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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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So... are these comments the stuff of macro or micro aggressions?😬
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Hi guys,

After reading the SR Black fuse thread and based on your recommendations, I had decided to jump into the SR fuse pool too and try the blacks. I bought them a couple of months ago without any expectations other than pure curiosity. My system is composed of an ARC Ref5SE preamp, ARC Ref75 amp, Classe SSP-800 processor, Modwright modded Oppo 105 + PS9.9 power supply and full loom of Shunyata power conditioners, power cables and interconnects. I put a black fuse in each of my units and they roughly have 100H on them now. I did notice a change in sound due to the fuses and some improvements but at the same time I cannot say that the overall sound was "really" better than with the stock fuses all the time. I did notice more presence but at the same time the system became more analytic and less relaxed on a few records which contradicts some observations shared on these threads. My explanation is that I was going through the breakin process and that things would settle at some point. Unfortunately I'm one of the many audiophiles who have purchased the blacks a few weeks before they introduced the blue ones. Since it seems the blue fuses were taking less time to show their potential, I decided to try them in one equipment at a time. I choose to start with the source and replaced the black fuse in my Modwright PS with a blue fuse. Wow, what a change! I cannot explain it since I only changed one single fuse but the blue fuse is definitely making a drastic improvement on the sound of my system. Much more obvious than the black fuses... I'm an engineer and honestly I'm having a hard time explaining what's going on. Cannot really believe that a small fuse can have such important impact on the performance of my system (more bass, better mid-range, lower noise floor and better timbres). On the other hand, like many here I've said, we have to trust our ears :-). BTW, no placebo effect happening here. Difference is night and day and was confirmed by wife and friends too... Can't wait to test more blue fuses on the rest of the system.   

Thanks for sharing your discoveries with the rest of us Audiogoners!

Guy
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Just make sure that the black fuses you are using are in the correct direction or they will sound off, in this case maybe less relaxed and analytical.  The black fuses took 72 hours to break-in for me but the blue sounded just as you said, great initially and gets even better after 20 to 30 hours.  Good listening to you!
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