I have popped a few Synergistic fuses but now realize I have to go up a number, from Large 2A to 2.5. I think the Purple Fuse is the greatest value in audio performance, almost equivalent to upgrading IC's or PC's. Only fuse is accessible in my VTL 7.5 iii pre, and my Sansui TU-1X tuner. The pre did marvels. Will similar improvement work on the Sansui tuner, ca. 1977? Thx. Neal
Synergistic Orange and purple fuses popping
Synergistic Orange and purple fuses popping
I recently upgraded all my gear with the new Synergistic orange and purple fuses (15 in all) What a difference! My Cary SLP-05 preamp with 8 Vintage Tungsten 6SN7 tubes is having problems with the Orange and Purple Synergistic fuses in the power supply. For some reason when I turn on the preamp amp after warming up the powersupply unit, the 2 power supply fuses pop. So far Synergistic has been gracious and replaced them twice now. I increased the 2 large slow blow fuses from 1amp to 2amps after asking Cary audio what I should try. I also spoke with Synergistic and they agreed their fuses are sensitive but all the stock fuses I ever used have worked flawlessly. Any body out there with any similar problems and maybe a solution? Any upgraded hi-fi fuses that may be less prone to popping? I think it may be due to a current rush (tube related) when I go from off to on. Help!
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I upgraded the fuses on my Magnepan 1.7i's from stock to Synergistic Purples and it was a revelation. The stock fuses sounded muffled and full of noise, I had a room of regular non audiophile people and every single one of them said the sound quality at least doubled in quality on the purple fuses. But! the 4 AMP Maggie recommended amperage value on the purples BLEW! So I bypassed ampage and got the 15AMP purples for sheer musicality happily in sonic nirvana to void my maggie warranty :) |
@cakyol and @jasonbourne52 I've used SR Black and Blue fuses in two amps for about 7 years without blowing them (until a tube went and the amp had a bad cap/replaced). I put an SR blue fuse in my EAR 864-immensely superior sound on CDs, LPs, R2R and cassettes (Nakamichi 7A). NO PROBLEMS. The cheap ass glass fuses are NOT made for audiophile purposes and diminish sound quality in no uncertain terms. In a low end system you probably will not notice a difference. In my high end system and even my lesser system, they make a HUGE sonic improvement. The glass fuse permitted some recordings to sound good while diminishing the quality of others. The SR fuses made ALL recordings sound better. My electronic and cable manufacturing friend uses circuit breakers instead of fuses after he heard my system. He hates tweaks but acknowledges the superiority of audiophile protection circuit parts (breakers and audiophile fuses). He also uses $25 fuses in his DAC and transport. |
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