New Synergistic Product: Tuning Discs


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!

 

Hard to believe that these things work so well, I am really impressed.

ozzy

 

ozzy

Showing 7 responses by perkri

Ok.

Once again, all the same naysayers chime in without having tried the tweak.

Just because your limited experience prevents you from imagining a bigger and more complex universe out there, does not mean it doesn’t exist.

Until you have tried it, and find it doesn’t work, them you really should keep your traps shut.

Same crowd who will not accept a piece of gear can sound amazing if it doesn’t measure well. Insecurity prevents some people from being able to decide if the thing in front of them sounds good. They need to be told by measurements if it’s good.

Such ignorance combined with a sense of superiority. You do realize we are not powering  a lightbulb with a battery right? An audio system is just a tad more complex than that. 
 

 

@jerryg123 

It is difficult to check these things out when not on the market yet, absolutely. Which makes the naysayers look even dumber.

And the marketing end of discussing it here, is nothing new. Many, many products are sent out for review and then discussed on this forum.

The difference is that Ted is directly participating in the discussion. There was a recent post discussing the new Class D amps from Atmasphere. Ralph chimed in to answer questions, which is as it should be. It’s a rare thing to have direct access to the designer of something and have them answer questions.

I didn’t see the public outrage over that I am seeing here.

Wonder why that is…

Guess the haters just love to hate. Especially when it’s something they know nothing about, right?

At it’s core, what is marketing at its best? It’s a tool to help educate the public on potential benefits of a given product. 

But, when people fail to accept that something might work, they let their ignorance fuel their anger.

@pedroeb 

The “man” is constantly trying to stick it to us all, right?

There is no such thing as honesty and integrity, right?

(My experience has shown me those who do not trust others are not particularly trustworthy themselves. They think everyone else, thinks like them) 

We have zero capability of assessing, evaluating or deciding for ourselves, right?

Only you understand and can see the “truth” that eludes the rest of us sheep, right?

This isn’t ivermectin, there is zero risk here. It’s an audio tweek that comes with a money back guarantee. This is a forum for audiophiles where ideas, methods and products are supposed to be discussed, experiences shared and experimentation done so as to better our listening experience. Guess you are not an audiophile? After getting a perfectly linear amp, with .000000001 THD, SNR of 100000db, plugging your ruler flat speakers into it (with lamp cords obviously) and listening to a cd, there is nothing further to discuss. After achieving those all important numbers, the only thing remaining is to discuss how it looks? Wonder how long it will take before the gazpacho police show up and tell us how the gear should look, too.
The ability to assess and evaluate requires a couple of important parts of the human psyche, such as self confidence, knowing and trusting your own senses, learning how to fully use those senses to evaluate and of course, not throwing all those ideas in the book burning pile before being able to asses. Goodness knows informing oneself is a baaaaaaad idea.
 

No need to burn them, they come with a money back guarantee. 

@pesky_wabbit 

 

What? Unless you are using multiple identities here, you have miss read my post my dear. It was directed at @pedroeb 

 

Someones got their knickers in a twist.

@pesky_wabbit 

 

All good brother! I try to avoid doing anything prior to my first pot of coffee.

One of the reasons I come here to read about gear, is to find out about products I might not otherwise considered trying, and see what peoples real world experiences are with them. 
A thoughtful write up as to somethings effectiveness, or lack thereof, is of great value. 
People calling BS on something they have not tried is of zero value whatsoever.

If the designer of the product participates in the discussion and answers questions even better.

If the rules were such that no manufacturer could chime in when one of their products is being discussed or criticized, then we would miss out on a lot of valuable insight. 

I wish more manufacturers would participate here, but given all the vitriol thrown about here about certain products, kinda understand why they don’t. 
 

Remember, they design it. We, just plug it in…