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Quality Recordings Don't Matter Anymore
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If only.
Over the last few years I've experienced quite a litany of cable products in my system(s)from various manufacturers. Some were good, a few were exceptional and the rest just sucked. The Synergistic Tesla cables were immediately identifiable as being outstanding, but not necessarily in a good way...at least not to my ears. What I mean is that they were smooth, dimensional and had great definition but after listening for a few days they really began to intrude on the music. Everything started to sound the same! The character and distinct sound of each recording was being homogenized into a uniformly colorless template....smooth to a fault, anemic of color and tonal contrast, bordering on a greyish tinge. That said, I can understand how Synergistic would say your entire CD collection will sound remastered...according to their way of hearing that is!
Wow, that's quite an evaluation. Are those active cables with some kind of electronic enhancement or does Synergistic have a unique structure that imposes its will on the signal? Very interesting. (And congratulations for not bringing up ...you know)