One great example is "Belafonte at Carniegie Hall" recorded live in 1959
I have the 96/24 download and is phenominal. One of the best recordings.
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
I installed a SR RED Quantum fuse in my ARC REF-3 preamp a few days ago, replacing an older high end fuse. Uhh ... for a hundred bucks, this little baby is well worth the cost. There was an immediate improvement upon installation, but now that its broken in (yes, no kidding), its quite remarkable. A tightening of the focus, a more solid image, and most important of all for my tastes, a deeper appreciation for the organic sound of the instruments. Damn! ... cellos sound great! Much improved attack on pianos. More humanistic on vocals. Bowed bass goes down forever. Next move? .... I'm doing the entire system with these fuses. One at a time though just to gauge the improvement in each piece of equipment. The REF-75se comes next. I'll report the results as the progression takes place. Stay tuned ...
Any comments from anyone else who has tried these fuses?
Any comments from anyone else who has tried these fuses?
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Interestingly my Adcom 515 doesn't impart anything to my system other than its sequential power up abilities and has earned its place there until it dies…I've tried directly bypassing it to see if anything sounds better or worse, and it appears to be sonically transparent. I might replace it with something that has more inputs some day, but that's my only criticism of the thing. |
jafreeman .. The next time you listen to "cool" jazz, listen for all of the artificial artifacts the recording engineer added to the sound. Its totally unnatural. A perfect example is the music of Kenny G. Personally, I can't stand to listen to the guy because his recordings are so off-putting. However, years ago, I heard him play as a featured guest on the Arsenio Hall Show without all of the electronic enhancements. Well, to my utter surprise, the guy can really play that sax. He was great. If his recordings sounded that good, I'd buy them ... especially if they were of the old school ballads. If you have a source like Spotify, where entire albums can be downloaded for free, try some of these suggestions to see what we're talking about: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Little-Band-Big-Jazz-Hollywood-1960-Conte-Candoli-Audio-CD-/311589910238?has... http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHICO-HAMILTON-QUINTET-PACITIC-JAZZ-1225-JAZZ-LP-/371069884277?hash=item5665... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Paul-Quintet-Horn-Something-Blue-CD-New-/141597515341?hash=item20f7de9e4d:g:... http://www.ebay.com/itm/CANNONBALL-ADDERLEY-BILL-EVANS-KNOW-WHAT-I-MEAN-LTD-RM-BONUS-LP-/29164615518... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cal-Tjader-Latin-Kick-Fantasy-3250-RED-VINYL-/381207291272?hash=item58c1b9a5... http://www.ebay.com/itm/DAVE-BRUBECK-QUARTET-JAZZ-IMPRESSIONS-OF-THE-U-S-A-NM-LP-COLUMBIA-6-EYE-CL-9... Those are just a few examples. Some are available on CD and some are not. Some are in stereo and some are only available in mono. ALL of them put the musicians in the room in a very natural presentation. And ALL of them are recordings of great jazz and great jazz artists in their prime. And dare I say it ... the SR Black fuses bring out more of the accurate, natural sound of the instruments. Happy listening ... |
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