Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments?

istanbulu, for my cdp, the Hologram D did indeed make a pretty big difference though I still evaluating. I am impressed with the soundstage width. My speakers have never disappeared more so than with these cables. The most impressive change though is how accurate they are. The sound is also much livelier. By this I mean that notes seem more well defined. Its like drawing something with a freshly sharpened pencil vs a crayon. The edges and note composition is so much more sharp and less "sloppy". I am concerned that this extra definition may lead to listening fatigue though. I need to keep listening. Don't get me wrong, upon initial listening the sound is very dynamic and engaging.

One thing I noticed when I was at SR listening to Ted's system as well as my own system is that the SR cords tend to create a vertical layering of the sound. For example, I hear the vocals on one level while hearing the guitars a foot or two below. Interesting.

Tbooe,
It's pretty cool listening to a singer not holding a guitar in front of their face isn’t it? –or- “your mean all instruments don’t line up ruler flat along the horizontal axis of our tweeters?” : )

When I first got my power cords from SR I plugged them in, and promptly unplugged them and daisy chained them to my Sub Zero- brrrrr. You've got to let them burn in before they open up and settle down.

I am still working on my review however in my system the new Tesla power cords exhibit the same traits as my Tesla interconnects and speaker cables. Holographic sound staging, timbreal accuracy, dramatic front to back, top to bottom, and side to side layering, air through the ceiling, transparency, non fatiguing natural detail, and a black background from which micro transients and minute inner detail spring forth where before I heard only low level noise.

From what I gather the Hologram D was engineered to work in conjunction with other Tesla power cords as a “system” and this was confirmed by an email exchange I had with SR, as well as their website. If you’re going to run Hologram D you may need to combine it with Hologram A or Precision AC or T3 on your amp, and T2 on your pre amp. These power cords seem to “balance” each other very well- especially at the upper end of the line. My take so far is that the Precision AC is the most pinpoint, the Hologram A sounding like a cross between a Precision AC and a Hologram D while adding warmth to my system, and T3 has a rich yet detailed presentation with a liquid sound field and a “round” quality to image placement. If you are not going to run the Hologram system, or if you’re not going to add other Tesla cables down the road, you may be better off running T3.

I don’t want to give too much away from my review but the net result is unlike anything I have ever heard before. Just like Instanbulu, I am having trouble finding words to convey my experience with these cables.

>>I am having trouble finding words to convey my experience with these cables.<<

Silence is golden.

Tbooe...

I agree with your sense of vertical layering in the sound stage. I had the same experience/observations/conclusions when I listened to Ted's system at SR a couple of weekends ago.

As you wrote,

>>the SR cords tend to create a vertical layering of the sound. For example, I hear the vocals on one level while hearing the guitars a foot or two below. Interesting.<<

What interests me both in this thread's users of Tesla cables and my own experiences with Ted's engineering and products is how some aspects of synesthesia seem to be occurring, recurring, and remarked upon...

"...I teach my eyes to hear, my ears to see..." (Roethke)

I find this convergence of senses fascinating... this is not surpising in live performance (because it's there in front of us), but this increasingly visual interaction of the auditory experience in recorded reproduction in two channel through SR cables does surprise me ...

(ramble, ramble!)

some aspects of the imagination (the image-making portion of our mind)is at work here revealed in plain sight (as in "hidden in plain sight").

btw... nice people, Ted and Elliot... very kind and generous with their time and very patient and thoughtful with questions and comments.

I am very interested in your thoughts and evaluations of the Tesla PCs you are auditioning.

istanbulu, I will definitely keep you updated via personal email as I audition these cables more. I am actually looking forward to taking them out of my system when I have to return them to the Cable Co. From my experience, I am most able to hear differences when a component is taken out of my system vs put in.