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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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nonoise's avatar
nonoise
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Does anyone know just how a fuse is made? I know there are no fairies soldering both ends of the "wire" in the same manner to the insides of both end caps.

Are both ends a mirror copy of each other in the way they're made and the way they look? Or does one end have more material than the other?
Just asking.

All the best,
Nonoise



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georgehifi
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I certainly do not disagree with your premise that wire, which has been drawn, has a I certainly do not disagree with your premise that wire, which has been drawn, has a directionality that can be discerned under microscopy. What I disagree with is that the directionality could possibly be audible in a home stereo system, particularly the directionality of the 2 to 3.2 cm of wire in a line fuse.
There is no directionality!
It's fuse in an AC mains, that's alternating current at 60 x per second. 
You would have to take the fuse in an out rotate it  60x per second for this  directionality "snake oil" to make any sense.

  And if it were directional to the extent they say, it would have to be in a dc rail not ac mains, to do anything because in effect "it would be a diode", and that would really screw things up.

Cheers George 
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geoffkait
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Mitch, I was a fuse user from the very start, starting with Isoclean. I also had the Audio Magic Nano fuse a few years ago. I also can read, and see what other fuse users report. Can’t you? I also experimented with stock fuses before fuses were cool. I talk the talk AND walk the walk. When you going to walk the walk, not just talk the talk, Mitch?
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geoffkait
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almarg wrote,

3. It is not unreasonable, IMO, to consider the high degree of consistency that has been reported for the reported benefits of SR and other expensive fuses, among components that perform completely different functions, that are completely different in design, that are used in completely different systems, that are powered by AC having very different voltage and noise characteristics, and that are used in both DC and AC applications, to simply be implausible.

>>>What’s implausible about it? There’s nothing at all implausible, inconsistent, unusual, scientifically unfathonable or weird about it. In fact, if anything those facts you bring up are excellent evidence of SR fuses’ and other aftermarket fuses superiority, versatility and universality. Further, most fuses are not “expensive” as we have seen. Yes I realize you guys think the more you say that it will convince young impressionable newbies to stick with relatively bad sounding stock fuses. Most aftermarket fuses are what, about twenty bucks? So give us a break.




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