Synergistic Red Fuse ...

Davidpritchard wrote,

"I have the Synergistic Research Black fuse orientated just the same as yours."

That’s the whole issue (with SR fuse directionality) in a nutshell. According to the post by the Synergistic Research guy that I quoted earlier, the letters on the SR fuse are simply to be used as a guide for remembering which direction the fuse was in just before you reverse it when auditioning the fuse for directionality. In other words, the letters on the SR fuse do NOT indicate the correct direction in and of themselves. At least that’s the way I interpret what the SR guy said. Ergo, it’s only a coincidence that your fuse is oriented just the same as his. To state this another way, SR doesn’t mark their fuses for directionality as does Isoclean and HiFi Tuning. If SR fuses were marked for directionality why would you have to try it both ways? The only reason I can think of is it's in case they marked it wrong. 

Got it

David ...

Please keep us posted on the SR Black wall outlet as it goes through the break-in process. Interesting stuff. 

Thanks ...

I also happen to suspect, speaking of fuse directionality, that in the particular case of HiFi Tuning fuses it’s quite possible that the symbol that is printed on the HiFi Tuning fuses which is technically not an arrow but a diode symbol is strictly for keeping tabs on the fuse direction so, like the SR fuses, it’s a way to make the fuse cosmetically non symmetrical. Thus, like the letters on the SR fuses, the diode symbol on HiFi Tuning fuses does not indicate the direction that the fuse should be inserted in the component. This method of easing the fuse direction audition process would have the additional advantage for the manufacturer since he would not have to worry about keeping track of the wire’s directionality, which of course is the whole issue - the wire.

gk

 oregonpapa:

The first Synergistic Research Black A/C wall outlet is now installed in the dedicated headphone system. It replaced the Furutech GTX-R outlet. At 9 am today it had a total  of 25 hours  on it. It has already started to open up and become more relaxed. It is a worthy improvement over the SR Teslaplex and the Furutech. It has the more music qualities of the SR outlet with the big soundstage and better high frequencies of the Furutech. It then has much better separation of instruments + lower floor noise than the other two outlets. There is no sense of damping as with an Oyaide R 1.

The Synergistic Research Black outlet is a premium sounding outlet. It will stay in my system.

Shortly I am going over to my Mother's house to install a Black outlet for her Mother's Day present.

A premium mom deserves a premium A/C wall outlet.

David Pritchard