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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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tel555
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I'm not sure whether this thread is now a Synergistic Research Blue fuse thread or a Total Contact thread. But on the topic of Total Contact, many potential buyers, myself included, will have been deterred by their experience with other "pastes", in my case Walker SST. As many on these pages have said, it seems to improve things marginally at first, but after a few months is actually detrimental, and then you have to go to the hassle of wiping the stuff off all your contacts, of course always knowing that the inside of your sockets will never be completely free of it again.

That said, I would never be closed mind to a new product. Technology marches on, new materials come into play. To what extent graphene is being used just because it's grabbing headlines rather than offering anything genuinely new I don't know, but maybe there's something in it.

What I *do* have a problem with, however, is the apparent one way street of good news. The miracle application. No downsides whatsoever. I'm sorry, but I'm too long in the tooth to buy that any more. Roll forward a year, and there will be, there absolutely WILL be, a more balanced evaluation of Total Contact. The pros and the cons. Give me that now, and I'll pay more attention. Please just don't expect me to believe it is a miracle treatment with no downsides. Hi-Fi manufacturers with R&D budgets multiple times greater than Mr Mrock would have brought this to market if it was the no-brainer we're being led to believe it is.

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oregonpapa OP
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tel ...

I've been testing the TC for about a year now. The ONLY downside so far has been the effort to apply the paste to the connections. Its a bit time consuming.

So far there has been no degradation to the sound over time. Quite the contrary actually. It seems to be the contact enhancer that just keeps on giving. 

While there is an initial improvement in SQ, as stated before, there are major break-throughs at 4 weeks and again at 8 weeks, both of which have to be heard to be believed. 

Try to keep an open mind. The reviews from A'gon members are just starting to come in. 

For more details, go to the "member reviews" forum and check it out.

Frank
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geoffkait
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For any audiophiles like me, who’s always changing something, breaking in new electronics, new power cords, cables, adding or trying new tweaks, it is quite impossible to keep track of what cause is producing what effect. I’m not not even talking about other external variables that affect sound like weather conditions, time of day, day of week, variability of quality and quantity of house power, and things that are not generally known to affect the sound. You know what I’m talking about, unmentionable things, things the mere mention of which causes instant post deletions. 😛
mattspl
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I’ve just ordered another Blue fuse, this time for my Dac to replace the Black fuse. This will be good to do a direct comparison between the 2.

Anybody else any further tests or trials with the Blue fuses?
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oregonpapa OP
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Not me ... I have the entire system done up in SR Blue fuses. Big jump in SQ over the Black fuses.

Frank
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