Quantum Science Audio Thread

I have the Red outlet. 400 hours to break in. Good results but the fuses are killer.

I have active Manger S1 speakers and they take two fuses each. TG only had two Yellow fuses on hand and I installed one on each speaker last night. Very huge SQ increase. May now go 4 Red.

@glory 

Which outlet did you change to red? Have you tried a fuse for a dedicated line?

Sound application outlet.

yes

@glory 

"Sound application outlet."

I'm using the Sound Application Power Conditioner. Did you just change out one outlet? 

By the way, I pasted the entire inside of the unit with Total Contact. It took an entire tube to do the job. Super improvement in SQ.

Frank

So far, I’m finding the QSA Stones to be the best value for for me in their line. The trick is to use all three colors together, and put them in places that have strong EM fields, like on top of power and signal transformers.

Papa,

I had one SA outlet in the wall and changed it out to the Red. Small positive outcome. I still have it and May install it in my bybee  stealth power conditioner. Not such an easy task seeing the wiring on the outlets and positions are hard to change out.

What’s this, I’m not a robot, nonsense going on to post on audiogon threads?

Forget traffic light show me topless!

I believe there have been some issues with spam bots posting on the forum, and that is the solution.

Any folks using the Red or Red Black fuses?

i have only tried the red fuses. one i my vitus sia 025 one i my ayon s10 sig. they both gave me the sound i was looking for. big powerful rich clean clear. pleasant. i just want to keep listening.

I have 2 reds. One in my Lumin X1 and one in my JL CR-1 crossover.

ozzy

Did any of you guys notice a big uptick going from Violet to Red?

I like the SR Purple more than the Violet, but man if the Red is that much better…

Mike has the Silver for sale now…a steal at $5k

I went from the yellow to the Red. I also have 2 SR purple.

ozzy

@ozzy Which do you like better?  Purple or red?  How would you describe the sound differences?  Is it even possible to tell the difference?  

The best I can describe the difference is the Quantum Red provides more detail and image depth. The SR purple is more rounded, pleasant sounding. I have the red on my digital and the purple on my amps.

But I would like to try additional reds on my mono blocks but probably won't due to costs restraints.

ozzy

@ozzy Well, imo you put the Red in the right source component.  I get the cost implications.  I can afford it BUT still have a hard time thinking about spending $1400 for a frickking fuse.

I hear ya. Please don’t ever tell your wife or EE friends what it costs!

I still wonder why not just by-passing the fuse would not be better. Sound Quality wise.

ozzy

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around just how good this fuse is.

Me too.

I have two Red fuses for sale 6.3A small SB

going red black on my MS.

@glory  how much are they?
Are they already broken in?

Holmz 

broken in, yes

$900.00 per fuse

Holy $hit…

I had no idea people dropped those levels of coin on accessories.

My daughter in law who is an EE laughs and shakes her head.......

@jerry1231

At how good they are?  Has she heard them?  

Holmz,

Have you dropped $900.00 on a cable? This fuse can be a bigger upgrade.

@willgolf has she heard them, yes and she is till laughing. 

@glory ah…

Holmz,

 

Have you dropped $900.00 on a cable? This fuse can be a bigger upgrade.

No I have not dropped $900 on a cable.
I dropped about half of that on an entire spool of cable(s) and connectors though.

@jerryg123 maybe show her my avatar photo.

@holmz she would laugh at that Schitt too.

@glory you should quit trying to look like Ben Mendelssohn you are a long way from the Keys. 

this may sound crazy, but has anybody A-B’d these things against a soldered wire connection to see if they are actually carrying out some kind of enhancement function akin to Bybee bullets, (which are in essence just a thin piece of foo foo wire located within an RCA plug)?

Has anybody tried the receptacles from QSA? Looking for something to tinker with even though everything sounds great. I have a Furutech NCF in the wall that has been my mainstay for quite a while so wondering if anybody has had good luck with one of the QSA's besting it.

I have owned the QSA blue, yellow, and red.

Beeswax Ultimate SHD and Ultimate Premier SHD.

The problem with aftermarket fuses is that they first sound spectacular, but then over time, they get tiresome as you realize they're too bright or colored.

Another issue is they can sound lean, or hollow. Beeswax does not have this problem.

I know audiophiles who have gone back to stock fuses because of these issues.

I've gone back to a stock fuse at the moment. I'm going to try the SR Purple and if it has the same issues, I'll stick with stock fuses.

@macdude ---once you try SR purple please report your findings.  I appreciate your honest personal feedback.  

Beeswax does not have this problem.

replacing fuses with beeswax - sounds novel, will earwax do ?

If she believes this stuff, then give her my number.
If not, then she is too smart for me already. 🙄

you sly fox holmz..

@willgolf I returned the SR Purple and I’m going back to stock or Beeswax.

I found the SR Purple to have sound characteristics similar to the QSA fuses, since they both use graphene.

But I found the stock and top of the line Beeswax to have more clarity.

And Beeswax is the only after market fuse I found to have depth and dimension.

@macdude

Thanks for the Purple update. Are the Beesweek fuses directional? Do they state what direction?

@willgolf Yes the Beeswax fuse is directional. There is no labeling for direction, but the wrong direction will sound a bit muffled.

@willgolf Yes the Beeswax fuse is directional. There is no labeling for direction, but the wrong direction will sound a bit muffled.

And I was expecting a buzzing sound… 

Hi guys, 

I'm totally open minded to trying tweaks that seem to defy logic, to the point that I've ordered a QSA Light Blue fuse this morning from an online retailer I use a lot here in the UK. 

At the moment only 13A QSA fuses are available for use in UK mains plugs, which is fine; I'm not comfortable opening components etc.

Anyway, I've been itching to try one of the various brands of fuses and settled on the QSA; my question is, which component would the fuse benefit the most?

Naim Nait XS2 - Power Lite PC

Bluesound Node N130 - AudioQuest NRG C7 PC

REL T/5x - AudioQuest NRG IEC PC

or, my Wireworld Matrix 2 distribution block fed with a Wireworld Stratus 7 PC

Instinctively, I'm thinking source first, but the fuse world is alien to me so I'm open to any suggestions from all you guys who have been experimenting with these products for some time. 

Thanks very much

Kind Regards 

IMHO source first is the way to go all things being equal.  

@willgolf thanks for this; yep that's my instinct too. I'll try source first

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