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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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uberwaltz
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George
yet again you refer to the "awesome foursome" with out answering my question of who this foursome is?.
You throw this phrase out in the same ridiculous post that is a repeat of the post before it and before that and before that etc.
So , by your own admission, you will continue to harass anybody who posts here who has a different opinion to yourself and deliberately disrupt the intent of this thread is what you are saying.
Be VERY carefull on what you say next......

david_ten
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@oregonpapa 

To All ...Lets try to keep this thread on topic ... its about Synergistic Research Blue fuses. Thanks

I recently received a Blue Fuse to try out in a component. It did have a positive impact in overall sound quality. Since I've had a number of component and cabling changes of late, I'm holding off on final impressions until I can properly A/B it vs the stock fuse. 

I did reverse the fuse and was advised to keep it in that position, at least overnight, before coming to a conclusion. Within 4 hours I had had enough and could not deal with the poor sound quality. I reversed it back to the original position I started with and was once again able to enjoy my system.

I don't consider myself a skeptic but I am slow and cautious in my approach to tweaks, generally only after considerable feedback and findings. It's not something I jump into.

My preliminary finding is that yes there was an improvement and two, in this application, directionality was evident (for this one component).

I have one component that came stock with a Black Fuse. Once my system is fully settled (by the end of May) I will see if a Blue Fuse brings any benefit to it. My other components do not take fuses. With my most recent amp, access to fuses is too difficult/complicated for me to justify doing so.
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It's good to see that a fuse thread is finally staying on the subject of fuses. I'm glad the mods did whatever they did to stop the intentional ruin of yet another fuse thread. Last night was surreal, to say the least.

All the best,
Nonoise
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oregonpapa 

Got interested in your thread when you first brought to light your experience with the Synergistic Red fuses.  I had a different component system back then which consisted of a tube pre and a tube amp.  I have since downsized and simplified my listening to a Hegel 160 integrated amp.  I wanted to try some different power cords, so I took advantage of the Synergistic sale of its Black power cable which included a free Blue fuse, just before it ended.   That gave me the chance to try the much talked about Blue fuse and put an end to my interest and curiosity.  For some reason after reading the positive results and raves from various users of the Red fuses then the Black, there was little doubt in my mind that this tweak wouldn't work.  Because my units took multiple fuses, I didn't jump right away.  But since the downgrade and that no brainer sale, the God's spoke to me that the timing was just right.  And another fortunate blessing for me, the Hegel only took one fuse.  After selling my old equipment, I upgraded my interconnects and speaker cables to the top of the manufacturers line.  And that was the kind of improvement I heard when I put the Blue fuse in.  There was more detail, and mind you, Hegel already was giving me loads of refine detail.  But the Blue fuse kicked it up notches  more.  I must have lucked out and put the fuse in the right direction, because it sounded superb and I didn't dare bother to experiment and switch it around.  My Father's advice was, "If it ain't broke, don't screw with it".  So for around $150.00, this has got to be one of the best bang for your buck tweaks I've ever come across.  Again, It was like a two or three steps interconnect upgrade, but only cheaper.  
I'd like to thank you for sharing you experience to all those that are and were open to it, like myself.  And for those that didn't, continue to enjoy your systems in its present state.      

         
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