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SR Blue Fuses

I just wanted to share my excitement with my SR Blue Fuses. I installed 3 in my Anthem I225. Its been probably 100 hours of burn in time now and I really am beside myself in the difference. The bass is really full, my highs are nicely extended and my soundstage is huge. Just today, my soundstage became ridiculous.
If you are happy with your current amplifier / preamplifier and intend on keeping it for awhile I highly recommend replacing the fuses with SR Blue fuses, if not the Orange fuses. I got my Blues for 30% off. It is quite possibly the best tweak I have done aside from room treatments.

It takes awhile to burn the fuses in but once they are, it’s pretty awesome the difference they make. I was pretty skeptical about this mod and thought it was a lot to spend but now that I have, it was the best $400 mod I have done. It made more of a difference than my upgraded power cords and actually probably made a more of a difference than going from my signal cable silver res speaker cables to my ap solo crystals.

Highly recommended if you already love your amp/preamp and intend to keep them for awhile!
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jw944ts
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Come on, guys, play nice....argument ad hominem....
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jw944ts
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Come on, guys, play nice....argument ad hominem....
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oregonpapa
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The same negative class of naysayers jumps readily to the bait, spouting the same worn-out bromides every time after-market fuses are brought up in these forums. 

Having gone through complete sets of SR fuses ... the Reds, the Blacks, the Blues, and now for the past year or so, the Orange fuses, I can say unequivocally that each step along the way has brought new levels of resolution, improved realism, and a more relaxed presentation to my system. 

Mezcal. Is that the bottle with the worm in it?

Frank
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clearthinker
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Hi millercarbon.
I find rotating the fuses in their holders makes an even larger difference.  For pre- and phono-amplifiers I rotate mine 42 degrees anti-clockwise, looking at the fuse from the input side.  This followed a great deal of experimentation.  I found multiples of 42 degrees also an improvement.  But for turntable motors 161 degrees is the best, although strangely 262 degrees made no discernable difference.
Give it a try!  In the lockdown we have had plenty of time to spare.
chrshanl37
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“Mezcal. Is that the bottle with the worm in it?”

Thats correct. The worm in the bottle thing was a marketing gimmick that was used to get tourists who didn’t know any better to buy cheap Mezcal (producers of good Mezcal do not put worms in the bottle) that was of poor quality and perhaps as some have speculated a ploy to get gringos to eat worms. Talk about a genius idea, which in the context of this thread is both ironic and amusing.
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