Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments?

Mk1/ MK2/ MK2.5/ MK3SE/ Super MKZx4 SE soon to come with new Tesla Power bolts made from the new and improved SE Quantum Tunnel with a wider more dynamic shot to components it comes in contact with.

The Super MKZx4 will cause the dead musicians you have listened to for years to come back to life and play in your very own sound system. As far as the living musicians go you will have to wait till the MKZx5T comes out in 45 days after the MKZx4 has been released.

Enjoy spending the coin LOL.

Sabai,

I totally agree with your thoughts. I believe there is (was?) a loyal SR following but if the company doesn't appear to reciprocate that loyalty back to their core clients, then they may go the way of companies like Virtual Dynamics. I'm not in the business, but anyone who's been in the hobby even a few years know that that the volume of existing core client base for any brand far outweighs any new clientele in this very niche market.

A 70% trade in on an upgrade to a product that is at least twice as much as the original is a slap in the face for the most loyal clients and high rollers. So if you are already at the top of the line, you can't get a deal on upgrading to the newest product, but if you are a newer client or lower down the ladder, you get more perks. That doesn't seem right in light of the fact that many other competitors offer up to 100% trade in value when you upgrade to the latest higher product. SR is really doing nothing to keep their best clients happy. We all know how much the mark up is on the materials cost of cable so it's not like SR is going to actually lose money by giving a more generous upgrade policy that rewards the most loyal core group.

In any case, it's a shame that the aggressive marketing is turning off existing clients because they do make good products that work.

Hifinut604,
As audio companies become bigger customer loyalty sometimes becomes less important for them. When they do not think that reciprocating customer loyalty is important anymore things change. Customers vote with their feet.

A lot of SR's customers are well-heeled folks to whom money comes easily. I mean, who can afford to shell out 5 or 10 grand with each product upgrade unless there is big money in the picture. Others, like me, have to make it the old fashioned way. We have to earn it slowwwwly. At some point new products become out of reach. One's desire for better sound has to be tempered with the realism that there are priorities in life and the musical buck has to stop somewhere.

I am satisfied with the solution I have come up with for my system. I don't feel I am missing anything although there are other products out there that could bring my system to a higher level. The fact is there will ALWAYS be products out there that will do that. You cannot have everything in life and it is best to learn this lesson and save yourself a lot of grief.

I told you so guy's...this SR thread reads like minutes from a cult meeting! It's voodoo cablenomics:O)

Hifinut604,
I would respectfully like to make a addendum to the information on Synergistic Research's site where they state:

"The new PowerCell 10SE Mk III is the 2nd revision to the PowerCell in five years ..."

Actually, the first version was the PowerCell 10, then came the PowerCell 10SE, then came the PowerCell 10SE MKI, then came the PowerCell 10SE MKII, then came the PowerCell 10SE MKIII. That makes that 5 versions. Perhaps Synergistic Research has a different meaning for the word "revision". I give them the benefit of the doubt here.

But it all adds up to the same thing -- 5 different versions. Jack Roberts wrote his "Power corrupts ..." review of the PowerCell 10 in March 2009. So that makes exactly 3 years for the 5 versions. Perhaps Synergistic Research are including the time devoted to R&D and prototyping to stretch the PowerCell timeframe to 5 years. But to loyal supporters of Synergistic Research it definitely looks like a 3-year timeline. And it sure feels like it too with one version coming on the heels of the last.

Now, I don't fault Ted Denney for making breakthroughs. That's what his work entails. I do find fault with his failure to publicly recognize what this is doing to some of his loyal customers who are not as well-heeled as others. We are effectively blocked from achieving the vision of sonic perfection SR holds forth to prospective customers. If you buy at the wrong moment in the development curve you are stuck. It is obvious that the future for SR lies with new customers and with loyal customers with deep pockets -- not with loyal customers of modest means.