Synergistic Red Fuse ...

Guys, I think Wolf gets lonely and doesn't know how to express himself about it. Why would the crabola come around these parts. Just think. Who would care about somebody else fuses or the companies that make fuses. Who? I say who really? Yes, the people that have enjoyed what a good fuse can do care. But if you haven't, what is going on in tarnation, remember, it   is   just   a   fuse. Whaaaaat!  It   is   just   a   fuse. You got to have a lot of open space in your life to rail about such things as fuses or cups or kitty litter or the color of your tire wrench, or the neighbor who takes his trash to the curb and puts a box of cookies on top for the workman. My goodness me!
I am starting to get the feeling Wolf got beat to the punch. He probably has drawings and blue prints on a super fuse that will only cost 25.00. If so he is just drumming up support for a lower priced fuse.  Yah, shilling. That what it is. Yeh, that is the only rational answer for his feelings about fuses.

Different people have differing levels of cynicism, and different people will arrive at conclusions based on differing degrees of persuasiveness of the available evidence.  Personally, as one who has never been known to be especially cynical, and having carefully followed this and other threads in which many of its participants have posted, I don't doubt the sincerity of all or nearly all of its participants.  However I don't think it to be totally beyond the bounds of reasonableness for Wolfie to have arrived at the conclusions he has reached.

But speaking of reasonableness, I can't help but feel that what seems to me to be the utterly unimaginable and technically inexplicable DEGREE of the positive effects that have been reported for not only these fuses, but for SEVERAL OTHER products that are ALSO made by SR, that have recently been reported on by many of these same posters in other threads, reflects negatively on the credibility of the degree of the reported benefits, if not their existence.  And personally I find that to be a net negative with respect to the encouragement it provides for investment of the **time** that would be required to properly assess these tweaks in my own system.  Return privileges notwithstanding.

Regards,
-- Al
 

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Al,

I've tried several of the SR products as you know, and every one of them so far has brought a major improvement to my system and increased my musical enjoyment dramatically. Not subtle improvements, mind you ... major.  Now, why in the world would I not want to shout that from the rooftops?  Over enthusiastic? Perhaps in someone else's eyes. If so, that's too bad .. and I certainly don't appreciate being insulted by wolf-garcia and his ilk for that enthusiasm. 

Here's the deal ... Over the past few months, after discovering the SR products that I've installed, my system has gone from really, really good ... to one of the best I've ever heard in over 40 years in the hobby. That includes working for a time in an ultra-high end audio store, to attending and working at many CES shows, attending Stereophile shows in San Francisco and Los Angeles and for the past few years, attending the Newport show for entire weekends.

I've heard systems costing 500k plus... and there are some things I like about mine better, especially in the area of tonal correctness and musicality. That's the level where the SR products have gotten me to. 

Art Dudley makes the point very clearly in the latest edition of Stereophile with his opening line ... "Everything makes a difference. Everything. File that away."  Then he continues with:  "There are two kinds of good sound: good sound and good music sound." 

The SR products have brought my system from "good sound." to "good music sound."  If being enthusiastic about that is a crime ... then color me guilty. 

As always, I appreciate your level headed input Al. 

Stay tuned guys, more SR tweaks to come. :-)

Hi Jeff (Jwm),
Jimmy Giuffre transitioned from "West Coast Cool"style  in the 1950s towards  the early "Free Jazz". Which genre is he playing on your recommended recording? 
Charles, 

Charles just slightly, but I know you will like this. I'll burn you a CDR when I get the record.