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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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fleschler
1,992 posts
 
The black fuse sounded dreadful between 15 and 60 hours breaking in.  I had to leave my amps on continuously to arrive at 72 hour break in where they sounded great.  The blue fuse sounds wonderful now with nearly 20 hours on  them.  200 to 300 hours will take several months as I do not intend to leave my big power amps on continuously for weeks.  It's good to know that it will get even better in time.  My hat's off to SR for making the fuse sound great as soon as it's used at only $20 more. 

Ignore the previous commentator.  He's got a problem and doesn't belong on this site-nothing positive comes out of his poison pen.  A nihilist.
ted_d
86 posts
 
imgoodwithtools,
Sorry for the confusion. I am taking about the break in process, not the final result. While Black fuses can go from positive to negitive and back again during break in, Blue starts out musical and opens smoothly during the break in process. As to high frequencies, the new Blue fuses have greater HF extension with more air and a larger sound filed than Black after both are fully broken in.

Yours in music,
Ted Denney Lead Designer Synergistic Research Inc.
imgoodwithtools
236 posts
 
Thank you for your response, Mr. Denney. I highly respect your product, as I am currently running both your Galileo LE speaker cables and AES/EBU digital interconnect. I also have gotten great results from your Black fuse. I have tried your Blue fuse, but as of now, prefer the Black. I hear considerably more air and sparkle around high register piano and cymbals with the Black fuse. I do hear a richer midrange body with the Blue. Is this an anomaly?
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folkfreak
1,349 posts
 
@imgoodwithtools quick question -- which tuning bullets do you prefer with your Galileo LE speaker cables? If you are running the grey bullets the blacks will probably be a better match as the grey's have less sparkle and HF extension, the combination with the Blue fuse may then be too much. Arguably the silvers are more true to life, but can in many systems sound etched. This was certainly my experience until I dealt with a lot of other noise and vibration issues in my system -- I started off with the grey bullets and then over time moved to the silver. All in all the tonal shifts we are experiencing are all well within the envelope of historic SR products

Now Ted if only you could be consistent in aligning the colors of SR products with the tonal shifts they produce 😇 !
imgoodwithtools
236 posts
 
As like you, folkfreak, I started with a mixture of grey and silver while running some Ayre electronics. The sound was too threadbare with all silver. Now that I'm running Audio Research and D'Agostino electronics, I've moved to all silver bullets.
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