Synergistic Research - NEW Element Cables

I recently "borrowed" four XLR cables from the Cable Company.All were 1 meter in length with an MSRP of roughly 1-2K$.All four sounded bettter( a couple only marginally so) then my long term reference ZU Varial. I connected them between my PS Audio MKII DAC & my Cary SLP-05 preamp.The one cable that really stood out was the Synergistic Research tungsten element. Even a non audiophile but music loving friend was very surprised by the change. He said" I find it hard to believe that just changing one cable could make such a difference." The most noticeable difference was the soundstage. This cable is a soundstaging champ.It might sacrifice a little(very little)detail to one of the others I tried but it was bar none easily the best of the four I auditioned.I have never had a speaker,power or interconnect cable make such an instant positive impression on me and others as this one did.I have been in this hobby for a while and with most cables the differences or changes I have heard are much closer to subtle then dramatic.Subtle differences allow me to keep my money in my wallet.I am glad that it was the last cable I auditioned because it made the decision to purchase one very easy even though it was the most expensive of the four.In the future as funds permit I plan to try additional Element interconnects in my system.

I just borrowed a pair of the XOT's from the Cable Company.I was already using a pair of the Stein Music speaker match pluses(SMP's) so I was able to compare them. I have electrostats that are set up for bi-wiring and I had the Stein Music SMP's on the top pair the of speaker posts which are for the panel.I liked what the SMP's did which was provide a little more musical detail with a slightly deeper soundstage. My wife who really doesn't listen much to my stereo immediately noticed the improvement as they are very easy to connect or disconnect as I was using banana connections. The Synergistic Research XOT is very similar in the improvements it provides but I think they are a little bit better in resolving detail but please remember that I only used these on the panels input not the woofer connection. I decided to keep the XOT's and I dropped the SMP's down to the woofer inputs and I was shocked at how much they tightened up the bass.You can try the XOT's for 30 days free but if you have the SMP's I wouldn't bother unless you have speakers that are set up for bi-wiring and might want to try what I did.

Solowski I agree with your findings on the MPC's but I think you will be surprised if you try one of the Synergistic Research Transporters for cable shielding. I am a little surprised that the dealer you went to did not suggest this. I sold all my Galileo MPC's & I told one buyer who was looking to purchase more to try a Transporter before doing so.