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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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shadorne
It isn’t just implausible, it is as ridiculous as a nude emperor said to be wearing fantastic clothes that only wise audiophiles can see. This time it is only those with golden ears and only the most high end resolving systems that can hear the sound of a fuse coming out of their speakers.

The real answer for the audible effects is simply the “power of suggestion” - people think they hear a difference because they want to - after all nobody likes to admit that they were duped so the desire to imagine even a slight improvement is overwhelming.

Nice try, but we’ve moved beyond those angst ridden sentiments. Somebody’s following the wrong, you know .....

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gdhal0
What doesn’t make sense is why proponents such as yourself don’t take me up on the opportunity before you.
What opportunity is that, gdhal? Is it your $25K offline hustle? Or are you proposing another kind of "opportunity?" Please explain.
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@cleeds 

I was sort of wondering the same myself?
If it is supposed to be a reference to somebody sending him a SR Blue fuse to try I cannot remember seeing him make that statement anywhere here?
Now I remember Wolf saying that.
And I remember George saying he would NEVER try a Blue fuse.

Maybe I  missed something?
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Yes agreed. I am confounded as to why folks don’t understand the importance of a fuse in terms of sound quality. Bypass one and listen as you will quickly understand it is a bottleneck.  Why don’t these same folks argue that a similarly sized diode, IEC prong material  etc.., also don’t make a difference?  What about those small, thin wired resistors? They all make a difference.  What about small value caps? Come on folks try for yourself. All these parts matter.  What about those short binding posts? Short wire runs from a board to an amp’s output binding posts? You bet they matter and quality materials and design make a difference. 
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grannyring
I am confounded as to why folks don’t understand the importance of a fuse in terms of sound quality ... Come on folks try for yourself.
They don't understand because they don't really want to understand or explore. That's become pretty obvious. And then there's the one poster who keeps dangling his apparent $25K hustle as an "opportunity."
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