Synergistic Research Galileo SX Power cord. (Opinions on sound quality appreciated).

Ozzy how are you grounding the Galileo’s external shield ground connection? It is very important that you 1st ground the pigtail, and 2nd ground it directly to the wall and definitely not into a power conditioner. Also which UEF tuning bullet are you using? Typically I don’t connect the tuning bullet for the first week, but if it sounds bright, use the Gold bullet and then experiment with the Silver bullet after one week. And whatever you do, make certain you ground that ground pigtail directly to the wall, not into a line conditioner.

Ted Denney,
Lead Designer Synergistic Research Inc. 

Who at my factory claimed there would be very little change? Conditioning and burn in are two different things. Conditioning is a strategic use of frequencies and current to forever shape the sound of a cable. Burn in is what happens when the cable settles into the system. This process is never permanent, when you change a cable from your system, it must settle in again. Before a trade show the cables we take have over 1000 hours on them, and we do everything we can to get sound in our show system within hours of the first day of set up, because it will be at least two days before the system really comes to life. This despite the cables already having over 1000 hours on them.

Ted Denney
Lead Designer, Synergistic Research Inc.

Ozzy yes, the ground does need to go to the same dedicated line. It must not however get plugged into the conditioner. Direct to the wall. The soundstage will improve as it remains grounded, this too must settle in.

Ted Denney
Lead Designer, Synergistic Research Inc.

That’s a misunderstanding. It always takes at least 200 hours for a cable to settle into a system. In the past, with our old conditioning process, the break in process was like a roller coaster, and the cables would sound much worse in the beginning. Relatively speaking they sound better now younger or sooner in the system. The five day burn in does not eliminate break in. There is absolutely no such thing as a cable that is broken in once and for all. A cable must settle into the system it will live in so to speak. The conditioning process is like aging wine, the break in process is like allowing a newly opened bottle of wine to breathe.

Ted Denney
Lead designer, Synergistic Research Inc.

Ozzy, that could be because the other power cords in your system are not Synergistic Research with shields attached to a star ground point. I’ve never tried a single or a few SR cables in a mix with other non-SR cables to ascertain the ground shields performance under a mix and match circumstance. But in a full Synergistic Research loom, where interconnect shields and power cord shields are all tied to a central ground point, the effect is dramatic, and positive.

Ted Denney
Lead Designer, Synergistic Research Inc.

thyname,
Aside from nonstop dump posting whilst hiding behind a fake moniker, do we even know if Georgie Porgie owns a high-end two-channel system? Because anyone who owns a high-end high-performance stereo, knows full well power cords and cables make a world of difference.

Ted Denney
Lead Designer, Synergistic Research Inc.