Quantum Science Audio Thread

@oregonpapa what did you think of the midrange now, as compared to the SR Orange?

"The theory, wraps all these errors and fallacies and clothes them in magnificent mathematical garb which fascinates, dazzles and makes people blind to the underlying errors. The theory is like a beggar clothed in purple whom ignorant people take for a king. Its exponents are very brilliant men, but they are metaphysicists rather than scientists. Not a single one of the relativity propositions has been proved. " 


"I hold that space cannot be curved, for the simple reason that it can have no properties. It might as well be said that God has properties. He has not, but only attributes and these are of our own making. Of properties we can only speak when dealing with matter filling the space. To say that in the presence of large bodies space becomes curved is equivalent to stating that something can act upon nothing. I, for one, refuse to subscribe to such a view."

This is, of course, Tesla refuting Einstein's theories.  He couldn't "get his head around" Einstein's work and made a number of strong statements regarding it.  Possible to be very intelligent and very wrong sometimes!

Guys, after extensive break-in...and yes, it was really "wonky" along the way and it took way longer than I thought it would for a "simple" fuse...but I have gone ahead and kept the "red" fuse for my Sorcer x4. I would say the break in was ~30 days? Not exact on this one, sorry. I did hold off on my assessment because the break in was again, wonky - bright, dark, etc...and kind of fluctuated...took a while to really settle in. 

Basically, I hear more air, bigger soundstage, more depth for sure, more detail, but also more relaxed at the same time - more musical. Interestingly, some of my recordings are "more" listenable, more musical. They were good before, but now are more enjoyable. 

I did not use any paste as I wanted to "hear" the fuse and the fuse alone...I may experiment with paste later on, but I like what I am hearing now. 

Based on this I would recommend a demo and let your ears and wallet decide. 

docknow >>>

• what did you think of the midrange now, as compared to the SR Orange?

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around just how good this fuse is. As it has continued breaking in, the midrange is coming into its own very nicely. There is a concrete realism that was not there before. The human voice is amazing. 

While the SR Orange fuse was the benchmark in all of the fuses I've tried over the years, the QSA Yellow fuse has it beat hands down. No contest. How one little fuse can make such a significant improvement is way beyond me.

When paying $213 for a fuse, which to most, seems like a ridiculous sum, one has to measure the cost by the results. I've used ICs and PCs costing ten times as much that haven't given the results this little yellow bugger is giving. 

At this point, I'm thinking that other fuse manufacturers will have to go back to the drawing board in order to stay competitive.

That's honest to God's truth. In fact, I'm ordering another one that will go into the ARC-REF 75se. 

Frank

Pleased the QSA thread is open up again.
Sure wish people with experience with the fuses and stones would contribute more. Being so incredibly impressed with the light blue fuses, I ordered yellow fuses and red stones.
Curious about the stones? Going to try placing them on the power supply of my preamp.
Curious about Total Contact or 1260 Enhancer?
Curious about the Bybee V2?