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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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ted_d
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While it is perfectly acceptable for anyone to express their opinion it is not acceptable to attack others for their subjective take on a hobby that is all about the subjective enjoyment of music. It is also not acceptalbe to drown out people with the same circular arguments that seek to invalidate experiences. These attacks are basically a straw man argument that holds an absolute objective standard must be adhered to when no such standard exists. Let me repeat this, there is absolutely NO OBJECTIVE CRITERIA OR TEST THAT EXISTS TODAY THAT CONCLUSIVELY PROVES ANY PRODUCT TO BE BETTER THAN ANY OTHER. There are simply too many variables, known and more importantly unknown that can only be taken in as a whole from a subjective standpoint. Therefore the end result is the listening to a product in the context of an audio system that ultimately establishes a product as being worthwhile or not. Anyone who claims differently does not understand what it is that High End Audio is all about in the first place. My advise to all reading this who are also tired of defending against the same tired arguments and attacks endlessly should simply IGNORE the protagonist in the same way you ignore a screaming raving lunatic on a street corner.

Yours in music,
Ted Denney Lead Designer Synergistic Research Inc.
mitch2
3,966 posts
 
NO OBJECTIVE CRITERIA OR TEST THAT EXISTS TODAY THAT CONCLUSIVELY PROVES ANY PRODUCT TO BE BETTER THAN ANY OTHER
Amen, I agree. 
The thing is, that statement, and the arguments of this thread, cut both ways.
IOW, no objective criteria or test exists today that conclusively proves the Littelfuse, Bussmann fuse, or any other fuse, to be better than the SR fuse.......and conversely.
Thus, the result has been an infinite regress argument, amusing to some, irritating to others,  tiring to many.
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nonoise
10,826 posts
 
The only point of contention with your statement is the refusal of those who say a fuse can not affect performance based on a belief, rather than an experience.

That, is a great example of expectation bias: I will not hear an improvement so why bother trying? As opposed to "lets see what happens here when I change this...", which is more of a scientific approach.

Just like with cables, I went through 3 different brands of fuses before I came upon one that sounded best in my system and to my tastes.

All the best,
Nonoise
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uberwaltz
13,381 posts
 
Thank you Ted!
Very nicely said.

However I am sure that will be difficult for some to handle.
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