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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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MEM2112
Please try inserting fuses in the opposite direction to what you had initially.
Yes sounds crazy but no more crazy than the fact that a fuse can have an effect on sq to begin with!

And by your post you can at least concur it did indeed effect the sq big time, just not how you hoped!

So while you have them please just try again as I had EXACTLY the same experience in a DAC a couple of years back.

Good luck
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mem2112
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Thanks for the suggestion. I tried that during the A/B process.
One direct is a little better but not significantly. Once I settled on a direction, I put 5 hours on them and as I stated earlier, fatigueing was the best way to describe the listening. Maybe you have to earn the burn in process and deal with it. next time I open the amp up, I will get my DVM out and test fuse holder to the line on the plug to confirm true direction.

Regards
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There are many perfectly valid reasons why some people don’t have any luck with certain tweaks. It’s been that way even since audiophiles chimed first in on power cords, Mpingo discs, Shakti Stones, the Green Pen, the Tice Clock, Silver Rainbow Foil and Schumann frequency generators, to name a few. However, by and large most of the testimony is positive, so I suggest we call the negative results OUTLIERS. And throw them away. The preponderance of the evidence, folks, you know, with more than 80,000 aftermarket fuses sold since they were first introduced, most of which these days are Synergistic Blue Fuses, is that the SR Blue Fuse is both effective and directional. Oh, by the way, when multiple fuses are involved the only rational way to determine that all fuses are in the correct direction is to change the fuses one at a time, listen and evaluate as you go. There is no way to tell by looking at the fuses which way they should go.

We can review the reasons why some people don’t get the results they were expecting for fuses or anything else any time anyone wishes.
fleschler
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Ben Piazza came over and could not get better sound out of his Shakti Stones in my system. They are system dependent. But two pairs of his Hallographs are more important than SR fuses and HFTs. My speakers really need the Hallographs. Another big loser for my system were the Magico Qpods under five pieces of my equipment. Awful effect of loss of PRAT and dulling the sound. Supposedly excellent for Magico speakers.  The kept all my Stillpoints instead.
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I’m sure there’s a perfectly valid reason(s) why you didn’t get the (positive) results most people get with the Shakti Stone.
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