……no that’s Ted Denny and Synergistic .
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I have just tested the pink fuse in my system. I already had both SR Master and purple. I find the pink to be very good and definitely worth the money IMO. - more dense and colorful than the purple, in some way it can feel like that also compared to the master, but the master is more transparent and dynamic. SR master first and pink down the line seems to be a very good combo. I have upgraded my system with ADD Powr sorcer and wizard lately, and adding master fuse to the sorcer and pink to the wizard took them even further. All together that has transformed my system beyond what I thought was possible. | |
It is true that hearing is not listening. Listening, like decent conversation "skills", is a learned perception. It takes practice no matter how keen, acute, fully functioning the hearing is, to listen to sound a person must put effort and attention to get better at hearing the abstract details. Without practice, and especially if the person has never heard the component, all is air. I have developed sophisticated listening skills over many years, composing, playing, and also developing a high end sound system. No doubt the trolls will love my comments. | |
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The Cargo Cult's out, building another runway. Time for a rewind:
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I'm glad you think it worked. | |
I recently purchased a pair of MC451's and am very happy with them. Being somewhat new to the HiFi arena, I am now starting to hear and learn about 'tweaks'. Of course I want to believe that all of these little things help because after all, we are all chasing better sound! My question is, (and I have not formed an opinion if fuses help or not) why wouldn't Mcintosh who is playing in a super competitive market, install their own 'special' fuse if they thought it would improve the sound? Why would they knowingly send out an inferior product if they know that the fuse is a weak link in the chain? Mac definitely has the wherewithal to test their products and could make a small change like a fuse! | |
Since Verafi‘s Swiss Fuse Box audiophile fuses have become an anachronism. The demonstrable benefits of ‘no fuse’ have simply put paid to the concept to the point where one has to wonder when serious audio manufacturers will move to circuit breakers rather than fuses. And as a nice side effect the ridiculous price gouging by fuse manufacturers will fade into memories of the past | |
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@hannibal71 , I do not know Mac gear at all, but does Mac ship it out with the absolute best of the best electronic components in it? For example the best of the best resistors and capacitors? Or would a Mac owner/operator have to have that done on his or her own or order it from Mac that way? Fuses may be on the same principle. | |
@antigrunge2 x10 | |
You seem to know a lot about every possible Synergistic fuse color. Are you affiliated with them? dealer, marketing, etc? (And I can’t believe my eyes either) | |
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OCD Mikey interviews Ted Denney. Ted discusses fuses around the 1:07 mark. https://www.youtube.com/live/LwSaTo6Rl-c?si=DENVCkU3gYEdyLXe N | |
I'm trying a couple of these out, one in the PSU to my network switch, and one in my headphone amp. They haven't burned in at all, but I'm inclined to say that they might have too much noise filtering compared to the Purple's. I had this issue with some of their other recent UEF products, where the reduction of grain and noise is dramatic, but the sound ends up being overly smooth and dull. Baby=out with bathwater. Maybe just one in the network side of my system (where the Master Fuse was too bright), but it could be that a second one in the amp is too much and I will go back to the Purple. If this changes in the next few days, I will leave a comment about it. But immediately everything is really smooth. Too smooth. | |
Fuses need time to break believe it or not. All electronics in general, some more than others of course, benefit from burn in for 100 to 200 hours of electricity going through it. If you have good listening skills, you will like the fuse (or component) much much better after it has time to break in. Don't listen to people who can't sort out music or playback characteristics. They will typically also not be able to hear a difference between a stock power cord, or duplex or even interconnect cables and the hifi higher priced kind of cables, fuses included. The Master fuse and SR Purple duplex were quite remarkable on my high end system. Good luck on your upgrades. |