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Synergistic Designers Reference


Hi Folks:

Several years ago at the last NY audio show, I heard a demo of these cables with active shielding. With or without the shielding installed, the cables sounded phenomenal. One of the best I have ever heard. The others on my short list of speaker cable would be Kimber Select and Monocle, Kubala Sosna Emotion, Cardas Neutral Reference and my current cable the H.T. Pro 11+.

Can anyone compare or contrast the above?

Is the Synergistic only at it's best when you are also using the same series of interconnects?

What is the successor to that series and does the Designers Reference cable offer good pre-owned value as far as reference quality is concerned?

Thanks for your help.

D.H.
CT Audio Society
www.ctaudio.org
danhirsh

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mjglo
127 posts
 
The Designers Reference, Designers Reference X2 and Absolute Reference are a great "value" cable now. I've not tried the Kubala but did use some from Kimber's upper line and Cardas Golden Reference, I liked the Synergistic more and eventually moved to the Tesla Apex interconnects and speaker wire. Tara Labs and Nordost (Valhalla) have a sound I like also.
mjglo
127 posts
 
I've had a bunch of cables in and out of my system, The Designers Reference is just one of them. As I stated before there are several cables that I've tried that work well in my system. I never did an A/B test using the Designers Reference and Apex. I have the Apex in my system for a few years now and like the detail and soundstage it gives. I'm now working on other parts of my system since I'm happy with the Apex but am now trying some other cables on a new CD player that I added to my system. So, I really don't have an answer for you except to experiment if you can.
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