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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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glupson
7,842 posts
 
Let’s agree for the moment that fuses of whatever kind do make a difference. Great. Bingo.

However, reading the post above...,

"...Synergistic fuses that went in and were amazingly, unambigouosly, obviously and beyond a doubt insanely better."
makes it less believable. I doubt than anybody here has a fully crappy system that cannot play even close to decent. I suspect that millercarbon has a truly nice set-up many would envy. I really do. Now, to make it so much better, the way it is described, just by changing a fuse would make me think that system was not that good to begin with. Which is what I highly doubt. Ok, maybe fuse made some difference, but if it makes it all insanely better, something is wrong with the rest of the equipment. And what are the chances of that slipping unnoticed?
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grannyring
6,468 posts
 
Chuck has it right. Fuses can change the tonal direction of a system enough that your system may become be too detailed and resolving for your particular tastes. Conversely, other high end fuses can tip the tonal character to the warm side. The bottom line is they do impact the overall tonal balance and sound of our systems in a noticeable manner. I have heard it over and over. I use upgraded fuses to dial in my system’s tonal balance to my liking. They impact the resulting sound much like cabling can. So yes, some would call this impact dramatic. It certainly can be dramatic for audiophiles that intimately know the sound of their rigs and find these sonic and tonal changes important. Small changes to an audiophile can be dramatic in terms overall music enjoyment.

Fuses are simply another part in the power supply of our gear. I hear changes in sound quality when upgrading IEC sockets, wire, caps, inductors and diodes all located in the power supply. Parts matter folks. The blades in our IECs make a difference even though they are only an inch or so long. Same with diodes, resistors and certainly fuses. Most easy to understand and hear for those who build, mod, swap, listen and intentionally want to learn about parts and their influence on sound.

Perhaps these nuances are not important to you? That is fine for you and the topic of fuses should be of no interest to you then. Not sure why some folks want to make it unimportant to others who are just different from you? The sonic impact of fuses is undeniable based on user, actual user, reviews and testimonies. Overwhelming, near universal enjoyment of what these fuses bring sonically, with so very few outliers not hearing the sonic impact. So very few. The aggregate experience of music and gear lovers has already proven fuses have a sonic impact. The crowd of doubters who have not experimented and still say “no way” is rather hard to take serious. They just don’t know.
rodman99999
6,125 posts
 
It’s been my experience, the better/more efficient/more finely tuned, everything around something that’s going to be upgraded: the more obvious a change that upgrade will provide.    Works with computers, race cars, motorcycles, or- audio equipment.     Anything that can be upgraded, in a series of components/parts.     ie: The differences in PCs, home wiring, outlets and fuses, are much more obvious, after improved capacitors, regulators, and(especially) rectifier tubes or diodes are installed, in one’s power supply.     The particular device(pre, power amp, phono stage, etc), doesn't usually matter.        Actually having some experience in these things, makes it much easier to understand.
rodman99999
6,125 posts
 
@grannyring-   +1(same train)
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