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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.
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douglas_schroeder
3,281 posts
 
Stltains, You're quite right. I'm willing to lay off the rhetoric, to let go of the argument. This is a very interesting thread, and I also hope it continues to reveal some good experiences people have had using cables.
rwwear
2,847 posts
 
I agree. I should not have said what I said.
sherod
1,690 posts
 
Back to the original post, I recently had a similar experience with a new power cord that you had with the new Synergistic cord. I haven't experienced yet the new Apex cord using the Tesla technique, but it is intriguing to me and I would like very much to audition one some day. In the meantime, a new company, Fusion Audio, has come out with a trio of power cords using copper or a copper/silver blend of ribbons and foils and I am taken back at just how good they are. I have been a power cord junky for over 5 years now and have experienced some of the best cords out there. This new Fusion company has bettered any cord that I have ever tried. Over the years I have found a nice blend of ribbon cords with other types to be a good mix in my system. I have been particularly fond of certain ribbon-type cords especially on my tube monoblocks and tube preamp. There's something magical about the synergy of a good ribbon power cord with a good tube component. I cherry-picked a mix of Elrod and Electraglide to fine tune my system to be as natural and lifelike as possible and have been very happy until I tried these new Fusion Audio power cords out. They are superior in all respects to any power cord that I've had in my system. And what is really a neat thing for me and other budget conscious audiophiles is that the Fusion cords are less expensive than these well-known cords which they bested. I am a very happy man right now. Never have I enjoyed the musicality of my system than I am now with the addition of these new power cords. One of those rare times when everything just clicked in. Someone please slap me to make sure that I'm not dreaming?
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sherod
1,690 posts
 
Tvad,
Yes, the $1,200.00 is their suggested retail, but as they are a new company, they are selling all their cords at substantially lower introductory prices in order to get them out in good systems. Word of mouth is what they are hoping will get them accepted as a superior power cord that is priced very reasonably. These new cords are not only superior to the Electraglides, i.e. Epiphany X( I still have one of the originals) but are built much better with a lot more conductors than what Scott Hall used. A better comparison for price and performance would be to the Dream State power cord line. Even at full retail the Fusion Audio power cords are priced roughly half of the Dream State cords and in my opinion the Fusion cords are a more musical and neutral power cord than the Dream State. Also, the Impulse model is their middle priced cord at $1,200.00. Their entry level cord, the Predator, retails for $550.00, are the cords that I have on my amps. The Predators beat out a pair of Elrod Sig 3 cords in my system. The Impulse is on my preamp and it fully beat out the Epiphany X there. They also have a 30 day return policy. IMHO and YMMV.
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