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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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Lets try to keep this thread on topic ... its about Synergistic Research Blue fuses.


Yes that’s right, it’s all about Blue Fuses as this thread is where the sales are coming from..

Are they what they say they are, with only subjective opinions, from dubious "expectation biased" purchasers without any Electronic or Scientific knowledge or backup as Wolf pointed out above.

Or are they just another money grabbing "snake oil" product, that’s making in the order of 500% profit on each fuse.

Can you really hear the difference when they are reversed, when the AC mains has no one way direction, as it switches it’s direction 60 x a second!!

Cheers George
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What’s this, the Frick and Frack comedy routine? The Backsliders tag team? Did somebody forget to put the Cucaracha Motels out? Once you let them into your house they can be very resistant to removal. Must be some kind of new virulent strain.
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Wolf ...

I can't answer your question of how they "work," but I trust my ears to hear what I hear. They work for me. I do think that the applied graphene on the fuses is one thing that offers an improvement in SQ. 

The only time I "bristle" is when the dialog sinks to the level of personal attacks. I don't doubt that you don't hear a difference in fuses and I do. A lot of things could be involved here. System variances, room variances and hearing acumen are just a few. I'd say that the ratio of those who hear an improvement and those who do not are about 99/1. 
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georgehifi ...

You make me "bristle." 

Frank
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You make me "bristle."


Good your taking notice.

Keeping it real as you said " Lets try to keep this thread on topic ... its about Synergistic Research Blue fuses"

Now just to get the unjustified superlatives and directional ability stopped the awesome foursome heap on these "snake oil" BLUE FUSES.

Which may change to GOLD or whatever is next, to keep the ball (profits) rolling along, I’m fairly sure there’ll be a price hike though. Then there’ll be a new thread maybe " The new Synergistic Research GOLD fuses .... "

BTW: Correct me if I’m wrong, but has anyone noticed, that not once has Synergistic Research voiced their opinion here and backed anyone’s posts about how these mains fuses are directional and the massive sound improvement they can make????.

Dennis Had director/founder of "Cary Audio", opinion on snake oil fuses ect.
https://youtu.be/xLQsEeBKg1E?t=1791


Cheers George
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