Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments?

Glory,
I have no idea what your agenda is but it is obviously there for all to see with your flagrant baiting. It is a sorry state of affairs when this sort of thing starts to happen on these forums -- once again. We have seen this time and again here -- people allowed to come onto forums and gratuitously trash manufacturers with information that is not only totally false but that is also intentionally malicious.

The fact is that the HiDiamonds have the very highest build quality of any cables I have ever seen -- made with graphite, 4 x purified, with obviously expensive terminations -- the most sophisticated high-end terminations that I have ever seen on any speaker cables. And the sound quality of HiDiamond cables is the best of any cables I have ever heard. So where you come off with these totally outlandish statements -- while lobbing grenades over the fence -- is totally beyond me.

Worldwidewholesales and Sabai,

Actually, unlike Synergistic Research, HiDiamond does not offer their cables for in home trial. If you want to try HiDiamond cables, you must first buy HiDiamond cables. When I discovered this I lost interest. I mean if their cables are so great why don't they make them readily available for in home auditions?

Anyway, my brand new Element Copper/Tungsten (32-amp), Element CTS A and Element CTS D are on their way and I'm very excited for the upgrade. I'm going to enjoy a mix of Tesla SE and Element power cables in my system. I for one trust Synergistic and Ted. I've been using Synergistic for years and I never had a complaint about how does my system. I enjoy it everyday and I just hope you all too cause come down to it that’s what’s it’s all about. My mouth drops every time I listen to my main system. To me that’s what it's all about at any price level. I just got the upgrade bug and going to see what this new Element series is all about. I have years of experience with Shunyata Research, PS Audio, DCCA, Hi-Fi Tuning, Morrow, Wireworld, Audioquest, Voodoo, Virtual Dynamics, Mapleshade, Pangaea, Belkin, Monoprice to name a few. And I still enjoy, upgrade when new line is out and use these brands in my many other audio systems I own. But I prefer Synergistic Research for my main 2-channel high end system.

Joeyboynj,
I did not lose interest at all. Why should I? How much of a gamble is it to try a power cord that has been universally acclaimed? Not much, IMO. I gambled and I won -- like the vast majority of others who have "gambled" on HiDiamond cables.

I only trust -- inside or outside the audio business -- to the extent that Ronald Reagan expressed: "Trust but verify." I trust my own experience and my own judgment. In the case of audio, I also trust my own ears. My ears have never let me down with HiDiamond cables. I have had both good and bad experiences with SR equipment.

You got an upgrade on your new SR cables? I didn't know they had an upgrade program Please provide the details. I thought they only had an "up-trade" program. Up-trade is not at all the same as upgrade. With the former you lose a substantial part of your investment. But with the latter you do not. If SR had an upgrade program for their Powercell I would not have had to take a huge haircut when I sold mine recently. If you wait long enough the Powercell you bought last year and may want to sell this year or next year may have no resale value at all.

This is the kind of think that irks me so much. A good quality amp or a pre-amp or a DAC or a transport or an isolation transformer or a power regenerator can retain a lot of its original value and, if sold off, can fetch a reasonable price even after many years.

But a power conditioner that sees one iteration after the next loses most of its value eventually -- and is eventually seen as not living up to the marketing hype that accompanied its purchase. Each iteration is accompanied with more superlative superlatives -- and each version eventually becomes redundant. It is not easy to reconcile the two halves of this coin

I used Synergistic's upgrade (up-trade} program. Whatever it's called. I dont have money issues with Synergistic. I have always followed Ted's program and I think its plenty fair. IMO!

Joeyboynj,
That's what I thought. I believe the SR trade-up policy works for those with deep pockets -- not for those who have to watch their budget carefully. With all due respect, if this does not present a money problem for you then your pockets must be deep enough to take the loss without feeling it. This is not my case.