My thoughts on Synergistic Research Tesla

Let me begin by saying that I have been using Synergistic Research cables for about the last 5 years. Before that I probably heard or owned most every high-end cable in existence. I also been into music and sound for over 35 years, that is B.C. [before cables] in a time that lamp cord was speaker cable and whatever interconnects came with your component were acceptable. Pioneers in the cable field were met with great skeptics, Fulton, Polk, and Monster took a lot of arrows in those early days.

Fast-forward to the present day and pretty much every serious audiophile knows that cables as well as everything else makes a difference.

One of my favorite sayings is “cables can add nothing they can only transmit the signal already present” Some do it better than others. This brings me to the Synergistic Reference Tesla Series. In April I had my designers reference interconnect upgraded to the Tesla Apex. I was not ready for the improvement. Everything went up a few levels bass, to crystal clear highs with not a hint of any downside. This is one musical cable.

I was using double runs of the designer’s reference for speaker cables and was interested in trying the Tesla cables. A call to Ted Denny reinforced my decision. I was thinking about a double run but Ted talked me out of it saying it was not necessary Bi-Wire would be fine and I would not benefit from the double run saving me some money.

I have had these incredible cables in my system for 3 weeks and enjoy them every day. My first impression was the same as the interconnect more detail, without any hint of glare or brightness just more music throughout the spectrum.

On Sting King of Pain the opening piano you can hear the bloom and the keys being struck the imaging was precise with all of the instruments and vocals.

One of my favorite Cowboy Junkies song is A Horse in the Country. The guitar strumming at the beginning, Margo’s holographic voice, and the cymbals near the end were all perfect, I was hearing detail like never before.

Listening to Mary Black Loving You had me smiling from start to finish as each instrument came in is was precisely located and very natural sounding.

I could go on about the nuances in every recording that I listened to but every disc that I spun there was something that I had not quite heard before.

In conclusion I have to say that the Tesla Apex is the finest cable that I have heard in my system. Thanks to Ted and his crew for making such a fine cable, and all of the support and service.