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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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mattspl
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@hifiman5 it’s a power inspired AG500. 
Great unit with on board UPS. The only downside is it’s outputs are IEC, so you need to get rid of your mains plugs and buy some IEC’s and terminate them or use standard male to female IEC cables.
tsushima1
1,165 posts
 
@mattspl...Could you advise me as to the value of said fuse as I have an AG1500 unit.
tsushima1
1,165 posts
 
As many are aware of an break in period required of equipmentand cables and most recently on my part SR fuses which up until the Blue's have exhibited a steady upwards progressive improvment esp the Black's.

Three days of audio bliss into a new Black and after my usual system warm up time I experienced a session of notably decreased dynamics and soundstage over my previous three sessions with the new fuse, most curious as nothing had been altered in my system , all biases checked as normal, connections etc.etc.

I am wondering whether any other adopter of the new Blue's has experienced anything similar ?
tsushima1
1,165 posts
 
My apologies that should read audio bliss into a new Blue 
fleschler
2,007 posts
 
No, the SR Blue only got better but remained superior to the Black after 3 days as well.  Could be something else in your room.  I'll tell you that I often had bad sound days (not nights) for no reason.  I recently purchased the SR Atmosphere XL4 which negates all types of negative electrical waves in the room and stimulates the SR HFTs I also recently installed.  During the last week of use at all times of the day, no more bad sounding days.  I'll see if that holds true when the A/C is running in the summer but I suspect I've found a cure for inconsistent sound days.
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