A on my pre amp and Precision AC on my amp was like everything sounded muffeled as if everything was behind a blanket but still listenable"

Great description, Bacardi. I had the exact same experience with the Hologram A on my preamp. However, the Precision AC was very good on my amp, yet I ultimately preferred the slightly more rich and harmonically complete sound of the T3UHC there.

Seeing as though home theater is gaining immense popularity with plasma & LCD(led), why doesn't Synergistic Research experiment with an active HDMI? It does seem to be a standard with h.theater systems with 1080p. S.R does have a non-active HDMI Directors Cut but I would like to see something that would compare with say a Wireworld Silver Starlight which seems to be the one to beat on the market...The definite accompishments S.R has done with the Tesla series cords, powercells, acoustic room treatments, and now component coupling, let's see a stable, quantum tunneled high end kick but HDMI. Anybody agree/disagree?

Regards Bacardi

Bacardi,
You are correct. It would be great to have an Active TESLA HDMI cable. In fact I have designed one and have it in my personal home theater system. Its performance is spectacular for an HDMI cable. The problem is, HDMI is for the most part a commodity product whereas the Active HDMI cable I have in my system was hand built in my factory at a cost in time (over one day to build), and materials, that would price it out of reach for 99.9997% of the Home Theater community and it’s still not your best option for the vast majority of material.

In my home system I use a Pioneer PRO-141FD 60 inch plasma monitor. When viewing anything EXCEPT 1080p Blu-ray discs, the Tricon Active 1080i Component Video Cable has a more film like presentation that is more three-dimensional then any HDMI cable I have tried. And this includes 1080p DirecTV pay-per-view broadcasts. The way I see it, 99% of my viewing is of non Blu-ray material. Just last night I did a direct A/B comparison between my prototype Active HDMI cable vs. my production Tricon Active 1080i Component Video Cable on a 1080p pay-per-view broadcast on DirecTV of the film District9 and the Active Component Video cable was the clear winner. As such I see little reason to build a very expensive HDMI cable that is outperformed by our current Active Tesla Component Video cable for the majority of viewing options.

When the day comes that even 20% of my viewing is through our prototype Active HDMI cable I will revisit my decision.

Yours in music (and film),
Ted Denney III
Lead Designer Synergistic Research Inc.