Well said! @david_ten.
The Synergistic Research Orange Fuse ... Further thoughts.
Here are my observations after several weeks of burning in the new SR Orange fuses:
1. The sound has a more relaxed presentation.
2. Clarity - There is less grain. I thought I had this beat, but evidently not.
3. The soundstage has expanded further and instruments and performers are more well-placed inside the stage. The presentation is a lot more three-dimensional.
4. More articulation on voices. Vocals are more organically human in nature. While listening to Kevin Mahogany sing "Skylark," I hung on every note and word in the lyrics. Massed voices, like those heard on the Norman Luboff Choir's "But Beautiful" album, are more delineated. The solo instruments are more present than ever before also.
5. There is a definite improvement in dynamics. Drum solos place the drummer right there in the room with you. Rim shots, bongos, congas and big bass drums are amazing. So are vibes. Cal Tjader and Victor Feldman ... Welcome to the party.
6. There has been a further improvement in tonal accuracy. String instruments have taken on a new dimension.
7. Among other improvements, there has been a slight amount of welcome warmth added to the mid-bass. The music, as a result, has become more emotionally involving. A little more tube-like in a very nice way.
8. More meat on the bones overall. Massed strings are beautiful. Bach's "Air on a G String" ... simply beautiful.
9. Lastley, I can set the volume control lower and get the same volume in sound as before.
Overall ... the new Orange fuse is a real winner in my system.
Highly recommended.
Frank
1. The sound has a more relaxed presentation.
2. Clarity - There is less grain. I thought I had this beat, but evidently not.
3. The soundstage has expanded further and instruments and performers are more well-placed inside the stage. The presentation is a lot more three-dimensional.
4. More articulation on voices. Vocals are more organically human in nature. While listening to Kevin Mahogany sing "Skylark," I hung on every note and word in the lyrics. Massed voices, like those heard on the Norman Luboff Choir's "But Beautiful" album, are more delineated. The solo instruments are more present than ever before also.
5. There is a definite improvement in dynamics. Drum solos place the drummer right there in the room with you. Rim shots, bongos, congas and big bass drums are amazing. So are vibes. Cal Tjader and Victor Feldman ... Welcome to the party.
6. There has been a further improvement in tonal accuracy. String instruments have taken on a new dimension.
7. Among other improvements, there has been a slight amount of welcome warmth added to the mid-bass. The music, as a result, has become more emotionally involving. A little more tube-like in a very nice way.
8. More meat on the bones overall. Massed strings are beautiful. Bach's "Air on a G String" ... simply beautiful.
9. Lastley, I can set the volume control lower and get the same volume in sound as before.
Overall ... the new Orange fuse is a real winner in my system.
Highly recommended.
Frank
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I’m the first to admit, after being out of the high end audio loop since about 2000 (had to take a break or lose my sanity), I am basically a newbie again. So much has changed...and yet it remains the same. I see the same arguement about cabling that was going on in 1978, 1990, and 2000 is still going strong. But this "fuse" debate has me baffled. Can someone give me a quick breakdown on what is being discussed? What product are you changing fuses in? I only know of Synergy Research by what I have seen in Audiophile forums and chat rooms, and it is one of two extremes -- love Ted Denney or consider him and SR as nothing more than snake oil. I take it that Ted is the person who started SR, but all I know about the company is it sells power conditioners, high end cables, and other products I’m sure. I have no opinion one way or the other because I am not familiar with their products nor have I used them. I don’t praise or demonize anything that I have not tested myself. Again, I would appreciate an education. Many times when you ask this type of question on these forums, all you hear is "That is what the Internet is for" or "Try Goggle". The problem is, I don’t know what to search for...I don’t understand "Orange Fuses" from "Blue Fuses" in the context of this discussion. Thank you. Allen |
allenf1963 The fuses are used in your electronics, like amps, line stages, phono stages, and speakers that use fuses like Maggies. The Orange fuse under discussion here is made by Synergistic Research in Santa Ana, California. The owner and lead designer of SR products is still Ted Denney. I’ve been on the other sites you mentioned where some members excoriate Ted Denney. He’s actually hated by a few members on those sites. Those calling Ted Denney’s products "snake oil," for the most part have never tried SR products. They are people who lead narrow, darkened little lives and take pleasure in talking out of their heinies. These are very destructive people, not just on the audiophile sites, but destructive in general as they wander through life without a positive focus, or a second thought about how much they hurt others ... all for the cause of making themselves feel far more important than they are. To paraphrase Nikola Tesla ... "If hatred was electricity, they could light up the entire world." If you were to go back on earlier fuse threads, you’d find that the Orange fuse is the latest SR fuse to hit the market. Prior to the Orange fuse, there are A’gon threads on the SR Red, Black and Blue fuses. Each one was an incremental improvement over the others. While $160 for a fuse seems expensive, especially I would imagine to someone like yourself who has been out of the hobby for a while, you can be assured they are not snake oil, and that they perform well beyond their price point. There’s a 30 day trial period with a 100% money-back guarantee. If they do nothing for you, then you’d be out only the cost of return shipping. www.highendelectronics.com Hope this helps ... Frank |
lalitk ... The man asked the question. I provided the answer. By the way, I just bought a private jet with my royalties. See you in Paris. Frank |
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