New flagship Synergistic Research Galileo PowerCell SX conditioner

Bodhi

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I have to admit this is the first power conditioner from SR which has made me sit up and take notice. Audiophiles are now spoiled for choice with offerings such as the Gigawatt PC-4 Evo+, Telos Quantum Resonation conditioner & this new entry..

"The Galileo PowerCell SX is both evolution and revolution with four times the Active Filtration of the PowerCell 12 SE thanks to eleven more densely packed Active Electromagnetic Cells to the PowerCell 12 SE’s six EM Cells. The power supply for biasing the internal EM Cells has been completely re-engineered to have a lower noise floor, and a new field generator for biasing both Ground and AC allows your system to convey higher resolution in a more open soundfield with enhanced musicality. All wiring is point to point pure six-nines silver, 59 feet in fact to wire each of its twelve AC outlets. Other improvements include a new ground filtration topology for a lower system noise floor and a unique ability to ground the Galileo SX PowerCell to our Active Ground Block for higher performance still without sacrificing any of its twelve AC outlets. There’s even an Amp Meter that allows you to view the beautiful hand-built circuit as you monitor your systems energy consumption. MSRP $16,995 w/ Galileo SX powercord, $19,995 w/SRX powercord."

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All I can say is that I tried their PowerCell 12 and couldn't get rid of it fast enough. Perhaps the latest and greatest is better. I'm just not interested in trying it.
 
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Someone tried their fuses?

Can improve a little?
I tried Blue and Black fuses. They gave different flavors big brother. ;)

Tang
 

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What is an electromagnetic cell? A giant magnet ? Like High Fidelity Cables?
 

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All I can say is that I tried their PowerCell 12 and couldn't get rid of it fast enough. Perhaps the latest and greatest is better. I'm just not interested in trying it.

I'm not fan either of this company having attended show demos of their wares--tried to comprehend changes supposedly to take affect when
used--room treatments/etc
Frankly I heard no differences in or out--- but hey if one wants to take a $20K punt on this thing be my guest:(!

Good Luck

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I tried Blue and Black fuses. They gave different flavors big brother. ;)

Tang
Can you describe the differences you heard.........
Thanks.....
 

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Lol, looks like I posted about an over-priced lemon. Oh well, that’s useful info I guess :D
 

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If it isn’t Shunyata then I’m not interested. :)

To each their own.
 
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Can you describe the differences you heard.........
Thanks.....
I tried them in my Ayon amps. My dealers gave them to me for free. I could not remember and describe the differences between the two now. I used Blue for two weeks and eventually switched back to Black. Right now I am using Lamm and do not feel an itch to put any exotic fuse in. Blue58 has extensive experience in fuses. He is the best person to get feedbacks from.

Kind regards,
Tang
 

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I have to admit this is the first power conditioner from SR which has made me sit up and take notice. Audiophiles are now spoiled for choice with offerings such as the Gigawatt PC-4 Evo+, Telos Quantum Resonation conditioner & this new entry..

"The Galileo PowerCell SX is both evolution and revolution with four times the Active Filtration of the PowerCell 12 SE thanks to eleven more densely packed Active Electromagnetic Cells to the PowerCell 12 SE’s six EM Cells. The power supply for biasing the internal EM Cells has been completely re-engineered to have a lower noise floor, and a new field generator for biasing both Ground and AC allows your system to convey higher resolution in a more open soundfield with enhanced musicality. All wiring is point to point pure six-nines silver, 59 feet in fact to wire each of its twelve AC outlets. Other improvements include a new ground filtration topology for a lower system noise floor and a unique ability to ground the Galileo SX PowerCell to our Active Ground Block for higher performance still without sacrificing any of its twelve AC outlets. There’s even an Amp Meter that allows you to view the beautiful hand-built circuit as you monitor your systems energy consumption. MSRP $16,995 w/ Galileo SX powercord, $19,995 w/SRX powercord."

Excuse my ignorance but do you mind explaining some of these things?
- WTF is Active Filtration of the PowerCell 12 SE?

- What's an Active Electromagnetic Cell? What does it do and what does it fix?

- Why do need to bias EM Cells, whatever they are?

- New field generator for biasing both Ground and AC, how & why? What field are we talking about here?

Gotta admit Quantum Resonation Conditioner sounds really je ne sais quai, I always wanted to condition my Quantum Resonation :eek:!

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David,
Why ask questions for which you already know the answer? This is largely marketing hype to a potential group of gullible buyers that seek to improve upon their current audio systems and may not think twice about spending serious money for this stuff as opposed to buying something useful. As I understand it one their claims is to eliminate or minimize the Schumann resonances of 7.83Hz coming from the earth's crust. Lord knows how one could ever live with this resonance now that there a device that purports to eliminate it! Regardless of the marketing hype or the scientific or pseudo-scientific rationale behind the merits of the device, there's no substitute for listening. I'm pretty certain that if you listened to any of Synergistic's devices, even if you were facing East and said the proper prayer at exactly the right time of day, you would be as unimpressed as I was.
Marty
 
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David,
Why ask questions for which you already know the answer? This is largely marketing hype to a potential group of gullible buyers that seek to improve upon their current audio systems and may not think twice of spending serious money for this stuff as opposed to buying something useful. As I understand it one their claims is to eliminate or minimize the Schumann resonances of 7.83Hz coming from the earth's crust. Lord knows how one could ever live with this resonance now that there a device that purports to eliminate it! Regardless of the marketing hype or the scientific or psuedo-scientific rationale behind the merits of the device, there's no substitute for listening. I'm pretty certain that if you listened to any of Synergistic's devices, even if you were facing East and said the proper prayer at exactly the right time of day, you would as unimpressed as I was.
Marty

Just pointing out the obvious to "potential group of gullible buyers" you mentioned :)!

Part of our attempts here in sharing is educating, if I come out in a direct manner I'm countered with things like "the world according to David", when I can asking questions deflects that type of confrontation and I still get the point across.

david
 
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Post deleted. Poor taste in choice of words with demeaning comment
 
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Why pick on SR and single them out? It’s no better or worse than spendings 20k (or more) on a power cable made by some retired NASA scientist (as an illustration only) with dubious and unverifiable credentials! Why aren’t we universal and unbiased in our urge to educate? I do wonder....
 

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By the way, I am no SR fan. None of their products I experienced ( and I did t try them all) made any difference to my musical pleasure except the fuse....
 

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Just pointing out the obvious to "potential group of gullible buyers" you mentioned :)!

Part of our attempts here in sharing is educating, if I come out in a direct manner I'm countered with things like "the world according to David", when I can asking questions deflects that type of confrontation and I still get the point across.

david
That response just validates why i've ignored you on this forum........
 

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I am not a fan of any particular brand. But I like how powercell 12 UEF SE performs in my system.
 
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