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.
I was a speaker / interconnect cable denier until I purchased a good set and listened. I was an power cable denier until I purchased a good set and listened. I was a isolation denier until I started experimenting with those cheap Nobsound springs. Fuses are waiting for me to get home and listen. I will absolutely purchase a set of the Tuning Discs based on what I have already experienced.
If you haven't tried a product, why would we ever care what you think about it? I thought this place was to share knowledge about the gear and music we've listened to in our systems. Am I wrong?
If you haven't tried a product, why would we ever care what you think about it? I thought this place was to share knowledge about the gear and music we've listened to in our systems. Am I wrong
Apparently for the same reason we should care about your confirmation bias. But hey....no one like to admit looking like a fool.
The cult of the Naysayer Doctrine, wants you to accept their revelations, by faith (ie: YOUR senses and mental faculties are worthless and deceitful).
You MUST follow their precepts, or- be eternally DAMNED to partake of their (seemingly) inexhaustible and ubiquitous fountain of misinformed/uneducated, faith-based, hubris-salted, BLATHER (Dunning-Kruger, at it's finest).
These “contrarians” who poo-poo the efficacy of expensive tweaks, cables (and any audio product for that matter) often appear in many other forums, threads, audio groups, questioning the merits of expensive audio products. They are either disgruntled with their lot in life (e.g. a spouse who wears the proverbial pants, a wallet that squeaks so loud they hate to open it, etc.) or their skills of self-persuasion require constant exercising with selfish expectations of indulgence on our part.
Not having a fact-based opinion because it's foreclosed by those circumstances, however, doesn't prevent them from expressing their frustration-based comments.
It's not about whether they can or cannot afford to pay more. Hobbyists who operate within a prescribed budget are quite content with value-based high performance systems and work diligently to accomplish that end. They bear no grudge against those who chose to spend more.
I can guarantee you all one thing: The price to pay for serious audio equipment will never be determined by the buyer--despite the fervent wishes of nearly everyone on this site.
Part of being an audiophile is knowing something about what’s going on inside the gear. Hence, the knowledge that a resistor costs pennies, etc., can lead to mistaken conclusions about the entire design and fabrication process. If the price is too high, sales will lag and you will be able to buy it in 2 years at what you consider a "fair" price.
Personally, I have no problem finding enough affordable upgrades to satisfy me and totally frustrate my partner--and bank account.
for the mapman heroin comparison, if I knew I would need to buy extra discs each week, more and more every week, and that my system would ultimately be destroyed, I wouldn't care how good they sounded, I would stay far away...
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