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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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Wolf
I have no issue with you at all but.....
$120(at black fuse) is not even pocket change in all honesty so it has zero expectation bias or placebo effect in me whatsoever.

So why do you have to try to insult my intelligence?

I was one of the biggest sceptics on this planet for tweaks etc.
Until I manned up and bought a couple fuses to try as with return policy how can u go wrong?

And I HEAR the difference, end of story.

No placebo
No expectation bias
No BS

you cannot hear a difference and I respect that.
But your seemingly absolute refusal to accept how anybody else possibly can is the real insult here .


No offense.....
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+1 for uberwaltz. 

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I believe that nearly everyone has an expectation for favorable results when frying a new audio product (or why buy it to begin ?). I’ve had to return products that didn’t impress me once in my system and get a refund. I’m sure this has been the case for others as well, not every purchase provides a positive sonic outcome.

My attitude toward upgrade fuses was to give them a try and and just listen. It worthwhile they stay and if not they go back and my money is returned. . A simple proposition. In my system they yielded an improvement in sound quality with 3 separate components. Furthermore reversing the fuse direction revealed a "better" sound quality in one direction compared to the other.

These were my results and I can’t speak to the experiences of others although many posters here have had very similar results. There are listeners who have or will try upgrade fuses and hear little or no difference in sound quality. One person’s outcome doesn’t invalidate another who has a dissimilar outcome. We can only report what we hear.

I can easily accept the opposing  listening results of uberwaltz and wolf, they heard what they heard. I would never tell someone else what they hear  with their own ears and system and declare it can’t be as they describe, far too presumptuous. Expectation bias can also  be skewed toward a negative outcome if one is heavily doubtful (skeptical) as to the merits of the product in question, where their mind is already made up . In audio it always comes down to actually listening and then forming an opinion concerning a particular product.
Charles
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charles1dad
I believe that nearly everyone has an expectation for favorable results when frying a new audio product.

Surely such inopportune Freudian slips as “frying a new product” should be assiduously avoided in threads about fuses. 🤡 Besides, judging from the amount of blowback from skeptics I’m not sure I can agree with the sentiment that nearly everyone has an expectation for favorable results.
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Charles
Of course I HOPED for positive results based on all of the feedback in this forum, or as you say, why buy anything?
However I approached with a completely open mind, at least I hope I did.
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