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Why don't gold based cable fans try Synergistic

I am looking to try new cables and have been reading the archives in cable forums on all the great cable recommendations. I'm trying to get a handle on how the Synergistic Tesla range that I once owned compare to the gold based cable offerings.

However for some strange reason hardly any of the members here who seem to have tried the various gold based faves (Gabriel Gold, Jade, KCI, Purist and others) have not been tempted to try the popular Synergistic cables and not much here in the way of comparisons. I am not sure why but there seems to be two camps.

Anyways hoping to get a comparison as I had the Tesla Accelerators in my system for a short while and wonder if the gold based cables have the same naturalness, depth of soundstage, air and separation of the Teslas. I should add that as good as the Accelerators were sound wise I did not like the idea of introducing more electricity into my system with the active shielding hence looking for comparable alternatives.
frankk
trelja
3,223 posts
 
Tbg, it's sad to see a person write so many words, yet not say anything. Just sheer BS. No matter how much you twist and try to spin things, some will not forget.

BTW, no interest, financial or otherwise, in gold or ANY cable product.
sabai
2,027 posts
 
I had SR Au79 ICs and Tesla Quad (specially QTd) SCs in my system for a few months. They were good but, like all cables, dependent on the other components, plugs and tweaks in my system to maximize their potential. Synergy is everything. I have recently been doing a serious upgrade to my system and needed to go up the SR ladder to maximize my system's potential -- but the high silver content in the top SR cables posed compatibility problems with my new speakers whose maker does not recommend high content silver cabling. So I switched to Gabriel Gold Reflection PC, ICs and SCs while keeping a Master Coupler DIY-terminated with Oyaide plugs and IECs for my sub and for the connection from my amp to step-down transformer. As I say, synergy is everything. The Gabriel Golds sound absolutely wonderful in my system -- low level detail with warmth, dynamics, sound stage. I will soon be adding an SR PowerCell 10SE to put the icing on the sonic cake. No buyer's regret about changing from SR to Gabriel Gold.
sabai
2,027 posts
 
I have added the Synergistic Research PowerCell 10SE to my system with the SR Precision Reference power cord and Galileo MPC. This has made a huge improvement bringing my system to a new level. Plugging the Gabriel Gold Reflection power cord into the wall receptacle (an SR Tesla Plex that is in series with an SR Tesla Plex SE) has brought my system up another level. It was previously between the source and the PowerCell. There is great synergy between GG and SR.
ebm
9,311 posts
 
$40.000 speaker cable very overpriced.Other cables as good for a lot less.
sabai
2,027 posts
 
Try putting GG and SR XLR ICs in series with the GG on the CDP side. You get the best of both worlds.
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