So far, I’ve demonstrated the three fuses, The SR Orange, QSE Yellow, and the new prototype, to three of my audiophile friends. All three know my system well. All three were here on an individual basis. They were not a part of a group session.
All three friends are, like me, into this hobby for the music first, equipment second, and scientific measurements a distant 20th.
All three of these friends are experienced audiophiles of many years who own good to great systems of their own.
Every one of these friends could easily discern the differences between the fuses. ALL THREE have come to the same conclusions that I have regarding the fuses.
Counting myself, that comes to four sets of ears all arriving at the same conclusions which can be found by scrolling up in this thread, and the thread that preceded it.
All agreed that the SR Orange fuse is overall more musically satisfying than the QSA Yellow fuse. All agreed that the new prototype fuse was the best sounding of the three by far.
This is not meant to disparage the QSA people in any way. It is, what it is. Keep in mind that the only QSA fuse that I or my friends have heard is the Yellow one. Moving up the QSA line may be a different story. To jump up one level from the QSA Yellow fuse to the QSA Light Violet fuse will set you back $711, so it had better sound fantastic ... and cook your breakfast at the same time.
Frank
All three friends are, like me, into this hobby for the music first, equipment second, and scientific measurements a distant 20th.
All three of these friends are experienced audiophiles of many years who own good to great systems of their own.
Every one of these friends could easily discern the differences between the fuses. ALL THREE have come to the same conclusions that I have regarding the fuses.
Counting myself, that comes to four sets of ears all arriving at the same conclusions which can be found by scrolling up in this thread, and the thread that preceded it.
All agreed that the SR Orange fuse is overall more musically satisfying than the QSA Yellow fuse. All agreed that the new prototype fuse was the best sounding of the three by far.
This is not meant to disparage the QSA people in any way. It is, what it is. Keep in mind that the only QSA fuse that I or my friends have heard is the Yellow one. Moving up the QSA line may be a different story. To jump up one level from the QSA Yellow fuse to the QSA Light Violet fuse will set you back $711, so it had better sound fantastic ... and cook your breakfast at the same time.
Frank