Synergistic Red Fuse ...

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Having musicians in the family is a real bonus. One of my grandsons plays the bassoon at the concert level. He lives in Chicago, but when he comes home, he practices at my daughter's and son-in-law's home where he stays. I always try to take in a few practice sessions. Its been a real pleasure over the years hearing him develop from a Junior High School clarinet player to the fine, soulful bassoon player he is today. He covers the gambit ... from chamber groups to symphony orchestras. 

OP

My thanks to Oregon, Charles and David, the true gentlemen here who have been exchanging preferences in music and food and also for holding this topic together against all boorish onslaughts. 
  
Now about ten hours in on the SR Blacks in my Maggies, I am being treated to a sweeter, more detailed tapestry of instruments, some not heard in their fullest detail until now. Vocal harmonies are better defined for their separate voices, bass and low organ notes are extended and more relaxed.  Congas and are popping out, cymbals are emerging that were before part of a whole that I had wished was more defined.

These fuses are a worthy addition that should continue to improve, but if they stopped here, I could not complain.  I will change out the SR Reds for Blacks in the mains of my ARC amps and Wadia 861SE in the near future, as these areas have also benefited from every fuse I have tried.  

Cheers to all,
Joe   

 
 
        

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Joe ... As I stated before, I replaced the SR RED fuse in my ARC amp about a week ago with an SR Black fuse.. I don't know if its a synergy thing or not now that I have other Black fuses in the system, but its safe to say that the amp has afforded the most improvement of all. 

For last night's listening session, I decided to pull out some of my Cisco/Impex reissues and have a go at them.  The Harry Belafonte Sings the Blues album (45 rpm)  was amazing. The instruments were wall to wall and tonally correct. Belafonte's voice was such that I felt I could reach out and touch it. The improved realism with the new fuse in the amp has brought the system to another new level.  Percussion and skin tones on various types of drums is right there. Big improvement in the bass as well. 

OP

jafreeman:

What a great description of the sound changes the Synergistic Research Black fuse makes at the 10 hour mark. Three sentences that summarize what these fuses do for a system.

Better separation - more detail - relaxation - a sweeter sound.

The same descriptive words I thought of when listening to the new fuse after it had 10-15 hours on it.

Charles1 dad:

I big thank you for all your posts about 300B tube amplifiers. I bought the 300B tube amp listed here at Audiogon that is based on the DIY Ready Set Go circuit. It runs the 300 tube conservatively putting out 5 watts. To go with the amp I bought the Psvane 300 WE tubes from Grant Fidelity (I think a much better source for Chinese tubes than take your chances on E-Bay).

The amp sounded nice after 24 hours of playing. And then the fun. I took a fully broken in SR fuse and put it in the amp.
Immediate and Dramatic improvement! The room came alive with musical   emotion. 

Six days to the Newport Beach audio festival- June 3 to 5.

Two simple suggestions to improving one's audio system.
      1. Go to Newport Beach and listen to a lot of systems.
      2. Try a Synergistic Research Black fuse in your system.

David Pritchard

Hi Joe,
Thanks for your kind words. If you consider the sheer length and huge number of posts on this thread it has remained remarkably on focus. Many people have become aware of a really nice worthwhile audio tweak. 

Frank, 
Funny that you mention that recording.  A good friend of mine has that album and ripped a CD copy of it for me. Just as you describe, excellent music, wall to wall sound and terrific tonality of voice and instruments. 
Charles,