Synergistic Research SRX Speaker Cable, Interconnect, and Power Cord

By Jonathan Valin

The Best for Less

Better than a decade-and-a-half ago, Synergistic Research’s chief cook and bottle washer, Ted Denney, came out with a cable the likes of which I’d never seen or heard before. It was called the Galileo System. Physically, what set this wire apart was the use of strands of different metals (copper/silver alloy, pure silver, pure gold, and pure platinum) that weren’t twisted or bundled together, as they are in every other brand of wire I’m familiar with, but separated into what Denney called “air strings.” In part because these individually jacketed strands of wire weren’t interwoven into massive braids, crosstalk was reduced, capacitance and inductance lowered, skin effects diminished, and transparency to sources greatly increased. The sonic superiority of its unique materials and geometry made the Galileo System a benchmark. It was the best wire I’d heard at that time and remains one of the most innovative products I’ve reviewed.

Synergistic Research’s new top-line SRX …