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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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georgehifi
Somebody wrote: From my experience, buss and littlefuses are unacceptable for audio applications.

This kind of comment about mains fuses should be deleted by the mods, as it’s only posted to make the electrically gullible think they have to buy >$100 boutique "snake oil" fuses.

Cheers George

>>>>Uh, George, now you’re just being silly. First of all the aftermarket fuses sound better than stock fuses. Second, most aftermarket fuses are around $20 so unless your live in a tree house you shouldn’t have too much trouble financing a fuse. Let the inquisition continue! 👺
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mitch2
Someone said, “buss and littlefuses are unacceptable for audio applications.”

Whoa Nellie!
Say it ain’t so.....
Turn out the lights, the party’s over!
Selling my shares in Cooper Bussmann tomorrow

>>>>>Reading comprehension fail. 😁
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No he doesn't own me a brass razoo,
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=a+brass+razoo+definition&oq=a+brass+razoo&aqs=chrome.1.69...
but  with his comments the gullible non technical members need to be convinced with some sort of credibility, otherwise I'll keep calling BS on it.

As it looks very much like shilling. He's has a total of 169 post, the majority of them are backing either you, Synergistic Research  Fuses, or Synergistic Research  HFT's which are another load of  $350 to $500  "snake oil" BS. http://www.synergisticresearch.com/acoustics/passive/hft/

Isn't it a wonder with this sort of background that it makes one think what's going on? And it's not just with him, there are the other non technical recruits of yours that are relatively new members with minimal posts, yet very dogmatic about SR fuses and what it can do to the music, this also makes one wonder what's going on.

And Geoff, all ones needs is to look at your website, and they'll know that things are not all what you want them to believe.  http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina5.htm

I challenge you to get just one known hiend amp manufacturer to back up what you lot say SR fuses can do, to the music and also the direction difference.

Cheers George    
mitch2
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Second, most aftermarket fuses are around $20 so unless your live in a tree house you shouldn’t have too much trouble financing a fuse.
Geoff, you may need to move to a higher-end tree house.  Even the pedestrian SR20 fuses that the faithful here have blown by long ago cost $30.  The blacks and blues that most here are discussing cost $120 and $150, respectively.  You must be buying your fuses from the guy in the white van with black and blue spray paint on his hands, oh...but wait....your system doesn't use fuses.

Speaking of manufacturers,  below is an interesting post about aftermarket fuses from earlier this week by a designer-manufacturer of well-regarded DACs, amplifiers, and other electronics,
"Depending the type of product we use transformers in a range between 15 and 30 VA. It means that the primary windings are as thin as monkey hair and will have a length of approx. 100 meters. The resistance of this primary copper winding is about 60-90 Ohms so what will be the effect of one centimeter of fuse wire compared to the primary copper wire."
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^^^ So George ... What was your impression of Steve's two systems prior to applying the SR products ... and after applying the SR products? Obviously in order to comment with any credibility at all, when you did the A/B comparisons with Steve's system you took copious notes, did you not? How  about sharing your measurements, spread sheets and white papers? You DID take notes, did you not?

Frank
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