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'm auditioning the Tungsten interconnect against some JPS Labs and VooDoo interconnects, all in the $1.3 - 2k per pair range. The Tungsten is hands down the best of the bunch and the difference is readily noticeable. It significantly expands the soundstage and images more palpably. It also does subtle things such as instrumental decay better, probably by virtue of having a quieter background. Instruments sound more articulate and nuanced. I haven't noticed greater bass quantity but it is better defined / tight. I agree that there are gobs of high frequency details and it will a few days to decide if it really is more details or just punched up artificially. But overall this is a very enjoyable cable.

I've been using the silver tuning bullet. The other two are a bit too dark or liquid sounding for my taste (I prefer open and airy) but I could happily live with the grey.

I just won a pair of this cables in a contest but to be honest they are the same price as my whole system MSRP 3,600$ . I will be selling them in this forum as soon as i get them. Pls let me know if you are interested. Thanks

For those of you who have heard the Element speaker cables, is there a big difference between Copper and Tungsten?

Just put a pair of brand new 1M XLR CTS for sale for 2.5K if somebody is interested.