Your experience with Synergistic Research Foundation SX speaker cables?


I am in the process of auditioning these cables through the Cable Company lending library. I like them so far, and am interested in others’ experience with them, so please share.

tommylion

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I own them, and purchased them a little over a year ago. I’ve been a big fan of their products, and I finally just became a dealer for them about a month ago. 

@tommylion The Galileo SX speaker cable is a very interesting cable. Compared to others that I’ve owned, it is very full sounding (slam and size come into play here) and is incredibly smooth… revealing without overemphasizing detail. It is not the most “exciting” cable I’ve tried, but it is perhaps the most natural.

The tuning bullets are useful for finding the right impedance matching and tonal balance with your system. I personally prefer the gold bullets over the silver regardless of the speaker I switch in. That said, be sure to also experiment with no bullet attached. I have liked some SR cables that way.

Do you own other SR products? Their cables get even better when paired with the Active Ground Box and other tweaks like HFT and Atmosphere. 

And what amp and speakers are you connecting them to?

@tommylion Thanks for correcting me. I completely misread that you were seeking opinions on the Foundation SX. It is a pretty good cable that has some of the sonic signature of the Galileo series, but it is not as gripping and transparent or refined. It is a great introduction to the Synergistic Research sound, but if your system is revealing enough, the Atmosphere SX line is where the magic starts to happen. I would not consider the Foundation SX to give you much of what the Galileo SX provides for much less… that’s what I would say about the Atmosphere SX Excite and Euphoria lines.