Synergistic Research Atmosphere UEFs level 1 vs SR Atmosphere X's level 1

I know just what you mean. Why I been saying for years wire is equally as important a component as any other.

Not surprised to hear that femoore12. I've been using Synergistic since going back to the 90's. Usually when they come out with a new generation the lowest level of the new is better than pretty high up in the previous generation. In other words a generation is a pretty big step up. I think what happened was they got good enough with Atmosphere to come out with a much more affordable Foundation line and yet still have that "entry level" line be really good. Odds are Foundation are about as good or maybe even better than UEF. I just never compared to know for sure.

Haven't compared them to each other, but Atmosphere level 3 are superb, with excellent bass, transparency without edge or glare, and a really nice big deep 3D sound stage.