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The new Synergistic Research BLUE fuses ....

New SR BLUE fuse thread ...

I’ve replaced all 5 of the SR BLACK fuses in my system with the new SR BLUE fuses. Cold, out of the box, the BLUE fuses stomped the fully broken-in SR BLACKS in a big way. As good as the SR BLACK fuses were/are, especially in comparison with the SR RED fuses, SR has found another break-through in fuses.

1. Musicality ... The system is totally seamless at this point. Its as if there is no system in the room, only a wall to wall, front to back and floor to ceiling music presentation with true to life tonality from the various instruments.

2. Extension ... I’ve seemed to gain about an octave in low bass response. This has the effect of putting more meat on the bones of the instruments. Highs are very extended, breathing new life into my magic percussion recordings. Vibes, chimes, bells, and triangles positioned in the rear of the orchestra all have improved. I’ve experienced no roll-off of the highs what so ever with the new BLUE fuses. Just a more relaxed natural presentation.

3. Dynamics ... This is a huge improvement over the BLACK fuses. Piano and vibes fans ... this is fantastic.

I have a Japanese audiophile CD of Flamenco music ... the foot stomps on the stage, the hand clapping and the castanets are present like never before. Want to hear natural sounding castanets? Get the BLUE fuses.

4. Mid range ... Ha! Put on your favorite Ben Webster album ... and a pair of adult diapers. Play Chris Connor singing "All About Ronnie," its to die for.

Quick .... someone here HAS to buy this double album. Its a bargain at this price. Audiophile sound, excellent performance by the one and only Chris Connor. Yes, its mono ... but so what? Its so good you won’t miss the stereo effects. If you’re the lucky person who scores this album, please post your results here.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ULTRASONIC-CLEAN-The-Finest-Of-CHRIS-CONNOR-Bethlehem-Jazz-1975-NM-UNPLAYED-...

Overall impressions:

Where the RED fuses took about 20 hours to sound their best, and the BLACK fuses took upwards of 200 hours of total break-in, the BLUE fuses sounded really good right out of the box ... and that’s without doing anything about proper directional positioning. Not that the BLUE fuses don’t need breaking in, they do. The improvement continues through week three. Its a gradual break-in thing where each listening session is better than the last.

Everything I described above continues to break new ground in my system as the fuses continue breaking in. Quite honestly, I find it difficult to tear myself away from the system in order to get things done. Its truly been transformed into a magical music machine. With the expenditure of $150.00 and a 30 day return policy there’s really nothing to lose. In my system, its like upgrading to a better pre amp, amp, CD player or phono stage. Highly recommended.

Kudos to Ted Denney and the entire staff at SR. Amazing stuff, guys. :-)

Frank

PS: If you try the SR BLUE fuses, please post your results here. Seems the naysayers, the Debbie Downers and Negative Nellie’s have hijacked the original RED fuse thread. A pox on their houses and their Pioneer receivers.

Frank



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David,

I have a friend who is very familiar with that particular Gofriller. It has very extended and mature response in both directions beyond what most every other cello can reach. My friend and I share experience on the removal of interfering energy within musical instruments ..for cello that is the wolf note. The wolf is caused by a specific polarity of a wave that we can now remove. The same cello absent the interference of that polarity  takes less effort to bow (energy is saved)  resulting in a net gain of average output of 1.5 db.. The harmonic of the wolf being removed is absent in the spectrum analysis beyond 15 k. There were over  250 octaves of the fundamental of 68 hz. with no interference on any harmonics.  Working on the same with audio components as they all accumulate and re generate interfering energy that is returned to the source to be played on and in the music repeatedly. Remove the interference and energy use is reduced. Tom
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nonoise
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I'm always amazed at what I don't know and appreciate what others do.
It puts perspective in a new perspective. 😁
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davidpritchard
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Tom:
I  suggested to Zuill that he should consider your endpin upgrade two years ago, but at this point he is still thinking about it. His cello does have a magnificent tone and Zuill has the power to bring this instrument to life.
I did get him to try a set of strings that Synergistic Research Quantum Tunneled !  This was part of an experiment with his graduate students to encourage "thinking outside the box".  And yes all could hear a difference with the treated strings.
I would love to hear a before and after with your endpin some day.

David Pritchard
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dlcockrum
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Hey Frank,

Here is one of my all-time favorites for late-night listening: https://www.amazon.com/Plays-Debussy-Jacques-Loussier/dp/B00004Y6SM

Fantastic acoustic bass performance IMO and the sound quality is spectacular throughout. A must have.

Dave
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folkfreak
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Just wanted to add some more comments now I have a good week on my Blue fuses. Further to my first impressions I wanted to expand on what I think the Blues do that is quite distinct and unexpected. This is in the context of using 3 Blues in my pre-amp and power amps, all other fuses are SR Blacks

As I previously noted the Blues at first listen seem more reserved, more polite, more laid back then the Blacks. Bass seems less dynamic and treble less crisp. But spend some time and listen in and what you realize is that the frequency range is still there and what is really happening is that the individual notes and sounds are not leaping out and drawing attention to one another as they were before but are much more part of the whole. The Blues seem to excel in an area of reproduction that is getting very important to me — that of “continousness” by which I mean the natural ease in which a vocal line, or violin passage, flows from one note, from one breath, from one bow movement, to the next without interruption or glitch. I’m hearing the same profound change in introducing a step up into my LP system and once you start listening to it it’s something that’s very addictive. As the Blues are the only change on my digital side I have to think they are playing to this aspect of reproduction.

Now I’m not able to know why a fuse might do this — maybe it’s removing some minute chokes in the ebb and flow of power — whatever, I just wouldn’t go back. To some extent it’s the antithesis of “hi-fi” (i.e. flashy, attention getting etc) but if this sort of flow (which seems very Csikszentmihalyi) is appealing to you then give the Blues a try — you might learn to love them
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