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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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tommylion
874 posts
 
Makes perfect sense to me, but I'm sure someone will come along shortly to tell us how it can't possibly be so 🙄
marqmike
839 posts
 
Yes tommylion and jayfreeman don't trust your ears, you don't know how to use them anyway. You must trust science, you must truuusstt science, you muusstt trust science. Science says you are geting sleepy, you are gettin slepy. Sorry science hasn't quit figured out how to spell yet.
randy-11
1,913 posts
 
no reason not to do some valid listening tests if the cost in $$ and time is nil

have someone switch them when you aren't in the room & see if you can tell any difference - do it 20 times and post how many you get right

or just change from red to blue based on polling data or electron results

or.. do something that is known to be important - speaker adjustments, room tmts. and maybe ball bearings under some components (DAC), or star-quad DC cables to the DAC, LPS for the DAC, power isolation transformers

lots of things to keep you busy that are grounded in science


steakster
1,876 posts
 
randy-11 ".or.. do something that is known to be important. . ."
Do these ’known to be important’ tests require the use of the Spudnik R-11, your ’newly tuber ARC pre-amp’ as stated in the Teo cable thread? And do these tests need to be known only to you? What about the tests that are unknown to you? That could add up pretty quickly.
wolf_garcia
6,695 posts
 
One of my qualifications is the fact that I placed third in the NY State Surfing Championships Senior Longboard Division in 2002 at Ditch Plains in Montauk. Got the trophy RIGHT HERE. There were only 2 others in my division, but still…a win's a win.

Does a company like Littelfuse use inferior components? If so, somebody should let them know so they can improve those damn things a get the price up to somewhere that audio geeks can respect. During part of my little experiment with the black SR fuses I was being visited by a Real Famous Recording Engineer (name withheld because, well, you know) who used to be a neighbor and he suggested a little test. I leave the room, he ether does or doesn't swap out a black fuse for a Littlefuse (Or whatever fuse was in the components…some may have been other brands of "non special" fuses) and I was supposed to guess which was which. All the fuses were broken-in (supposedly, although maybe they lose their broken-in status when removed), and maybe or not reversed (no stone unturned around). We did this to each other all afternoon (!) and were flummoxed and bewildered and found no differences. Note that AC protection devises like fuses or breakers are NOT part of the "signal chain" technically, although obviously if they're not there when they're supposed to be the signal chain stops. To state that a good "normal" fuse creates distortion and noise is likely news to most component designers who seem to not be worried about it. 
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