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Synergy..what is it and why pay for it

Im fairly new to this hobby although Im an ex touring musician and a lover of most music formats for some 45 years..My system is modest (35 grand+/-)and im continually trying to improve it.My quest in better sound was to improve on my ICs..CD to pre to amp..Just for giggles a couple of my music buddies and I sat down and did the blind taste test on different cables as suggested by a member here last week .. My Nordost were taken out of the chain and replaced by entry level cables costing maybe $50 a few years ago..None of use could really tell a difference..Maybe a tad but not to the tune of $600 on the used market..So im thinking along with the others what the heck ...Can some one please explain to me what synergy is and how to obtain it.....thanks
missioncoonery
ohlala
993 posts
 
I don't think the term is helpful. It is lazy, subjective, skirts detailed impressions and omits objective explanations as to why paired components sound good. How to get synergy is like asking how do a get a nice system. Learning how to read product measurements and understand designs and what sound they yield I think is key.

I do not know about your cable experiment of course, but ime most cables are predictable in their sonic attributes across systems and are not difficult to match. People often have their favorites.
wwshull
157 posts
 
if i were you i would try the top ofthe line stereovox interconnects i replaced me nordost tyr cables with them and it was like night and day
eee3
214 posts
 
Synergy simply put is all components in your system working
together(in combination)to produce a well defined, detailed and balanced sound without any one component overshadowing the other rather each complimenting the other in what it's suppose to be doing.
It is harder to achieve than one would think. It takes a lot of experimenting and auditioning components and cables.
When you achieve it, you will know it.
I left out the word balanced in the first thread.
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