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Synergistic vs. Acoustic Zen

I'm looking to audition some under $1K speaker cables. Copper probably but open to silver. Looking to tighten up the bass some, add warmth, keep highs very open. Preference for intimate closer-mic'd forward sound vs. 20th row.

From my tooling around, I'm mulling over Acoustic Zen Satori or Holograms, and Synergistic active cables. I'm confused at the number of Synergistic cable variations and obviously can't afford their best models, are the older Signature X2 cables any good?

I won't buy new, I know I'll be swapping these out eventually and don't want to take a bath on resale.
dennis_the_menace
tvad
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Have you auditioned the AZ cables?
Dennis_the_menace (System | Threads | Answers)

No.

I have tried Canare 4S11 (very good), MAS Hybrid Signature (excellent), Purist Audio Venustas (not so good in my system), Silverline Audio Conductor (excellent), and Straley Reality (best of the bunch).
joeyboynj
621 posts
 
I dont recommend the Synergistic X2's. They new Tesla line is 100% better. Look for some Tesla Accelerator speaker cables to come up used. They frequently do in the $800-$900 range.
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bander
334 posts
 
I haven't tried Synergistic but I used to use AZ Satoris. They're an excellent cable and they do keep their value.
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dennis_the_menace OP
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Thx Tvad, that's helpful. What's the difference between the Satori and the Hologram? They seem to be similarly priced, and AZ's site seems to infer that the Hologram is maybe the warmer of the two, which to me sounds like a fatter bottom end, is that right?
leica_man
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http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?fcabl&1190330742&read&keyw&zzsynergistic+zen

Try them both in your system then decide.
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