Synergistic Red Fuse ...

Got the Blacks for my DAC/pre in the mail yesterday.   VH Audio shipped fast.  Out of the box, the sound was a little muddy and indistinct.  After about six hours, I had a listening session.  The mud was gone and leading edges of horn notes had a nice bark to them, but overall I felt I was lacking the harmonic and overtone development that I had enjoyed with (burned-in) stock fuses.  

I still retain great hope that these things will rebound with burn-in.  I won't be able to listen again until Tuesday night, at which point we'll have about 125 hours.

Cymbop,
I look forward to  your follow up listening impressions as you acquire the necessary burn in time. 
Charles, 

Frank, 
I also love the Hammond B3 organ as utilized in jazz. I feel just as strongly concerning the beautiful vibraphone.  It seems jazz musicians bring out the best of what these instruments have to offer. 
Charles, 

^^^ Charles...

There is such a sense of realism in my system these days ... the B-3 was in the room last night. I can hardly wait for my next listening session with my friend Robert. He loves the B-3 like you and I do.

On vibes ... my favorite player is Cal Tjader. Saw him live when I was in high school at Zardi's jazz club in Hollywood back in '56. It was a great night of jazz. My girlfriend was gorgeous, the atmosphere was romantic ... and Tjader was the bomb. Its nice that we can relive these moments in our very own listening rooms ... at least in our minds with our eyes closed. :-)

These SR fuses, and the vast improvements they have brought to the system, have really peaked my interest in the hobby again. I've decided to look for more ways to drastically improve the system. I've been thinking hard on the issue, and took a good look around the system to see what could be the next step. I have a mishmash of power cords, good ones to be sure, but I think that's the next step. 

In the meantime, I still have two SR Red fuses to swap out for the Blacks. 

Stay tuned ... :-)

Cymbop- don't forget to play with direction.  I've noticed, at least on the red fuses, that there is a distinct change in sound depending on direction..  

I've found that the right way actually sounds SMALLER in scale, but with a proper image size and relationship.  When the fuse is wrong. The soundstage sounds oval with a huge hump in the center, making the center image mushroomed out, creating just a huge center image with a tiny band on each side. 

Youll know its right when you hear the correct perspective.