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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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And the answer is....

15! 😳

Brimar
Telos
HiFi Tuning
Audio Magic
Furutech
Isoclean
Synergistic Research
Audio Horizons
Acme Audio
AMR (Abbington Music Research)
Silver plated Bussman fuse from U.K.
PADIS
Create Audio (China)
Schurter (gold plated, ceramic body)
Super Cryo Fuse (Japan)




mitch2
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Thank you Geoff for the public service announcement on the number of fuses available.  I have to say the Brimar fuses are new to me and I was interested to see they utilize  "48 hours of Telos Quantum Cooking."  Are they smoking them over low heat?  Are they smoking something?
I suspect the Brimar people have paid Telos to cook their fuses since it seems Telos is a company from Taiwan that makes a bunch of quantum stuff, including their own fuses (thanks for the tip Geoff).  They make so much quantum stuff they have their own "Telos Quantum Technique"  as well as a "Telos Quantum X2 Technique."  
They make a cool Quantum Magnetic Tuning Device which sort of looks like a bulls-eye on a circuit board.  It is said to "improve any existing audio system" which opens the product up to a vast ocean of potential purchasers. 
Another super-cool thing they make is a sheet of really small round stickers with adhesive backing that you can apply to just about anything in your audio system, if you want to "experience the advantage of the Quantum X2 technology."  In addition to the cool red color and snazzy ATOM Symbol U+269B (modified with a "t" in the middle for Telos), the description uses a lot of tweaky scientific words and phrases like "far-infrared" and more.   Far-infrared is also a heating technology that is used in expensive infrared saunas using low watt density ceramic emitters which emit relatively low temperature long wave infrared radiation.  
 If you don't want a ceramic heater, you can purchase the stickers for only $100 for a sheet of 20 stickers, which seems like a bargain.

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geoffkait
23,365 posts
 
Whoa! What?! Far infrared? Is he crazy?! 😛  Naturally I just ordered a ceramic far infrared bulb. For medical purposes only. 😬
imgoodwithtools
236 posts
 
It appears there is a new AC purification product on the market. Its from iFi Audio. I know nothing personally about it, but I read the press release at The Absolute Sound website this morning. If the component does what it claims to do, for $99 each, this could be a system changer.
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nonoise
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I saw that iFi AC thingy too and it looks interesting. With their track record on cleaning up jitter they may be onto something.

As for the infrared treatment that Telos does, don't conflate that with the standard work they do for Brimar fuses.

All the best,
Nonoise
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