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SR Blue Fuses

I just wanted to share my excitement with my SR Blue Fuses. I installed 3 in my Anthem I225. Its been probably 100 hours of burn in time now and I really am beside myself in the difference. The bass is really full, my highs are nicely extended and my soundstage is huge. Just today, my soundstage became ridiculous.
If you are happy with your current amplifier / preamplifier and intend on keeping it for awhile I highly recommend replacing the fuses with SR Blue fuses, if not the Orange fuses. I got my Blues for 30% off. It is quite possibly the best tweak I have done aside from room treatments.

It takes awhile to burn the fuses in but once they are, it’s pretty awesome the difference they make. I was pretty skeptical about this mod and thought it was a lot to spend but now that I have, it was the best $400 mod I have done. It made more of a difference than my upgraded power cords and actually probably made a more of a difference than going from my signal cable silver res speaker cables to my ap solo crystals.

Highly recommended if you already love your amp/preamp and intend to keep them for awhile!
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"... I’ll wait here ready to unrelentingly and thuggishly bully whomever responds, as hey, it’s what I do."

This was not Wolf, Cleeds. He is just repeating what someone else said about him.  

Wolf, your failed SR listening trial is not what most others have concluded in their trials--the fuses are a hit for most.  They don't work for you, fine.  They work for most everyone who has tried them--they improve definition and realism as reported.  What I was getting at with you in the big room was that you could end up in a straight jacket if you do not eventually accept what folks are hearing. There is no point in going on about it. 
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Wolf, you're in a large room, full of hundreds of audiophiles. All are talking about the sonic improvements they are hearing with specialty fuses.  You go from person to person, insisting to each they cannot be hearing improved sound.  Some disagree, some laugh, but you continue on, emphatic in your belief, repeating, "It's a fuse!"  You are determined to save them from their mass delusion.   None take you seriously, though.  After all, they are in agreement, enthused with what they are hearing.  You suddenly stop--you stare out at this crowd, and a realization slowly overtakes you: It is you, not they, who suffers from delusion.        
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"I hope that clears it up."   

No dice, Wolf.  You're on a very short list.  
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Does the AC fuse conduct current?  If the fuse melts or is removed, is there current flow?
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The "list of audiophiles" who believe in Magic Fuses is actually minuscule..."
The list of persistent naysayers is even more minuscule.  
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Give it a rest, or "you’ll blow a poofel valve"😬

This was the best thing in all of this--hilarious!  Thanks, George.  

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The improvements from SR blacks and then SR blues have been clearly shown for several years now by hundreds of reports right here.  It's not even open for debate anymore.  Crying "snake oil!" does not disprove high-performance fuses---no dice.  
George, I appreciate your expertise on digital, by the way.  Have you even tried SR's?  
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Yup, what Frank said.  The SR fuse line brings a new level of resolution and realism as a final touch to a good system.  I must say though, a couple of PPT E+ mats brings out even more of the same.  If you missed out on the PPT products and/or don't have the better SR fuses, you aren't hearing the potential your system has to offer.   
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The mid and tweeter in Maggies are fused. The fuses are part of the signal path.  There's a long-held, well-documented practice of removing this fuse bank altogether or at least bridging the fuse holders with a solid piece of silver for improved sound.  Then the audiophile fuses came along to provide another option, and you would be amazed just how much nicer the speakers sound. They are like an extension of nicer speaker cables. I have had HiFi Tuning, Furutech, SR 20, SR Red, SR Black and SR Blue fuses in. Each was a small improvement, with the SR Black and then Blues far and away the largest leaps forward.  There are others out there I have not tried--not schilling for one brand, just ended up there.
 For the AC mains in my amps, subs and CDP, all have improved clarity  with these fuses.  In this position, I compare them to an extension of the audiophile power cable.  The current travels through the fuses, and there must be a level of noise removed by the better fuse using graphene, better fuse body, end caps, etc.  
All I know is what I hear.  
  
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