I compared Synergistic Tesla Acoustic Ref with the AZ Satori Shotgun, and found the Synergistic somewhat better balanced and more accurate overall. That said, however, I found the AZ to be an extremely fine sounding cable, with an excellent sense of imaging and a nice fullness to the sound. My only minor quibble was that in my system, I found the lower midrange/mid-upper bass region to be just a tad too much, to the extent that double basses seemingly sounded undistinguishable from lower registers of cellos. Albeit, different tastes for different folks. I could easily live with either of these two top quality cables.
Acoustic Zen vs Synergistic Research
The current "Killer bi-wire speaker cables under $1000" thread made me really interested in both Acoustic Zen and Synergistic Research cables, particulary Satori Shotgun and Tesla Accelerator. Now if you had expirience with both brands - what is the sonic difference and how do they compare overall?