New Synergistic Research Carbon Tuning Discs

[tommylion]

Highend-electronics also has them in stock. I have dealt with both companies, and both are excellent.

 

[ozzzy]

Facten,
I hope I can answer the question correctly. My Townshend F1 speaker cables did come without the connectors, just bare wires because I preferred to use WBT spades which was not an option.

ozzy

 

[ozzzy]

tommylion,
I am looking forward to your impression of the SR discs.
ozzy

 

[facten]

Okay thanks ozzy I understand your response. I'll follow-up with Ted at SR to ask regarding placement on interconnects - connector or cable itself

 

[Republicoftexas69]

Look at this

Okay thanks ozzy I understand your response. I'll follow-up with Ted at SR to ask regarding placement on interconnects - connector or cable itself

Check this out'

 

[Republicoftexas69]

Look at this

Check this out'

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Another shot for speaker cable.

 

[twitch]

so, they work better than the 'magic pebbles' ?

 

[Republicoftexas69]

so, they work better than the 'magic pebbles' ?

No idea as I have not used either yet.

Nice thing about SR products is you can send them back.....

 

[twitch]

Nice thing about SR products is you can send them back.....

the other nice thing is, one does not need to buy into their snake oil ! Could someone explain to me what these discs do from the perspective of actual science. I can't for the life of me see anything but audiophool BS here ??

 

[Republicoftexas69]

the other nice thing is, one does not need to buy into their snake oil ! Could someone explain to me what these discs do from the perspective of actual science. I can't for the life of me see anything but audiophool BS here ??

Ozzy has them in his system so ask him.
See you later.

 

[twitch]

New Synergistic Product: Tuning Discs

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tommylion,
Hello there!

Here is what I posted on Audiogon that got deleted.
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I was lucky enough to be asked to try out a prototype of a new Synergistic Research product. For now, I think they are calling it a Tuning disc.

What it looks like is a small wafer (smaller than a dime and is very thin). They are either in gold or purple tops and are attached using some tacking substance. I placed 2 on top of my Shunyata Sigma V2 interconnects.

I wasn’t expecting much but whoa, did these things work! First, I tried the purple on my interconnects and boy did the soundstage widen with lots of air.

Then I tried the gold discs and though the sound stage shrunk perhaps a little but the naturalness of the music was fantastic!

I know, I know, I was skeptical too. But these little buggers are impressive. So much so that they may transform the high-end cable business, they're that good.

ozzy

Ozzy, what measurable science backs this up ? Sorry, but SR and their ridiculous 'color schemes' (discs, fuses, etc) makes me cringe

 

[djsina2]

Ozzy, what measurable science backs this up ? Sorry, but SR and their ridiculous 'color schemes' (discs, fuses, etc) makes me cringe

As someone who doesn’t believe in many of the ridiculous things people in audio do I’ll say the purple fuses were extremely easy to notice the difference with. You may or may not like the difference but I imagine if you can’t hear it something else is wrong. For the record I didn’t keep mine or the QSA but it was nice to hear for myself.

 

[tommylion]

So nice to have an ignore button…

 

[tommylion]

djsina2,

Kudos to you for wanting to find out for yourself, and trying the fuses. From my perspective, it's a little hard to understand someone not liking what the purple fuses do, but… I haven’t heard them in your system. You tried them, and decided they weren’t for you. That’s all that really matters.

 

[facten]

Thank you Republicoftexas69 for the pictures of their placement ; they answer my question

 

[ozzzy]

twitch,
I have no idea how they work, but they work well in my system. I guess you'll have to try them to determine if you like them. They do come with a 30-day money back guarantee.

ozzy

 

[ozzzy]

facten,
I guess I misunderstood your question. Yes, I have the interconnect and speaker cables placed as shown in the pictures.
I have the gold on the interconnects and the purple on the speaker cables.

ozzy

 

[facten]

facten,
I guess I misunderstood your question. Yes, I have the interconnect and speaker cables placed as shown in the pictures.
I have the gold on the interconnects and the purple on the speaker cables.

ozzy

No problem ozzy, the pictures show where on the cables to place the discs which was what I was after. Thanks, and glad that they are providing SQ benefits in your system. I am going to wait a bit to try them as I recently purchased Tchernov Ref 2 RCAs for my main system and want to break them in further before adding something else into the equation.

 

[twitch]

From my perspective, it's a little hard to understand someone not liking what the purple fuses do

what exactly is 'your perspective' ? when looking at the ad copy from SR on these ridiculous dots there is not one bit of believable science associated with them, yet they are happy to suck $200 out of your wallet !! Scott Naylor, go ahead and pin me with another 'sad' badge and then look in the mirror so as to see what sad really looks like !

 

[Argonaut]

So nice to have an ignore button…

How curious , You have only just joined the forum and are pontificating about ignoring established members for asking what appears to be a reasonable question !