“Examining the Criticism: Is Synergistic Research Unfairly Singled Out in the High-End Audio Industry?”

[Ted Denney III]

Here is the cable management behind the racks of the best system I have ever heard:

View attachment 143893

Wisdom Audio set up the system, they arranged how the cables were organized. I was simply the young man who spent tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket, and clogged up his factory for over two weeks building cables for the system you see here. If you would like to hear arguably the best sounding system on planet Earth, I invite you to visit my factory in Southern California.

Ted Denney
Lead designer, CEO Stnergistic Research Inc.

 

[Ted Denney III]

Okay, I would like to first explain to you and everyone else here that I have nothing personal against or for your company. I am not affiliated with your company in any way. I have not ever tried, nor bought one of your products. I don't even recall ever hearing any of your products in the rigs I have heard/auditioned (they were not specifically pointed out ). But, you asked for it. This is a post from a good friend of mine who bought one of your Orange fuses.

Synergistic research orange fuses

So, in full disclosure I did not even bother installing these.

forum.polkaudio.com

Then there are these threads as well, to name but a couple -

Audiogon Discussion Forum

I live in California and a couple of weeks ago we had strange lightning storms that started the many fires burning in the State. It also fried the fuse...

forum.audiogon.com

Synergistic Research SR Orange Fuse snake oil ?

audiophilestyle.com

Now, I will say this. I know audio companies do need to make a profit but if below is all you do to a 1 or $2 stock fuse, then maybe it is the markup that causes folks to dislike your products or consider your products, "Snake oil". It is also my understanding that you also sell fuses that are in the thousands of dollars. I would hope those aren't stock fuses as well. Based upon what I am reading below, all you do is demagnetize and cryo' this fuse (and I'm quite sure you don't do this one at a time, you do it in bulk)......how do you even come close to justifying the cost to the end user?

View attachment 143876

Throwing fancy words at two basic things that you alter with said fuse, probably doesn't help your case either. That said, I have no skin in the game to either support, nor defend your company with regards to any of this.

And before you ask, yes. I am quite familiar with demagnetizing tools and cryogenic treatment/costs. Out of curiosity, the word "Quantum".....it cracks me up and makes me roll my eyes anytime I read this word when it comes to treatments in audio. Is that your way of saying cryo'd? If not, please explain this "Quantum" stuff. In real layman's terms......and please don't come back with, "proprietary". That would just throw up the BS flag for folks who will read your response even higher.

One other thing I have read about over the years, is that the failure rate of fuses at the startup (initial surge) seems to be rather high. The empirical evidence shows that SR is mentioned (at least online) more than any other company, when it comes to this.

Tom

So it sounds like you have an issue with our fuses, and you believe that they blow quickly on start up. Is this correct?

The second point you make, is you take issue with our marketing terms? You don’t like to see the word quantum, and if you do, that automatically disqualifies a company in your mind. Is this also correct?

And lastly, you have absolutely zero experience with our products, you’ve not heard them, you’ve not used them, and you have absolutely no idea whatsoever, whether they work, if they’re effective, or not. is this also correct?

I ask these questions because I want to make absolutely certain I understand your position before I address each of your points.

 

[MarkusBarkus]

Here is the cable management behind the racks of the best system I have ever heard:

...I would be embarrassed if my system looked like this. Two concepts come to mind:
1) cable choice and management make no difference in sound quality.
2) something unseen/not described in the referenced pic mitigates this snakenest.

I suppose a third aspect could be in play: we have different ideas regarding what "the best system" might mean. I recognize you wrote that you "have ever heard," and hearing a great outcome is the key goal, I imagine.

I guess your point is: your cable system can look like complete s**t and still sound great? OK by me. I don't have to look at it.

 

[PeterA]

Wisdom Audio set up the system, they arranged how the cables were organized. I was simply the young man who spent tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket, and clogged up his factory for over two weeks building cables for the system you see here. If you would like to hear arguably the best sounding system on planet Earth, I invite you to visit my factory in Southern California.

Ted Denney
Lead designer, CEO Stnergistic Research Inc.

You could post a video of your system playing music. That would be quite revealing.

 

[Ted Denney III]

You could post a video of your system playing music. That would be quite revealing.

This is way before iPhones. I have no video footage of this system whatsoever. In fact, the posting of this brought it back to memory.

 

[treitz3]

So it sounds like you have an issue with our fuses, and you believe that they blow quickly on start up. Is this correct?

Good morning to you. As previously stated, I have no issues with your fuses, as I have not ever tried one. On page 1 of this thread, I asked if you wanted me to go there. Well, here we are. I am just relaying to you/answering what your query was (Seen below in quote). [EDIT:] Sorry, I missed one of your questions - As far as the fuses blowing quickly upon startup? Yes. I have read countless posts over the years that suggest that this happens with a frequency that is unacceptable (to me). I am not about to go looking at all of the posts I have read over the years that have mentioned this, which is why I stated that the "Empirical evidence suggests".

@Ted Denney III - are you sure you want to go here?

I am not trying to challenge you but I may have an answer to at least (part) of your query. The thing is....you may not like what comes next.

Your call.

Tom

The second point you make, is you take issue with our marketing terms? You don’t like to see the word quantum, and if you do, that automatically disqualifies a company in your mind. Is this also correct?

It's not just myself that takes issue with your marketing terms. This is even evidenced in this thread by multiple people. For me? It just raises my own personal BS flag up. As for disqualifying a product that uses the word quantum? Well, I'll be honest with you here. I almost never rely on anything a manufacturer claims. The only thing that is important to me is the end result as to what hits my ears. I rely more on hearing something first hand or reading everything I can on a component (from all available sources) and/or trusting the ears of a select few.

And lastly, you have absolutely zero experience with our products, you’ve not heard them, you’ve not used them, and you have absolutely no idea whatsoever, whether they work, if they’re effective, or not. is this also correct?

I have already answered this, but I will repeat myself.

Okay, I would like to first explain to you and everyone else here that I have nothing personal against or for your company. I am not affiliated with your company in any way. I have not ever tried, nor bought one of your products. I don't even recall ever hearing any of your products in the rigs I have heard/auditioned (they were not specifically pointed out ).

For the record, I have nothing for or against SR. You were the one who came here to inquire about criticisms you fell were unfairly pointed at SR. My response is doing exactly what you inquired about. I have no dog in this fight.

I will say this. After my buddy posted his thread, I immediately stopped looking at any Synergistic fuses. That's just me though and this is just honest feedback. And yes, I know full well what fuses, PC's and other tweaks do to a rig. They have the *potential* to make or break a system.

Tom

 

[Ted Denney III]

I will say this. After my buddy posted his thread, I immediately stopped looking at any Synergistic fuses. That's just me though and this is just honest feedback. And yes, I know full well what fuses, PC's and other tweaks do to a rig. They have the *potential* to make or break a system.

Tom, I will address each of your points. And yes, they are unfair, and I’m happy to dispel them. First of all the fuse that you show or that is shown in a forum five years ago, that was a counterfeit fuse. From time to time we have counterfeit issues, this was one of those times. You can tell by the paper used for the fuse label, and you can tell by the markings on the fuse. That did not come from my factory. Full stop.

 

[treitz3]

Tom, I will address each of your points. And yes, they are unfair, and I’m happy to dispel them. First of all the fuse that you show or that is shown in a forum five years ago, that was a counterfeit fuse. From time to time we have counterfeit issues, this was one of those times. You can tell by the paper used for the fuse label, and you can tell by the markings on the fuse. That did not come from my factory. Full stop.

They did, however, come from an authorized dealer and were dropped shipped directly to him from your factory. Here is verification.



Tom

 

[Elliot G.]

Well the “controversy” whether real or not now has 69 comments are rising.
So good job lol
Ted you are a master

 

[MarkusBarkus]

Ted you are a master

...ah, so baiting us? I get it.

 

[PeterA]

If you would like to hear arguably the best sounding system on planet Earth, I invite you to visit my factory in Southern California.

Ted Denney
Lead designer, CEO Stnergistic Research Inc.

This is way before iPhones. I have no video footage of this system whatsoever. In fact, the posting of this brought it back to memory.

I think you misunderstand my request. You state you have a system at your factory, which is the best system on planet Earth. Please make an iPhone video of this best system and share it on WBF.

 

[Elliot G.]

...ah, so baiting us? I get it.

lol

 

[Ted Denney III]

Part 1:
The following outlines why Synergistic Research technology, product development philosophy, and marketing strategy currently defines the High End audio industry for best practices.

First the fuse in the link you provided is a blatant forgery. The five year-old thread, which you pointed to, shows a picture of a counterfeit fuse. You can tell by the label paper, and you can tell by the writing on the fuse. That did not come from my factory. Full stop. As to the value proposition you apply to SR fuses, Synergistic Research fuses are sold with a no risk 30-day money back guarantee through participating retailers. It is telling that we sell in excess of 10,000 fuses per year, so amortizing the cost between Pink ($395) and Master Fuses ($595), that’s over $8 million worth of fuses sold in 2024 at retail. With a no risk moneyback guarantee, and less than 2% return rate. I am confident that our fuses are the best sounding fuses for the broadest possible cross-section of systems on the market today. For if they were not, we would not be at the number one position we are.

History— I first entered the fuse market in 2012 where Hi-Fi Tuning of Germany owned the market, Robert Stein of The Cable Co. was the North American importer of Hi-Fi Tuning Fuses, he was the largest retailer of high-end audio fuses in North America and Europe. I initially approached him to be the distributor of my fuses, thinking that his unique market position would bring fast success to the SR 20 fuse, which was our 20th anniversary product. He declined, and I set out to market our fuses in house. Fast-forward nearly 14 years, and we sell more specialty fuses for Audio worldwide than all other manufacturers combined. And The Cable Company? They practically can’t give away the fuses they once imported.

As for reports that SR fuses blow quickly, they are sensitive, especially the fast blow fuses and this is by design, if a circuit has an issue, it won’t be a Synergistic Research fuse that caused the problem. However when anyone has an issue with a fuse blowing within the first 30 days, we offer a prompt refund but this is rare. Typically, this occurs when people either specify a fast blow for a slow blow fuse, or pick the wrong value. But again, we stand behind people even when they make a mistake. As a 32-year-old company growing year over year, we pride ourselves in the care we give to our customers.

Ted Denney

Lead designer, CEO, Synergistic Research Inc.

 

[Ted Denney III]

Part 2:
As for marketing language, I’d have to go on my website to confirm, but I believe quantum is only applied to a conditioning process that involves hitting conductors with a large Tesla Coil. We are transparent in the fact that Quantum Tunneling is a branding term. And just as GM’s Turbo Flight transmission did not involve forced air induction, Quantum Tunneling involves hitting a cable with extremely high voltage generated from a Tesla Coil. We are transparent in this.

As for marketing language in general, Synergistic Research is no more hyperbolic in our product descriptions than any of our major competitors. None of our competitors submit their products for third-party testing, nor do objective measurements conclusively or even reasonably correlate to subjective performance. That’s why we emphasize auditioning our products, and trying them at home in your system, so you can make up your mind as to whether or not SR performs as advertised. Back when Audio products were marketed primarily on numbers and measurements, it was the total harmonic distortion War which produced some of the most spectacularly shitty sounding electronics in the history of Audio.

Measurements are vital when developing a product in house, you can avoid certain problems, but it does not correlate the sound quality. It only serves to assert a negative. The difference between mid-fi and hi-fi, is that high-end products are designed around measurements but ultimately final products are based on decisions made during their development process that involve subjective double blind listening tests. This is how we develop products at Synergistic Research, a combination of objective measurements, many of which are proprietary, so we don’t use them in our marketing literature, and then assessing forks in the road when designing a circuit or a cable, where option A. sounds different than option B where both measure fundamentally the same, we pick the option that sounds best. Or if there’s no difference, we will pick the option that costs less to implement, thereby allowing us to hit more competitive price points at retail. If you read our product descriptions, which are written by me, I give an accurate summation of what I hear, subjectively with the product, as well as any design intentions I had going into the project. Far from this being a problem, our consumers who have experience with our products, tell us that my descriptions perfectly match what they hear, and that they find this very useful When sorting through our catalog and deciding what to try next.

Ted Denney

Lead designer, CEO, Synergistic Research Inc.

 

[Ted Denney III]

Part 2:
As for marketing language, I’d have to go on my website to confirm, but I believe quantum is only applied to a conditioning process that involves hitting conductors with a large Tesla Coil. We are transparent in the fact that Quantum Tunneling is a branding term. And just as GM’s Turbo Flight transmission did not involve forced air induction, Quantum Tunneling involves hitting a cable with extremely high voltage generated from a Tesla Coil. We are transparent in this.

As for marketing language in general, Synergistic Research is no more hyperbolic in our product descriptions than any of our major competitors. None of our competitors submit their products for third-party testing, nor do objective measurements conclusively or even reasonably correlate to subjective performance. That’s why we emphasize auditioning our products, and trying them at home in your system, so you can make up your mind as to whether or not SR performs as advertised. Back when Audio products were marketed primarily on numbers and measurements, it was the total harmonic distortion War which produced some of the most spectacularly shitty sounding electronics in the history of Audio.

Measurements are vital when developing a product in house, you can avoid certain problems, but it does not correlate the sound quality. It only serves to assert a negative. The difference between mid fire and hi-fi, is that good high-end products, are also designed based on decisions made during their development process that involve subjective double blind listening tests. This is how we develop products at Synergistic Research, a combination of objective measurements, many of which are proprietary, so we don’t use them in our marketing literature, and then assessing forks in the road when designing a circuit or a cable, where option A. sounds different than option B where both measure fundamentally the same, we pick the option that sounds best. Or if there’s no difference, we will pick the option that costs less to implement, thereby allowing us to hit more competitive price points at retail. If you read our product descriptions, which are written by me, I give an accurate summation of what I hear, subjectively with the product, as well as any design intentions I had going into the project. Far from this being a problem, our consumers who have experience with our products, tell us that my descriptions perfectly match what they hear, and that they find this very useful When sorting through our catalog and deciding what to try next.

Ted Denney

Lead designer, CEO, Synergistic Research Inc.

Part 3:
Getting back to the value proposition for Synergistic Research products compared to the greater market, one of our design criteria when developing SR products is to exceed a leading benchmark product at least half the cost. So a cable the costs $1000 needs to perform better in a double blind listening tests in our factory reference system went directly compared to a competitors leading product, again in double blind testing. Meaning, a competitors product that is selling and popular. Specifically, the following SR products perform extremely well when compared to the following products from leading High End audio manufacturers. I invite anyone to duplicate these tests in their home systems, and decide. To this end, we make Synergistic Research products readily available to qualified buyers through our authorized dealer and distributor network.

Foundation XL Interconnects: $1,199 for a 1m pair -compare to Cardas Clear Beyond Interconnects: $3,875 for a 1m pair

Foundation XL Speaker Cables: $1,599 for an 8ft pair compare to Cardas Clear Beyond Speaker Cables: $7,500 for an 8ft pair

SRX XL Power Cord: $13,000 for a 6ft cable compare to Nordost Odin Gold Power Cord: $34,999.99 for a 1.25m cable (about 4.1ft)

PowerCell 8 SX Power Conditioner: $3,995 compare to Shunyata Research Denali 6000/S v2: $6,000.

At the last Toronto Audio Fest, I was using Kharma’s entry-level Speakers, that retail for approximately $57,000 Canadian, and my distributor Tri-Cell international had a different pair of Kharma’s in their room that were approx $120,000 Canadian a pair. That room also had top-of-the-line Cardas cables connecting significantly more expensive electronics. My system was using our near entry-level Foundation XL cable loom. The difference in sound quality between the two rooms was jaw dropping, even though the cables, electronics and the speakers were far less expensive in the Synergistic Research room. When the six pillars of synergy I address with my products are applied with SR products, the whole dramatically exceeds the sum of its parts— guaranteed.

Third Floor Part 2: The Toronto Audiofest 2024 Show Enjoying great tunes on the third floor. Toronto Audiofest 2024 Show Report By Rick Becker Of Enjoy the Music.com

Third Floor Part 2: The Toronto Audiofest 2024 Show Enjoying great tunes on the third floor. Toronto Audiofest 2024 Show Audiophile Show Report By Rick Becker Of Enjoy the Music.com

www.enjoythemusic.com

Ted Denney

Lead designer, CEO, Synergistic Research Inc.

 

[Argonaut]

YAWN …

 

[Ted Denney III]

They did, however, come from an authorized dealer and were dropped shipped directly to him from your factory. Here is verification.

View attachment 143915

Tom

Part 1:
The following outlines why Synergistic Research technology, product development philosophy, and marketing strategy currently defines the High End audio industry for best practices.

First the fuse in the link you provided is a blatant forgery. The five year-old thread, which you pointed to, shows a picture of a counterfeit fuse. You can tell by the label paper, and you can tell by the writing on the fuse. That did not come from my factory. Full stop. As to the value proposition you apply to SR fuses, Synergistic Research fuses are sold with a no risk 30-day money back guarantee through participating retailers. It is telling that we sell in excess of 10,000 fuses per year, so amortizing the cost between Pink ($395) and Master Fuses ($595), that’s over $8 million worth of fuses sold in 2024 at retail. With a no risk moneyback guarantee, and less than 2% return rate. I am confident that our fuses are the best sounding fuses for the broadest possible cross-section of systems on the market today. For if they were not, we would not be at the number one position we are.

History— I first entered the fuse market in 2012 where Hi-Fi Tuning of Germany owned the market, Robert Stein of The Cable Co. was the North American importer of Hi-Fi Tuning Fuses, he was the largest retailer of high-end audio fuses in North America and Europe. I initially approached him to be the distributor of my fuses, thinking that his unique market position would bring fast success to the SR 20 fuse, which was our 20th anniversary product. He declined, and I set out to market our fuses in house. Fast-forward nearly 14 years, and we sell more specialty fuses for Audio worldwide than all other manufacturers combined. And The Cable Company? They practically can’t give away the fuses they once imported.

As for reports that SR fuses blow quickly, they are sensitive, especially the fast blow fuses and this is by design, if a circuit has an issue, it won’t be a Synergistic Research fuse that caused the problem. However when anyone has an issue with a fuse blowing within the first 30 days, we offer a prompt refund but this is rare. Typically, this occurs when people either specify a fast blow for a slow blow fuse, or pick the wrong value. But again, we stand behind people even when they make a mistake. As a 32-year-old company growing year over year, we pride ourselves in the care we give to our customers.

Ted Denney

Lead designer, CEO, Synergistic Research Inc.

 

[Ted Denney III]

Part 1:
The following outlines why Synergistic Research technology, product development philosophy, and marketing strategy currently defines the High End audio industry for best practices.

First the fuse in the link you provided is a blatant forgery. The five year-old thread, which you pointed to, shows a picture of a counterfeit fuse. You can tell by the label paper, and you can tell by the writing on the fuse. That did not come from my factory. Full stop. As to the value proposition you apply to SR fuses, Synergistic Research fuses are sold with a no risk 30-day money back guarantee through participating retailers. It is telling that we sell in excess of 10,000 fuses per year, so amortizing the cost between Pink ($395) and Master Fuses ($595), that’s over $8 million worth of fuses sold in 2024 at retail. With a no risk moneyback guarantee, and less than 2% return rate. I am confident that our fuses are the best sounding fuses for the broadest possible cross-section of systems on the market today. For if they were not, we would not be at the number one position we are.

History— I first entered the fuse market in 2012 where Hi-Fi Tuning of Germany owned the market, Robert Stein of The Cable Co. was the North American importer of Hi-Fi Tuning Fuses, he was the largest retailer of high-end audio fuses in North America and Europe. I initially approached him to be the distributor of my fuses, thinking that his unique market position would bring fast success to the SR 20 fuse, which was our 20th anniversary product. He declined, and I set out to market our fuses in house. Fast-forward nearly 14 years, and we sell more specialty fuses for Audio worldwide than all other manufacturers combined. And The Cable Company? They practically can’t give away the fuses they once imported.

As for reports that SR fuses blow quickly, they are sensitive, especially the fast blow fuses and this is by design, if a circuit has an issue, it won’t be a Synergistic Research fuse that caused the problem. However when anyone has an issue with a fuse blowing within the first 30 days, we offer a prompt refund but this is rare. Typically, this occurs when people either specify a fast blow for a slow blow fuse, or pick the wrong value. But again, we stand behind people even when they make a mistake. As a 32-year-old company growing year over year, we pride ourselves in the care we give to our customers.

Ted Denney

Lead designer, CEO, Synergistic Research Inc.

Part 2:
As for marketing language, I’d have to go on my website to confirm, but I believe quantum is only applied to a conditioning process that involves hitting conductors with a large Tesla Coil. We are transparent in the fact that Quantum Tunneling is a branding term. And just as GM’s Turbo Flight transmission did not involve forced air induction, Quantum Tunneling involves hitting a cable with extremely high voltage generated from a Tesla Coil. We are transparent in this.

As for marketing language in general, Synergistic Research is no more hyperbolic in our product descriptions than any of our major competitors. None of our competitors submit their products for third-party testing, nor do objective measurements conclusively or even reasonably correlate to subjective performance. That’s why we emphasize auditioning our products, and trying them at home in your system, so you can make up your mind as to whether or not SR performs as advertised. Back when Audio products were marketed primarily on numbers and measurements, it was the total harmonic distortion War which produced some of the most spectacularly shitty sounding electronics in the history of Audio.

Measurements are vital when developing a product in house, you can avoid certain problems, but it does not correlate the sound quality. It only serves to assert a negative. The difference between mid-fi and hi-fi, is that high-end products are designed around measurements but ultimately final products are based on decisions made during their development process that involve subjective double blind listening tests. This is how we develop products at Synergistic Research, a combination of objective measurements, many of which are proprietary, so we don’t use them in our marketing literature, and then assessing forks in the road when designing a circuit or a cable, where option A. sounds different than option B where both measure fundamentally the same, we pick the option that sounds best. Or if there’s no difference, we will pick the option that costs less to implement, thereby allowing us to hit more competitive price points at retail. If you read our product descriptions, which are written by me, I give an accurate summation of what I hear, subjectively with the product, as well as any design intentions I had going into the project. Far from this being a problem, our consumers who have experience with our products, tell us that my descriptions perfectly match what they hear, and that they find this very useful When sorting through our catalog and deciding what to try next.

Ted Denney

Lead designer, CEO, Synergistic Research Inc.

 

[Ted Denney III]

Part 2:
As for marketing language, I’d have to go on my website to confirm, but I believe quantum is only applied to a conditioning process that involves hitting conductors with a large Tesla Coil. We are transparent in the fact that Quantum Tunneling is a branding term. And just as GM’s Turbo Flight transmission did not involve forced air induction, Quantum Tunneling involves hitting a cable with extremely high voltage generated from a Tesla Coil. We are transparent in this.

As for marketing language in general, Synergistic Research is no more hyperbolic in our product descriptions than any of our major competitors. None of our competitors submit their products for third-party testing, nor do objective measurements conclusively or even reasonably correlate to subjective performance. That’s why we emphasize auditioning our products, and trying them at home in your system, so you can make up your mind as to whether or not SR performs as advertised. Back when Audio products were marketed primarily on numbers and measurements, it was the total harmonic distortion War which produced some of the most spectacularly shitty sounding electronics in the history of Audio.

Measurements are vital when developing a product in house, you can avoid certain problems, but it does not correlate the sound quality. It only serves to assert a negative. The difference between mid-fi and hi-fi, is that high-end products are designed around measurements but ultimately final products are based on decisions made during their development process that involve subjective double blind listening tests. This is how we develop products at Synergistic Research, a combination of objective measurements, many of which are proprietary, so we don’t use them in our marketing literature, and then assessing forks in the road when designing a circuit or a cable, where option A. sounds different than option B where both measure fundamentally the same, we pick the option that sounds best. Or if there’s no difference, we will pick the option that costs less to implement, thereby allowing us to hit more competitive price points at retail. If you read our product descriptions, which are written by me, I give an accurate summation of what I hear, subjectively with the product, as well as any design intentions I had going into the project. Far from this being a problem, our consumers who have experience with our products, tell us that my descriptions perfectly match what they hear, and that they find this very useful When sorting through our catalog and deciding what to try next.

Ted Denney

Lead designer, CEO, Synergistic Research Inc.

Part 3:
Getting back to the value proposition for Synergistic Research products compared to the greater market, one of our design criteria when developing SR products is to exceed a leading benchmark product at least half the cost. So a cable the costs $1000 needs to perform better in a double blind listening tests in our factory reference system went directly compared to a competitors leading product, again in double blind testing. Meaning, a competitors product that is selling and popular. Specifically, the following SR products perform extremely well when compared to the following products from leading High End audio manufacturers. I invite anyone to duplicate these tests in their home systems, and decide. To this end, we make Synergistic Research products readily available to qualified buyers through our authorized dealer and distributor network.

Foundation XL Interconnects: $1,199 for a 1m pair -compare to Cardas Clear Beyond Interconnects: $3,875 for a 1m pair

Foundation XL Speaker Cables: $1,599 for an 8ft pair compare to Cardas Clear Beyond Speaker Cables: $7,500 for an 8ft pair

SRX XL Power Cord: $13,000 for a 6ft cable compare to Nordost Odin Gold Power Cord: $34,999.99 for a 1.25m cable (about 4.1ft)

PowerCell 8 SX Power Conditioner: $3,995 compare to Shunyata Research Denali 6000/S v2: $6,000.

At the last Toronto Audio Fest, I was using Kharma’s entry-level Speakers, that retail for approximately $57,000 Canadian, and my distributor Tri-Cell international had a different pair of Kharma’s in their room that were approx $120,000 Canadian a pair. That room also had top-of-the-line Cardas cables connecting significantly more expensive electronics. My system was using our near entry-level Foundation XL cable loom. The difference in sound quality between the two rooms was jaw dropping, even though the cables, electronics and the speakers were far less expensive in the Synergistic Research room. When the six pillars of synergy I address with my products are applied with SR products, the whole dramatically exceeds the sum of its parts— guaranteed.

Third Floor Part 2: The Toronto Audiofest 2024 Show Enjoying great tunes on the third floor. Toronto Audiofest 2024 Show Report By Rick Becker Of Enjoy the Music.com​

Third Floor Part 2: The Toronto Audiofest 2024 Show Enjoying great tunes on the third floor. Toronto Audiofest 2024 Show Audiophile Show Report By Rick Becker Of Enjoy the Music.com
www.enjoythemusic.com

Ted Denney

Lead designer, CEO, Synergistic Research Inc.

 

[treitz3]

Ted, repeating your words will not help to dilute this thread. Ya' gotta learn the quote feature here, and please stop with the repeat posts.

They did, however, come from an authorized dealer and were dropped shipped directly to him from your factory. Here is verification.

View attachment 143915

Tom

First the fuse in the link you provided is a blatant forgery. The five year-old thread, which you pointed to, shows a picture of a counterfeit fuse. You can tell by the label paper, and you can tell by the writing on the fuse.

That may very well be the case, but you also have to put it into context (see below)

That did not come from my factory. Full stop.

If you look at the email chain screenshot (which is now reduced to an attachment on the quote from me) at the beginning of this post, this was from my very close friend. This verifies that the fuses pictured on his 5 year old thread did, in fact, come from your factory. Yes, they were ordered through an authorized dealer. If you take a close look at the email, right above the confirmation number, you will see that.....and I quote, "SR drop-shipped this".

That means that it came from your factory, or wherever it is that you ship your products from.

Yet, you still state that they did not come from you. I don't get that, nor will I argue with you about this. I'd rather let the readers of this thread decide on their own who to trust or not trust, but I will say this. My friend (of which I have known for over half of his life) has worked with me, partnered up in a business with me, almost started a speaker company with me and he has been a close, personal friend and audio buddy of mine for many, many trips around the sun. He is one of those select few whose ears I trust and obviously, I have already trusted him with my families/my own livelihood. In all of the years I have known him, he is as straight a shooter as one would ever meet. He has no agendas, nor any reason for competition within what you sell.

The proof is in the pudding. I show you proof that they came straight from your factory AND that they were also purchased from an authorized dealer.....yet, you proceed to tell me that they are fakes? Okay, then explain why your factory is sending out fakes, because as clearly shown, this is exactly where they came from.

The friend I am referring too here (that posted that 5 year old thread I linked) knows about this thread and so far, has not chimed in, but he is probably following it at this point. He may or may not chime in but given the texts I have received today from him? He's not so warm and bubbly about your denial. I'll keep the "actual" words private and just leave it at that.

Tom