I wish I could easily change the fuses in my Rowland Monoblocks but the chassis's are 1 solid, milled aluminum billet. Only authorized dealers/Jeff Rowland can get into the chassis's...
Quantum Science Audio light blue fuse; $71, what a bargain!
I wanted to start a new thread about the more affordable versions of these fuses. I don’t doubt that the higher end versions are amazing, but most of us aren’t very likely to be able to hear them for ourselves. Fortunately, pretty much anyone who is serious about building a musically enjoyable and engaging system can get a good taste of what they’re all about.
I’ve had the light blue QSA fuses ($71) in my CD transport and DAC for over two weeks, now. They replaced SR blue fuses, at around twice the price, and easily bettered them. I am expecting one more light blue tomorrow, to replace an SR orange in my amp. I’ll give an update on that, once I get it installed and listen.
Meanwhile, here are a couple quotes from my posts on the other thread:
“What I am hearing is; voices & instruments are more solid and lifelike, with increased natural detail and sense of space, better dynamics, and a more relaxed overall sound.”
“Just got in a second light blue fuse for my DAC. So far, more of the same improvements I got in my CD transport. Very nice!😃 One thing I appreciate is the break in seems to be pretty quick, without any of the nasties you get with some other stuff. Pop it in, and you’ll hear improvements in short order, at least that’s been my experience.”
I am continuing to greatly enjoy what these fuses bring to my system, and am really looking forward to getting the last one in my amp.
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Really??? What are you now Einstein's mother??? https://i.redd.it/hcumvmngjto11.jpg Na! your just https://itsallnoise.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Its-all-noise-logo-idea-3bgrnd.png |
This is georgie before he uses the translator to post here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI8S_gEG2Qo And by the way, Einstein always spoke proper English. He would never use your for you're. All the best, Nonoise |
The Blue in my Blackhawk is awesome. The very best components improve detail and dynamics while also somehow managing to be more liquid smooth. The Blue does this better than any component or tweak I have ever heard. It was good right out of the box, and now is so good it is like its not even there. By which I mean zero artifacts or evidence it is doing anything. Everything just sounds so much more real and "there". Thinking of using their 90 day option to upgrade to Violet, and maybe Yellow in the Herron. |
So correct To those "non technical" members that are interested, do not listen to fusers, listen to the techs of this industry that design the audio products you have.AND YOU WON"T SEE THEM ON THREADS LIKE THIS AGREEING WITH THESE FUSERS, EVER!!! Just clean and tighten your fuse holder and re-new your fuse (if old) with a good quality 50cent Bussman, Littlefuse or similar. |
Further evaluations on the Yellow Fuse vs the SR Orange fuse: A friend, a very experienced listener, record collector, and audiophile came over this morning. We spent the time doing A/B comparisons. It is very easy and quick to do on the ARC REF-3 line stage. Here’s what we came up with: New Yellow Fuse: Much deeper and more articulate bass. Purer highs, more overall clarity, and faster. There is a more well-defined front-to-back and side-to-side soundstage. Quite remarkable, indeed. The SR Orange fuse: So far it loses out on all of the above areas, BUT .. it has a more liquid midrange. It is more tube-like in a very good way. From a musically involving standpoint, the SR Orange fuse still wins the day. At this point, both fuses have their strengths. Ultimately, I’m hoping that things will improve with the Yellow fuse’s midrange as it breaks in more, as I’m only about ten hours in on it. If it can eventually match the beautiful midrange of the SR Orange fuses, then indeed, we have a true Allstar. I recall, the SR Orange fuses needed about 50 hours of break-in to sound their best. All of this is system-dependent of course. In the meantime, I’ll be holding off on my second Yellow fuse purchase until the current one is fully broken in. Stay tuned ... Frank PS: The Orange fuse has been treated with PPT Total Contact, and the Yellow fuse has not. |
Perhaps more to topic, at least as a preventative measure>>> whatever you decide to use for a fuse may be your business. If and when I do such a thing, I don't skip the step to lightly coat the fuse endcaps with De0x. I believe that some of the improvements that others claim to hear could just as well be a matter of making a new clean connection. It is not as much of a concern as say other connections in a system such as the very low voltage connections made by interconnects or phono cables, but if you decide to do something like this at least give it the chance of the best connection that it can make. |
See what I mean? He’s just taken to copying and pasting the same thing over and over. It doesn’t take much to envision him sitting at his computer, waiting to pounce and post more annoying inanities, thinking it will wear people down and discourage them from enjoying a thread on what they know works. He’s to the point now where he simply won’t deal with his actions of the recent past and his irrational behavior. If you think he's unbearable here, check out his tantrums over on the Amps section dealing with Class D amps. He's insulting and abusive there as well. All the best, Nonoise |
Like I said in capitals below, get him come on here to back the outrageous claims you fusers make about what these fuses can do and the fallacy that they are directional in the AC mains line. To those "non technical" members that are interested, do not listen to fusers, listen to the techs of this industry that design the audio products you have. AND YOU WON"T SEE THEM ON THREADS LIKE THIS AGREEING WITH THESE FUSERS, EVER!!! Just clean and tighten your fuse holder and re-new your fuse (if old) with a good quality 50cent Bussman, Littlefuse or similar. |
Do you think the video I attached to his quote will pacify him?Sorry, but no, not in the least. I posted that very same video link over a year ago in another thread on fuses and he dismissed it outright without a valid reason. He then went on about how Ted Denny should show up on A'gon and back up his claims. Well, Ted did and george ran away. Ted even went to the threads where george was posting and george just ignored him. I pointed it out to george and his explanation never made sense, and he kept knocking fuses. Trolling fuse threads is george's hobby horse. You'd think Admin would do something about it. Maybe more people should complain about him. All the best, Nonoise |
Like I said in capitals below, get him come on here to back the outrageous claims you fusers make about what these fuses can do and the fallacy that they are directional in the AC mains line. To those "non technical" members that are interested, do not listen to fusers, listen to the techs of this industry that design the audio products you have. AND YOU WON"T SEE THEM ON THREADS LIKE THIS AGREEING WITH THESE FUSERS, EVER!!! Just clean and tighten your fuse holder and re-new your fuse (if old) with a good quality 50cent Bussman, Littlefuse or similar. |
@nonoise Do you think the video I attached to his quote will pacify him? It did answer all his statements about manufacturers engineers and actual use in production units.. the silence will be welcome to this thread, and lets talk about the topic originally started. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFlnQ1chBno&t=106s |
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The SQ effect of the light blue fuses in my mono blocks is stunning! It is different and unique from other upgrades. The overall presentation of the performance has jumped up to just be more palpable. That is, you can reach out and touch it. But I will limit my fuse upgrade to the $211 each yellow. #1-the light blue are already spectacular. #2-it should be “mellow yellow”. Mike says that he expects more stones and fuses next week. I am waiting on yellow fuses and red stones. Since the fuses are so excellent, there must also be something to the stones. It has been said that the stones bring the Bybee V2s to the next level. Anyone have experience with the V2s and stones? |
This thread reminds us of just how little we know about audio gear and their potential! It also reminds us of how much more there is to learn. I can just image how great systems will sound in another 10-20 years. These fuses offer important SQ improvements helping us get so much more out of our systems. SR has some work to do to match or surpass these new QSA fuses. I bet they manage to improve their product line as they fight to stay competitive. I am sure they are still selling many fuses, but over time QSA will expand in audiophile awareness and sales. |
I’ve had the purple fuse in my dac for almost 48 hrs now and the improvement over the yellow is quite noticeable and welcomed. With each step from the blue to yellow and now the purple (light violet) the amount of musicality keeps increasing and I sit for quite a while being sucked in and engaged to the beautiful presentation these fuses seem to allow to take place. Songs that I’m familiar with are taking on a new personality so to speak. I don’t know if it’s more information that’s being allowed to come through or just the lack of noise and grunge that is somehow getting purged by whatever treatment QSA is putting on these fuses. Whatever it is it’s producing the most enjoyable sound I can ever remember hearing and I’m already wanting to see how can I get a Red fuse. One particular song starts out with an acoustic guitar getting plucked and after installing each color the sound not only gets more detailed and vivid but after the purple I could almost see the instrument and it’s size. These fuses are very different from the SR’s and AM’s I’ve had before. They impart such a natural and enticing sound that it really does feel like a huge amp or speaker upgrade. After hearing the yellow it’s hard to go back to the blue and now after hearing the purple it’s hard to switch back to the yellow. If all I ever heard was yellow across my components I’d be very happy but the purple is making me wonder what’s possible with the red fuse and more of the stones that tommylion has accumulated. Mike at Tweek Geek told me he thinks the jump from purple to red is more stunning than from yellow to purple, I’d like to find that out for myself... |
I had a dream last night that all of the A'gon naysayers came over for a listening session. It was quite a crowd. Instead of listening to music, they all sat around discussing equations and slew rates. I had to leave the room for a moment and when I came back they were all gone ... and they stole all of my records. My very first thought was ... what in the hell are they going to do with the records?? Frank |
Quote from Georgehifi: ""To those "non technical" members that are interested, do not listen to fusers, listen to the techs of this industry that design the audio products you have. AND YOU WON"T SEE THEM ON THREADS LIKE THIS AGREEING WITH THESE FUSERS, EVER!!! "" @ about 3:30 if you don't want to watch it all.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFlnQ1chBno&t=17s |
@grannyring, Do all three if you can! If you can’t, start with the mains AC fuse as MC said. Instead of buying 3 light blue fuses for my Clayton amp, I’ve been contemplating on buying just one yellow fuse at a time. As like so many of us I probably would want to upgrade to yellow anyway. On the Clayton S40 which one of the 3 fuse slots on the back of the of the amp is the fuse for the AC mains? Looking from the back, of course. Do you think you may try putting 1 of the stones on your Puritan Conditioner? Thanks |
Oh didn't you hear, that's right you can't, here it is again just for you. A fuse: 1: two end caps 2: short piece of fuse wire connecting the two end caps through a glass tube (that’s all she wrote). To those "non technical" members that are interested, do not listen to fusers, listen to the techs of this industry that design the audio products you have. AND YOU WON"T SEE THEM ON THREADS LIKE THIS AGREEING WITH THESE FUSERS, EVER!!! Just clean and tighten your fuse holder and re-new your fuse (if old) with a good quality 50cent Bussman, Littlefuse or similar. |
Does anyone know if this company makes their own fuses or just modify an existing manufacturers fuse? A fuse: 1: two end caps 2: short piece of fuse wire connecting the two end caps through a glass tube (that’s all she wrote). To those "non technical" members that are interested, do not listen to fusers, listen to the techs of this industry that design the audio products you have. AND YOU WON"T SEE THEM ON THREADS LIKE THIS AGREEING WITH THESE FUSERS, EVER!!! Just clean and tighten your fuse holder and re-new your fuse (if old) with a good quality 50cent Bussman, Littlefuse or similar.Cheers George |
I should get my 4 yellow fuses tomorrow ( Mono Amps, Pre-Amp and Lampi Pacific). They will replace SR orange. I have SR Orange Duplex boxes. Question....for comparison purposes, would you put them in all of the components at the same time? Or, start with one component? If so, which component would you insert first. |
ozzy >>> Just as an experiment >>> The Orange fuse that I just took out was treated with Total Contact. I put the new Yellow fuse in without any contact enhancer just to see what it sounded like untreated. I'll get it completely broken in, then apply TC to it. Frank |
I’m less than 24hrs on my yellow fuse for my dac and it’s already just fantastic. You get more of everything that you get with the blue. Not one thing is accentuated, just overall ease and flow of the music. Vocals, strings, you name it just sound more real and engaging. I’m trying to hold off on putting the purple in until tomorrow... |
thecarpathian >>> I went straight from the SR Orange to the Yellow. The system was already at such a high-resolution level that I thought there wasn’t much more noise left to be removed. I couldn't have been more wrong. Let’s hear it for the free market. Competition helps to drive it. With the improvements afforded by the Yellow fuse, I can’t imagine anyone beating it anytime soon. But, there are those in the business who won’t be sitting still. We shall l see. My God ... what does the top of the line sound like? Frank |
I put the Light Blue fuse in my preamp yesterday and listened for a couple of hours. I did not like the sound as much. I then reversed the direction and everything fell into place beautifully. No doubt these fuses are directional. We could hear it immediately and by immediately I mean within 30 seconds of playing my first demo song. The blue fuse replaced a stock fuse which was also new. The SQ improvement is just so obvious that anyone who cares could hear it after one song. Mids more fleshed out, stage is larger, sense of ease and natural flow improved. I like the Blue and will buy another for my dac. |
This is "snake oil" to the max, to those thinking about being sucked into this voodoo. Just read this, it's all you have to do to keep an ac fuse in good order. To those "non technical" members that are interested, do not listen to fusers, listen to the techs of this industry that design the audio products you have. AND YOU WON"T SEE THEM ON THREADS LIKE THIS AGREEING WITH THESE FUSERS Just clean and tighten your fuse holder and re-new your fuse (if old) with a good quality 50cent Bussman, Littlefuse or similar.Cheers George |
The Yellow fuse arrived today and I placed it into the ARC REF-3 line stage. In my opinion, it is one of the best tweaks on the market and well worth the money by far. Everything improved over a three-hour listening session from top to bottom. The three-dimensional presentation placing the performers on the stage is really quite remarkable. The human voice is much improved. Mel Torme’ was in the room. I don’t know how much more noise is left to be removed from the system, but evidently, there’s plenty more. Frank |
I only have the red stones at the moment and I agree the PRAT is great and infectious. My wife wants to dance when she hears the music which in turn gets me out of my seat. I have several amps I like to rotate in and out of the system from tube to solid state and since the red stones have been placed at my breaker panel I notice each amp sounds really good. To the point of I feel like "this is as good as it gets" kinda good, until the next amp gets put in... My third yellow and first purple fuses arrive today. I'm going to try and start with my dac as it has a light blue already and switch it out for the yellow, then the purple after several days. |
Among the things the QSA stones have brought to my system, one that stands out is the distinct improvement in PRAT or musical flow. I find my toes tapping, start dancing in my seat, or even get up and dance, more. Reminds me of the original Naim NAIT integrated amp I had early on in my audiophile adventures. There was definitely something special about that amp, in terms of PRAT. I particularly notice this with U2's War album, one of my favorites from those days. |
Thanks Tommylion for starting this forum topic , just came across it yesterday. I will be ordering some of these fuses based on the comments vs the Synergistic orange fuses which I have in everything. I am still interested in someone reporting the difference between the yellow and violet fuses . Anyway some new fuses will be coming up north of your border. Cheers! |