Ever hear a power cable make a huge difference?


I just had to share this. I went to synergistic research the other day to get some cables re-terminated. I saw some power cords on the floor and decided to ask about them. Ted, said they were all prototypes, would I like to listen. He brought me into the demo room and played some great music. He switched out the preamp power cord for one of the prototypes and man was it noticably better. Then, he left and came back into the room with a big smile on his face. He pulled a cable from the back that I swear was just recently built. He confirmed that no one had listened to it yet. He put the new power cable on the preamp and...................NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!! It was unbelieveable what a difference I heard. I could not believe how much bigger the sound stage grew, better focus, detail, and faster tighter bass. I had him switch the PC in and out because I just could not believe what I heard. Then he said "lets make it better." He brought it to his Tesla machine and gave it a quantum tunneling. He put it back in the system and to my surprise it was un believably better then what I had just heard. It now made the whole system easily sound 3 times as good. I just could not believe my ears. Then I had to know, how much could I get this cable for. I would think at least $2000 if not $3000. Nope, this will probably go for $500. Well Ted, sign me up for a few of those bad boys.
brutusab

Showing 5 responses by audphile1

True. Power cords make a difference. I have heard a few. Never it was as shocking as described above though.

I respect Synergistic Research. These guys make very good cables. I did audition Tesla Accelerator speaker cables as soon as they came out. They were excellent and sounded really good in my system.

But these guys are stepping out of bounds with this Quantum Tunneling stuff. Also, this obviously fascinates some people here. Tesla is becoming a cult here on audiogon. The only other few things that can still compete with it in audio forums as far as publicity is concerned are the Anti-Cables, Acoustic Zen Adagio speakers, modified SMc Audio amps and Supratek.

Why can't SR do what they do at the factory quietly and be a little more modest about it. There is no need for this video to be on their website. They've been around for years and have their clientele and solid reputation.
Why this?
08-23-07: Bar81
Isn't the fact that a power cable is making a "huge difference" indicative of issues in the rest of the system it's being used in, particularly where it's changing the sound of such system (as opposed to lowering the noise floor, etc.)?
Bar81 (System | Answers)

Bar81 is making a good point. I would like to add to what was said above, that in my experience, the component on which a power cord change has such an impact, usually has a power supply design that leaves a lot to be desired.
A component that has a properly designed, implemented and functioning power supply, simply by swapping a power cord should not change in a way that was described above by Brutusab.

That said, I would also like to know what make/model that component was.
As I was still hoping that Scarlett Johansson may appear in my room, all of a sudden Ted Denney IV shows up with the new power cord, a pre-quantum-tunnel version.
About 2 minutes later Ted Denney V appeared with his new power cord that was just "quantum tunneled".

We were able to A-B these in my system.
I have to say, I was every bit as impressed as Brutusab.

I have pre-ordered the cord already. Awesome product!