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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



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folkfreak
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@imgoodwithtools quick question -- which tuning bullets do you prefer with your Galileo LE speaker cables? If you are running the grey bullets the blacks will probably be a better match as the grey's have less sparkle and HF extension, the combination with the Blue fuse may then be too much. Arguably the silvers are more true to life, but can in many systems sound etched. This was certainly my experience until I dealt with a lot of other noise and vibration issues in my system -- I started off with the grey bullets and then over time moved to the silver. All in all the tonal shifts we are experiencing are all well within the envelope of historic SR products

Now Ted if only you could be consistent in aligning the colors of SR products with the tonal shifts they produce 😇 !
imgoodwithtools
236 posts
 
As like you, folkfreak, I started with a mixture of grey and silver while running some Ayre electronics. The sound was too threadbare with all silver. Now that I'm running Audio Research and D'Agostino electronics, I've moved to all silver bullets.
imgoodwithtools
236 posts
 
FWIW, my Wife, whose opinion I trust when listening to things music prefers the Blue fuse. She says the increased richness, three-dimensionality, and overall musical nature of the Blue fuse outweighs any merits of the Black fuse. This is not quite cause for divorce. Yet. LOL
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dlcockrum
2,190 posts
 
imgoodwithtools,

Try mixing and matching the Blues and the Blacks and see if that doesn't hit the sweet spot. Perhaps try a HiFi Tuning Supreme Cardas Copper fuse in the mix...

Dave
wolf_garcia
6,679 posts
 
Since Mr. Denney reads this thread, I am simply asking him for an explanation as to how and why his fuses can supposedly transform the tone of a component. What do they do? How can a fuse, which seems like a passive safety item, for example have an influence the HF extension of a system? Seems like a simple question, and although many cable designers, outboard tweak makers (shelves, footers, etc.) amp designers, speaker designers, and many others are glad to explain design decisions, I'm still in the dark about these fuses…enlighten me please.
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