Something For The Fuse Guys ...


There are fuses, and then, there are fuses. 

I'm evaluating some prototype fuses that I received in the mail three days ago. 

Over the past few years, I've used fuses from five different manufacturers. The last three were the Red, Black and Blue fuses from Synergistic Research. Each one incrementally improved the sound of my system. My favorite so far was the SR Blue. 

The prototype fuses being evaluated presently raises the SQ beyond all of the others mentioned above. The major improvement to my ears is better tonal accuracy. Instruments and voices are more life-like. The noise is reduced allowing for a more solid 3-D presentation with the musicians more solidly presented on the sound stage. Overall, more information is fleshed out of CDs and LPs. 

The manufacturer, the price and the name of the prototype fuses will come later. I don't have the information thus far. My understanding is, if all works out, the release date is to be mid-October. 

Stay tuned ... 

Frank
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I had an SR fuse blow for no obvious reason other that it being seemingly rated improperly, that's happened to other SR fuse users (fusers?), and SR fuse promoters have recommended using higher rated fuses to avoid that...a real bad idea, but there ya go. 
Something interesting that I've noticed since installing the prototype fuses ... I have to turn the volume down quite a bit.
Of course that makes me really, really, really glad I don’t have to use fuses. There is never any end to it. Fuses are bad gnus. 🐂 🐂 🐂 Oh, I almost forgot to ask, are the prototype fuses directional?
Directional? I put them into four different components. I reversed the one in the line-stage ... and it sounded better. By "better," I mean more well focused. Same as all of the other aftermarket fuses. Placed the wrong way, the sound is slightly defused (no pun intended), like the system is out of phase. Placed in the proper direction, things just seem to snap into place. I know ... I know .. Impossible, right?

Frank