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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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toolbox149
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Hey Ozzy!   Still waiting for your review.  I'm very interested in finding out what YOU think about the new blues.  
Also,  Imgoodwithtools - hope your problem gets fixed. I'll also be interested in reading about your findings.  Getting a couple of quality opinions about the different fuse types would be well worth the effort to wade through all the, "Your opinion sucks" / "Yeah, well you're an idiot", posts that permeate this thread.
imgoodwithtools
236 posts
 
Audio Research received my Ref 6 on Thursday. They estimate 4-6 weeks til I get it back! 😒 I miss it. As good as the system sounds without it, it generally sounds better with the preamp in the chain.
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oregonpapa OP
4,867 posts
 
lalitk ...

Thanks for the kind words. I couldn’t be without my Herbie’s tube dampeners. A very worthwhile tweak and highly recommended.

lak ...

Thanks to you also. Being retired brings the advantage of more time being afforded toward the hobby.

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I’ve learned over the years that the more successful one is, the more one comes under attack from the "lookers on." Selling for me was like a sport. The more I practiced and the more I applied myself, the more successful I became. I just out-worked and out-learned the other guy. Money wasn’t an issue. I began to look at the money earned as nothing more than a scoreboard reflection of my effort and service to others. Even though I was a 100% commissioned independent contractor, I never thought about the money. I just knew that if I did the right thing for other people the money would come. And it did. The "lookers on" never grab hold of that concept.

There are people who look at successful people through gauze covered eyes who would LOVE to see the successful fail. It justifies their own failure. We can apply that thought to a couple of individuals who have posted in this, and also the RED fuse thread in the past. They love to tear at the seams of the dreams and efforts of others.

It takes a degree of maturity to be genuinely happy for the successes attained by others. Hopefully, this will give us a little insight into the stale thinking of those who refer to someone like Ted Denney, chief designer at SR, as a "snake oil salesman," or myself as a "shill" for any manufacturer. It is THEY who have a serious problem, not the likes of Ted Denney or myself.

Frank
wolf_garcia
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Tear at the seams and dreams of others? The poor, fragile, audiophile…*sniff*...Hmmm...And the shill thing came from the "hard sell" AND GET YER MONEY BACK IF NOT 100% SATISFIED thing that was mentioned ad nauseum in previous posts…tawdry! I'm, of course, fine with the success of others having great sounding systems that provide enjoyment, and hell, I'm always amazed that more people with a refined esthetic aren't into active listening to great audio. My beef with Denney comes mostly from what I perceive as nonsensical "quantum tunneling" descriptions of faux scientific component treatments, the inaccurate use of actual audio terms like "transducer," and currently his convenient inability to answer even the most basic questions about how he arrived at the design of his "special" fuses, even though it's clear he reads this thread. If I started a thread that claimed astonishing sonic benefits from something others thought was illogical and silly (like "I had my knob polished leading to a wider soundstage"), I wouldn't be surprised if somebody objected in a post. Clearly I can take it. Note that by saying the fuse is "out of the signal path" I mean not part of the signal processing meat of any active component, and somebody should tell the Magnapan people they're design sucks…I'm sure they'd like to know. So worry not fragile Fusers, plenty will offer support to your preposterous claims of the tonal superiority of magic fuses, but steel yourself for some differing opinions…or get a therapist.
aolmrd1241
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Now...for a lighter side to an electrical enhancement...enjoy!


 One night, when his charge was pretty high, Micro-Farad decided to seek out a cute coil to let him discharge. He picked up Milli-Amp and took her for a ride on his Megacycle. They rode across the Wheatstone Bridge, around the Sine Waves, and stopped in the Magnetic Field by a flowing current. Micro-Farad, attracted by Milli-Amp's characteristic curves, soon had her fully charged and excited her resistance to a minimum. He laid her on the ground potential, raised her frequency, and lowered her reluctance. He pulled out his high voltage probe and inserted it in her socket, connecting them in parallel and began short circuiting her resistance shunt. Fully excited, Milli-Amp mumbled "OHM-OHM-OHM". With his tube operating at maximum and her field vibrating with his current flow, her shunt overheated, and Micro-Farad was rapidly discharged and drained of every electron. They fluxed all night trying various connections and sockets until his magnet had a soft core and had lost all it's field strength. Afterwards, Milli-Amp tried self-induction and damaged her solenoids. And with his battery fully discharged, Micro-Farad was unable to excite his field, so they spent the rest of the night reversing polarity and blowing each other's fuses.
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