One can’t help wondering if Tru-Fi is the same exact thing as Tuning. Wouldn’t that be something? Is it like a European off shoot? Calling all pseudo skeptics, hel-loo! All E All E in-come free!
The new Synergistic Research BLUE fuses ....
New SR BLUE fuse thread ...
I’ve replaced all 5 of the SR BLACK fuses in my system with the new SR BLUE fuses. Cold, out of the box, the BLUE fuses stomped the fully broken-in SR BLACKS in a big way. As good as the SR BLACK fuses were/are, especially in comparison with the SR RED fuses, SR has found another break-through in fuses.
1. Musicality ... The system is totally seamless at this point. Its as if there is no system in the room, only a wall to wall, front to back and floor to ceiling music presentation with true to life tonality from the various instruments.
2. Extension ... I’ve seemed to gain about an octave in low bass response. This has the effect of putting more meat on the bones of the instruments. Highs are very extended, breathing new life into my magic percussion recordings. Vibes, chimes, bells, and triangles positioned in the rear of the orchestra all have improved. I’ve experienced no roll-off of the highs what so ever with the new BLUE fuses. Just a more relaxed natural presentation.
3. Dynamics ... This is a huge improvement over the BLACK fuses. Piano and vibes fans ... this is fantastic.
I have a Japanese audiophile CD of Flamenco music ... the foot stomps on the stage, the hand clapping and the castanets are present like never before. Want to hear natural sounding castanets? Get the BLUE fuses.
4. Mid range ... Ha! Put on your favorite Ben Webster album ... and a pair of adult diapers. Play Chris Connor singing "All About Ronnie," its to die for.
Quick .... someone here HAS to buy this double album. Its a bargain at this price. Audiophile sound, excellent performance by the one and only Chris Connor. Yes, its mono ... but so what? Its so good you won’t miss the stereo effects. If you’re the lucky person who scores this album, please post your results here.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ULTRASONIC-CLEAN-The-Finest-Of-CHRIS-CONNOR-Bethlehem-Jazz-1975-NM-UNPLAYED-...
Overall impressions:
Where the RED fuses took about 20 hours to sound their best, and the BLACK fuses took upwards of 200 hours of total break-in, the BLUE fuses sounded really good right out of the box ... and that’s without doing anything about proper directional positioning. Not that the BLUE fuses don’t need breaking in, they do. The improvement continues through week three. Its a gradual break-in thing where each listening session is better than the last.
Everything I described above continues to break new ground in my system as the fuses continue breaking in. Quite honestly, I find it difficult to tear myself away from the system in order to get things done. Its truly been transformed into a magical music machine. With the expenditure of $150.00 and a 30 day return policy there’s really nothing to lose. In my system, its like upgrading to a better pre amp, amp, CD player or phono stage. Highly recommended.
Kudos to Ted Denney and the entire staff at SR. Amazing stuff, guys. :-)
Frank
PS: If you try the SR BLUE fuses, please post your results here. Seems the naysayers, the Debbie Downers and Negative Nellie’s have hijacked the original RED fuse thread. A pox on their houses and their Pioneer receivers.
Frank
I’ve replaced all 5 of the SR BLACK fuses in my system with the new SR BLUE fuses. Cold, out of the box, the BLUE fuses stomped the fully broken-in SR BLACKS in a big way. As good as the SR BLACK fuses were/are, especially in comparison with the SR RED fuses, SR has found another break-through in fuses.
1. Musicality ... The system is totally seamless at this point. Its as if there is no system in the room, only a wall to wall, front to back and floor to ceiling music presentation with true to life tonality from the various instruments.
2. Extension ... I’ve seemed to gain about an octave in low bass response. This has the effect of putting more meat on the bones of the instruments. Highs are very extended, breathing new life into my magic percussion recordings. Vibes, chimes, bells, and triangles positioned in the rear of the orchestra all have improved. I’ve experienced no roll-off of the highs what so ever with the new BLUE fuses. Just a more relaxed natural presentation.
3. Dynamics ... This is a huge improvement over the BLACK fuses. Piano and vibes fans ... this is fantastic.
I have a Japanese audiophile CD of Flamenco music ... the foot stomps on the stage, the hand clapping and the castanets are present like never before. Want to hear natural sounding castanets? Get the BLUE fuses.
4. Mid range ... Ha! Put on your favorite Ben Webster album ... and a pair of adult diapers. Play Chris Connor singing "All About Ronnie," its to die for.
Quick .... someone here HAS to buy this double album. Its a bargain at this price. Audiophile sound, excellent performance by the one and only Chris Connor. Yes, its mono ... but so what? Its so good you won’t miss the stereo effects. If you’re the lucky person who scores this album, please post your results here.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ULTRASONIC-CLEAN-The-Finest-Of-CHRIS-CONNOR-Bethlehem-Jazz-1975-NM-UNPLAYED-...
Overall impressions:
Where the RED fuses took about 20 hours to sound their best, and the BLACK fuses took upwards of 200 hours of total break-in, the BLUE fuses sounded really good right out of the box ... and that’s without doing anything about proper directional positioning. Not that the BLUE fuses don’t need breaking in, they do. The improvement continues through week three. Its a gradual break-in thing where each listening session is better than the last.
Everything I described above continues to break new ground in my system as the fuses continue breaking in. Quite honestly, I find it difficult to tear myself away from the system in order to get things done. Its truly been transformed into a magical music machine. With the expenditure of $150.00 and a 30 day return policy there’s really nothing to lose. In my system, its like upgrading to a better pre amp, amp, CD player or phono stage. Highly recommended.
Kudos to Ted Denney and the entire staff at SR. Amazing stuff, guys. :-)
Frank
PS: If you try the SR BLUE fuses, please post your results here. Seems the naysayers, the Debbie Downers and Negative Nellie’s have hijacked the original RED fuse thread. A pox on their houses and their Pioneer receivers.
Frank
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wolf_garcia Bo (who has been driving me crazy for years) is sort of unique in his style, with his utter disregard of the of the other audio geeks who populate forums. That with the lack of brevity with copious amounts of unhinged pomposity make his illogical or at least indecipherable posts sort of unique (al least in style), and his only saving grace is the fact that he announces his departure and goes away. >>>>Speaking of unhinged pomposity and indecipherable posts, enter el Dragon. 🦎 |
mitch2 @geoffkait "his only saving grace is the fact that he announces his departure and goes away" Ah, wouldn't it be nice if the ratio, of those who announce their departure to those who actually depart, was no greater than 1? What are you carrying on about now? I never said what it appears I said. Keep me out of your juvenile head trips, anyway. |
oregonpapa OP ^^^ The direction counts for sure, but the rotational position has an effect as well. In addition, that "black dot" is graphene. I think its possible for the graphene to have an effect facing down toward the circuit board. Haven't tried it myself, but I'm gonna. :-) >>>>Cue for Al and Ralph to give us another fascinating lecture on why what we’re really hearing isn’t the fuse directionality but the accidental rotating of the fuse in the fuse holder. |
“So Georgehifi, how about stating your intent in making such a stupid statement? Are you just another shill for a competitor? Jealous that its not YOUR product? Envy much, George? Are you an arsonist like a few others on the site, hell bent on destroying a small businessman’s business? Here’s a knife George ... go ahead, stab Tim Mrock in the back with it. Slice deep cuts in his wrists and take your perverted glee in watching him bleed out.” Whoa! Hey! What! What’s up with all the name calling and graphic violent imagery? This can’t be good for anybody. I hate to be the prognosticator of doom but it appears this thread is headed for Palookaville faster than you can say Pee-wee Herman. |
almarg 7,946 posts 04-12-2018 1:19pm I believe that the main point Mapman was making about attribution of differences that may be measured in the proposed test was simply that the measurement and comparison process should be repeated multiple times. That would presumably eliminate the possibilities that the measured differences, if any, are the result of imprecision or lack of repeatability in the test hardware and/or software itself, or are the result of extraneous variables such as differences in the warmup state of the equipment. That makes a lot of sense to me, especially when the measured differences can be expected to be small. Actually, repeating the test doesn’t necessary make it more valid. The same mistakes that affect the first one, assuming there are any mistakes, would affect the rest of them. That’s why “repeatability” means having a totally different test and test conductor. That should be pretty obvious. Otherwise unscrupulous or uncareful test conductors - even careful test conductors - could have unfortunate consequences. Mistakes in a system may be beyond the control of the test conductor. So, any test result is only a single data point. It has little meaning if the test results are negative because - as has been pointed out a number of times - there are many reasons why a test might fail to show differences, or audibility or wherever was being tested when in fact there are. |
I’m serious here. Why is it SO IMPORTANT for otherwise normal audiophiles to go waaay out of their way to try and convince naysayers? Naysayers are really not (rpt not) in this game for the reasons everyone seems to believe. People seem to totally misjudge the little scamps. They act so sincere and innocent like. As the dude in Field of Dreams sez, “Built it and they will come.” 🤠 |
alexberger77 posts01-18-2019 9:45amI exchanged the SR BLUE fuse direction, and yes the sound was "locked in". Now it is musical enough and even mostly better than broken-in SR RED fuse. But I steel have feeling that it is not completely broken-in sound of SR BLUE fuse. >>>>>Would it be a fair statement that one cannot use the so called rule of using the lettering on SR fuses to determine their correct direction? You know, since you initially followed how your SR RED fuse was installed to obtain the SR BLUE fuse direction. |
There’s no connection between lettering direction and fuse direction. It’s random. One or two fuse companies control directionality during manufacturer but most don’t as it’s a lot of trouble so you have to try them both ways. Audioquest and a few other companies control directionality for cables and power cords during manufacturing, thus the arrows. 🔚 |
There are many perfectly valid reasons why some people don’t have any luck with certain tweaks. It’s been that way even since audiophiles chimed first in on power cords, Mpingo discs, Shakti Stones, the Green Pen, the Tice Clock, Silver Rainbow Foil and Schumann frequency generators, to name a few. However, by and large most of the testimony is positive, so I suggest we call the negative results OUTLIERS. And throw them away. The preponderance of the evidence, folks, you know, with more than 80,000 aftermarket fuses sold since they were first introduced, most of which these days are Synergistic Blue Fuses, is that the SR Blue Fuse is both effective and directional. Oh, by the way, when multiple fuses are involved the only rational way to determine that all fuses are in the correct direction is to change the fuses one at a time, listen and evaluate as you go. There is no way to tell by looking at the fuses which way they should go. We can review the reasons why some people don’t get the results they were expecting for fuses or anything else any time anyone wishes. |
@fleschler - New Dark Matter NDM improves SNR. If you consider that “harm” this product is definitely not for you. Why would you even make such a statement? In fact, I will not sell to you. Too much angst and trepidation and drama. And you already gave us your Shakti Stone sob story. 😥 No matter how great a product is you don’t have to look too far to find somebody somewhere who swears he can’t hear it or that it hurts the sound. |
+1 AFAIK the one aftermarket fuse company that keeps track of the wire direction during the whole manufacturing process and puts directional arrows 🔜 on the finished fuse to show how the fuse should be inserted in the circuit is Isoclean. Now, that’s not the same as saying only one fuse company believes in fuse directionality. At this point in time they probably all agree that direction makes a difference in the sound, though perhaps grudgingly. One reason arrows sometimes aren’t helpful is that in some cases it’s not obvious which direction of the fuse holder is the correct direction. For example, when the fuse is located where the power cord enters the component. Since keeping track of wire direction requires extra attention most audiophile fuse companies suggest trying the fuse both ways. So, even the diode symbol 🔚 on HiFi Tuning fuses that looks a lot like an arrow isn’t supposed to indicate correct fuse direct. It’s only there so you can keep track of which way thecfuse was facing when you reverse direction. |
Someone should probably help SR out on the how electricity works portion of their description of the new Orange fuse. To whit, “Today physicists understand electrons don’t flow at all but rather propagate in a wave of energy that moves along a conductor with a multitude of factors that alters this wave at the quantum level. To understand how electricity travels without electrons ever leaving their respective atoms it is helpful to consider the spectator ‘wave’ at a football match. Even though you can clearly see a wave pattern moving from spectator to spectator as fans raise and then lower their hands (without hands jumping from one person to the next), so too does electricity ‘move’ without electrons ever leaving their atoms.“ |
Quantum is a trigger word. Yet there are audio tweaks based on quantum mechanics, especially if you count all the PWB Electronics stuff, you know, the Quantum Clip, the Silver Rainbow Foil, the Red X Pen, etc. Heck, even the CD laser is a quantum mechanical device. Hel-loo! I have 5 or 6 quantum mechanical devices in my line up. If more people understood quantum mechanics there wouldn’t be so much hate in the world. The only thing to fear is fear itself. 🤡 |