Aftermarket fuse to tame a bright system?

I'm not sure that's true - sorry!

Thanks - will check it out

Nice feedback @dwest1023

@sls883 the Harmonic Technology RecTa interconnect seems to use Neotech OCC Copper bulk cable. Did you retain the same clarity, details and soundstage when you switched over to this? I’ve tried some copper interconnect in place and it does indeed cure the the brightness, but I loose all of the other benefits of silver and the sound is comparatively murky.

Good feedback many thanks

Feedback - direct from Synergistic research, a fuse is unlikely to resolve my problem.  Best to look at changing interconnects (along with power conditioning/power cables).

I kinda like my speaker positioning, so not keen to change it as it affects imaging/soundstage.

Thanks all.

That cable company lending library is a great idea - shame I’m not in the USA.

Good idea!

@bolong interested in your comments about Anticables gold/silver alloy - what other interconnect have you tried.  Anticables look good, but no shielding?!?

Someone else mentioned to me about the Gustard fuses - apparently they’re darker sounding and useful for tuning.

Apologies, but I’m not sure telling everyone about my system is actually that relevant - I think we can talk about it at component level.  I’ve had lots of really good feedback on this and fuses, which is what I was looking for.  My system is so bespoke that nobody other than me could make inferences about how it sounds anyway.

I think we have some very good answers to my question - I’m happy to leave it at that.

Purist Audio Design Dominus Luminist is a very nice suggestion - I'll look it up.

I think that's fair comment @audphile1 

What is interesting though is that interconnects seem to be the most important piece of the chain, silver in this position provides an upwards tilt to the frequency response - silver in other positions seems to have less effect (just more transparency).  What has surprised me though is that power cables can really change the frequency response as well (let's ignore silver or copper issue at this point), with some power cables providing more open and extended treble.

Anyway, I have concluded that an aftermarket fuse may well change the sound, it might help - but fundamentally it's the interconnect which needs to be switched out because the upwards tilt I have with this silver interconnect will likely always remain and I'd end up trying to over/incorrectly compensate for it elsewhere.  Some good suggestions on alternative interconnects given here and I will likely try an aftermarket fuse at some point, but I think I need to sort out the fundamentals first. 

Tried a few different approaches this afternoon - I have found that the Dragon Source power cable was a bit too much, switched it for a Thunder copper cable and things improved a lot, but this is still with the Dragon silver interconnects and speaker cables.  So the power cable change has helped a lot, perhaps just too much silver in the system.  I’ll continue to play with different set ups.