Soundstage, Depth, Detail, Accuracy of instruments.

In my system of B&K and Tannoy, the vocals were set too far back in the mix.

The reason I even looked at these interconnects( I've been using Vampire Wire CCCII)was that I'm so impressed with the Alpha Sterling Speaker cables. At the same time I bought the IC's, I purchased the Reference Digital Coax( Oh my God!). So back to the interconnects. They present a terrific layered soundstage and controlled bass although not as deep as the Vampire. However, here's the issue both my wife and I have with these cables. The voices on music are way back in the stage. The instruments are much more predominant(the singer is standing behind the drum set). If you have very forward sounding speakers, these should balance out your sound. Back on go the CCCII's. As much as I truly enjoy the SR speaker and digital coax cables, the Alpha Sterling Interconnects will be for sale.

Similar Products Used:

Vampire Wire, everybody's useless favorite(Monster), various others.

great open sound stage and very quiet detailing worth every penny.!

x series using power modules

I bought 16 pairs of Alpha sterling w/discreet shielding and I thought that Is a great deal for the sound quality you get out of them and some people like engineers thought I was cracked to buy my $1000.00 pair Revolution referernce cables XLR ends. They are very good on my huge amplifier 700watts Total output but I never crank it that loud. The revolution reference 1st generation was very fanastic but the 2nd generation X series has a lot more bass in them but overall best performance. I have the looking glass II on my tuner (rotel) sound has improved and the signal lock becomes better and more solid. The alpha sterling series is a good cables to test out other audiophiles out there.The sound is amazing the sound stage is so opened and focused in the middle of the room that I am very happy camper now. I just pulled all the monster cables off of my home theater and replaced every interconnector I have to turn the sound down too loud with the SYnergistic reseach cable alpha sterling series.

Similar Products Used:

tarlabs,nordost,true audio, straight wire( eck!) mit,stealth,monster,transparent.

great soundstage.excellent clarity, very open all around sound it is scary

power modules to use for active shielding and too many modules on ac outlet (crowded)

I bought the looking glass phase II RCA, revolution ref. XLR, alpha sterlings RCA and I was blow away by the clarity and sound stage it gives me. I have to burn in about 30-50 hour to get a excellent soundstage and depth out of them.I have A 350 watt @channel amplifier and balanced are great with the revolution reference XLR cables. I will never get rid of them because they have so much realism from sound I get it just make me drool and friends come over they want to know why my stereo sounds so good. I keep telling them the interconnect cables do it but they hear the price they back off but it is worth every penny. I just bought another 10 pairs of alpha sterling with discreet shielding they are wonderfull cables. I just bought a pair of tribratries silver direct for my friends christmas gift and he is excited because once I let him try a apir of mine burned in for 100 hours he fell in love with the cables so I had to buy him some cables. I told him there are better ones out there like alpha sterlings and some day he will get demo pair for himself to try. THe detailed ,clarity and great soundstage go hand in hand in synergistic reasearch product I did buy more for my home theater PRoceed PAVPSD ,Proceed HPA2, HPA3 it rocks the house I would not put anything else but synergistic research cables definitely !!!!

Similar Products Used:

kimberly,nordost true audio,transparent,straight wire(awful) taralabs,monster cable,other weird brands.

Detail and foucs. Clean highs.

A little light on the low side.

At first the Alpha Sterlings made my system sound overly bright but after breaking them in, they worked better than expected. Good convergence and detail. Lacks bottom end drive. The presentation is slightly on the analytical side but that was what I was looking for. These cables will probably work great with tube gear. Overall not as musical as the Cardas cables. More transparent than the popular PBJs which I still keep as reference. My system: Acurus DIA-100, Heart CD6000(tube outputs), Energy C4s.

Similar Products Used:

MITs, Transparent, Cardas, etc.

Total package....everything...

Not a thing....

I''ve tried Ensemble, audioqest, monster, kimber and some other cables. this one got it right. With the other cables my highs were either a little too high making my system sound a little edgy with weak bass and some of the cables just wasn''t there at all. with the alpha sterling I got the total speaker range and the soundstaging and imaging is great..... Marantz SR7000 Recvr Marantz CC4000 OSE CD Player Synergy Alpha Quad Speaker Cables Synergy Alpha Sterling Interconnect Monster Power Center HTS2100

Similar Products Used:

Kimber, Audio Quest, Monster, Ensemble

well made and better sound stage.

they went to change discreet shielding to active shielding.too bad

I bought the looking glass phase 1 and thought it was a very ggod cable but very little different between the looking glass phase 1 and Alpha sterlings w/discreet shldng so I bought I pair of XLR for amp-preamp about 3 minutes I was shock of very natural sound open soundstage at $1000.00 pair cables will dooooo! .They made me a proud new owner of pair of cables that will never come off my Amplifier..I bought some PSAUDIO Lab cables for AC lines they were amazing what rich and full sound.

Similar Products Used:

mit.transpency,straightwire,etc.

At last I decided to take the advice that every audiophle had given me and try out good quality interconnectors and speaker wire.My local hi-fi dealer gave me three 'types' to expeiment with, Audioquest, M.I.T and Synergistic research which I fell in love with. While the Synergistic alpha sterling series is relativley inexpensive(the lot cost a little of two hundred dollors)it had a marked improvment over what I had before. Put simply it allows you to hear more of the music giving clarity, definition and depth where there was none before. Suddenly I had imaging and I swear I heard instruments and background information that was not there before.It was like going from that point on your fm tuner where the signal is solid to where you get the fm lock.Your friends will suspect you changed a lot more than the than cables.

Great cables. A definite bang for the buck. The imaging and definition are such that you'll be pulling out those CD's and saying, "Wow, I never heard that before." But, what you mean, is that although you've heard it before, now it sounds better.

This is a great interconnect that gets better and better as you use it. It seems to have a perpetual breakin period, and everytime you listen to it, it just keeps improving.
I've tried all sorts of cables from Radio Shack gold plated cheapies to Kimber Cable, to Audioquest, and now the Synergistic Research Alpha Sterling interconnects.

Detail, depth, tonal balance is excellent. You can't go wrong with Synergistic Research products.

open soundstage,depth and clarity ,very detailed & center balanced.

none hear yet

I have been using monster cable 20yrs but when my friend bought them I thought he was cracked but when listing to them on his system that I surprise in sound quality and open
balanced soundstage..I was missing alot of sound...
now I bought 5 pairs of alpha sterlings with discreet shielding I am very pleased... no one person has ever said anything bad or turned away...they just stop in their tracks an listen to fanastic sound.. nakimichi dragon,teac 10"reel,thoren 126mkII turntable,
parasound Hca-3500 amp.(350w@chnl=8ohms),
McIntosh 352 amp.(350w@chnl=8ohms),
adcom 750 preamp.,time windows speaker,B&W 804 matrix,,,killer system..
ps audio "lab cables" ac line cables

Similar Products Used:

straight wire,mit,taralabs,nordos,etc.