Let's put Synergistic Research under the microscope for a moment. These are my observations under my microscope.
On his Home Page Ted Denney reaches into the deep, dark past of audio to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat -- as the inventor of the very first power cord -- the incomparable Master Coupler. You may never have heard of the most famous power cord in the history of high end audio. I have the original literature that Ted wrote about his legendary Master Coupler -- that produces SQ of zero value in today's audio world. The Master Coupler literature sounds exactly like his literature that accompanies the Galileo Series and the Element Series. It sounds like he cut and pasted.
I am impressed by Ted's Home Page where you can read fresh news about "The History of Audio According to its Self-Proclaimed Leader". Superlatives and categorical statements flow fast from the typewriter of Ted Denney -- once again. He should have entitled his latest piece of copy "Delusions of Grandeur". Ya gotta have a sense of humor when you read Ted Denney -- when he talks about "the culmination of my life's work" in shamelessly self-laudatory and self-aggrandizing terms. Fact is, I know some well-known cable makers out there, and some boutique cable makers, quietly making cables that put his world-famous SR cables to shame. By a country mile.
I note that HFT and FEQ are already making history "... capable of transforming any system to unbelievable heights". Any system? Not according to Augwest. By the way, did you also know that, according to Ted Denney, "In fact, the new Galileo Universal Speaker Cells elevate even modest speaker cables to near state-of-the-art status ..." Near state-of-the-art status with his Speaker Cells? Using even modest speaker cables? Alice in Wonderland. Not even close in my system. But never mind -- you can definitely turn a sow's ear into a silk purse at Synergistic Research -- because Ted Denney says so. But caveat emptor. He just replaced his typewriter ribbon.
In my opinion, Ted Denney has yet to "turn the world of audio on its ear" as he proclaims about the latest and greatest HFT and FEQ. Certainly, regarding his cables, IMO, Synergistic Research produces no outstanding cables -- just run-of-the-mill audio products designed to capture a certain segment of the audio market. And nothing more. With version after version -- adding Enigma Bullets, adding SE and LE series -- since they did not get it right the first time.
Did you ever stop to consider all of the permutations? Just look at the new Element series with copper, silver, tungsten, CTS and all the Enigmas. I mean, what a total mass of confusion. But you'd never know there was anything amiss through all the hoopla that flows from the typewriter of Ted Denney. According to him, there is no one cable that gets all the work done -- on DACs, CD players, transports, amps and preamps. But that is only according to him -- because he never got to the place where others already arrived. If you follow his up-trade program you eventually end up with a single cable and empty pockets. Just figure out the math. I can tell you one thing. Ted Denney knows how to use a calculator better than most people. Figure it out. When you go to the casino who ends up the big winner? The Big Audio Casino is called Synergistic Research.
After playing the SR game for too long I have sold off all but one of my SR products. And it will be gone soon. What about my statement in an earlier thread that "SR makes some great products."? In retrospect, with what I have learned in the interim about the products of other audio companies and some of my own experiments, I was very wrong in my initial enthusiasm about SR products. My experience was too limited at that time. There is no use in Ted quoting my old posts to try to score debate points. There is no contradiction when new experience supplants old experience.
Now let's wait and see if some no-feed-back, never-made-a-post members rush to Ted's defense.
