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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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geoffkait
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Jitter wrote,

"One of the things I really wish is that A'gon had a tally count mechanism. For example, I think, but have no idea, that "fusers" are a small minority giving that 1/2" of wire supernatural powers, and that the majority of A'gon readers agree with Wolf."

>>>>>So, you seem to be saying you believe the majority of A'gon readers are pseudo skeptics. Hmmmmm...you might be on to something. 😁

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mapman
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Fuses aside, when I saw SR was at Cap Audiofest last weekend, I was actually very jacked at the opportunity to gain some insight.

Their room ran around half hour demos with no admittance during. So I walked into the room next door where they had various gadgets out for display and looked around a bit until next demo time. A lovely sales rep greeted me. Good marketing!

Then I went into the room next door for the demo. Unfortunately whatever was playing sounded very bad, way below par so I lost interest and decided to move on.

There were some very nice looking gadgets there though I must say.

I did buy a very nice $20 cast aluminum 45 RPM record adapter from a guy in the Atrium. It it both looks and works great!

Also a new DAC and some CDs.

It was a fun show!
tommylion
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Whether they agree with wolf, or not, the great majority of audiogon readers are not trolls.
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oregonpapa OP
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Why would any  non-technical person care about HOW a fuse works when the only thing we're after are the results? Conversely, why would any technical person care about results when the aim is to understand why? 
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oregonpapa OP
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I'm looking forward to tonight's listening session. Robert's coming over and I'm hoping he's bringing some of those mint mono 1940's 10" vinyl gems he keeps pulling out from his stash of "records that never leave the house." You really have to hear these records to appreciate them. Most are dead silent. And yes, they are dated and mono, but the performances and recording quality are amazing for their time. The guys that produced these records had no idea of what they had. 

Frank. 
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