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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!
b_limo

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When a reputable engineer asserts something, there is something concrete technically  to back it up. That is how engineers operate.

No reputable ones would hesitate if that were the case but when it comes to hifi fuses fact is the only thing to back up anything are marketing claims and individual opinions and everyone has one of those.

It has nothing to do with fear of clowns.
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It’s the fuse’s fault. 🙏
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See,  Barts has some common sense. Nothing to blow a fuse over!
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Somehow I suspect B can handle this horrible situation where people offer their honest opinion and knowledge in their own inimitable way. . If the fuses worked for him I am glad.


If you are going blow a fuse, best to keep things private.
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I think I see the common link in fuse pushers. Their own fuses blow easily.
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Actually I was a salesman for a good 4-5 years way back (Tech Hifi, Radio Shack, Lafayette Radio...many fuses sold/installed/replaced) and I did not denigrate salesmen. Salesmen are properly named and just doing their job which is to sell stuff.

Don’t know why people who favor fuses are so thin skinned. Can you imagine if everyone jumped the shark here whenever someone else had a differing opinion?

Any how, I have nothing new to add about fuses that has not already been said so off to greener pastures......
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Conclusions with no science or facts to back them up are merely opinions and everybody has one of those. Especially audiophiles when it comes to what sounds good, better , best. Not to mention those who function primarily as salespersons. Whoever they might be. No way to know for sure except they quack like a salesman. 


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Never drank Mezcal but there is a local very popular Mexican Restaurant called Mezcal nearby with very good food so that is a good omen.
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Good news is there are way more important things to think about and have debate on than fuses in a hifi.  But to each their own.....
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Oops...excuse me.....

No more debate. It’s that clear. Right......

It always comes back to that on these fuse threads.

Very predictable......

No more from me. Nothing else to be said that has not been beaten to a pulp already. Bring on the next gen Syn. Kaleidscope fuse which is even more peachy keen. The question will still always be which other fuses might be even better?
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MC I did the same with a Synergistic Red fuse given to me to try in my Audio Research pre-amp after reading a lot of hype about that one at the time.

Little or no difference. Nothing I could bank on. It’s sitting out now as a spare if needed.

Maybe if I paid money for it, it would still be in there, but I prefer the one I have which at least I know will do the job of a fuse properly. How do I know? It came from the vendor. Also I can see the innards and that it is a very well constructed. Likely a slow-blow which helps but not sure.

Maybe I will dissect the Red Fuse someday to see what is in there.   It's hidden from sight otherwise.

Of course every case could be different.

But it is not smart to just drop big bucks on a fuse, especially one where limited information on how it works and what exactly makes it better is made available, without making sure to cross one’s I’s and dot one’s T’s first.

Maybe if the money does not matter which may well be the case with some.

That’s all.


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As various knowledgeable folks here have suggested when the topic comes up over the years, it’s a no-brainer for anyone to first try to just reseat the existing fuse or if need be replaced first try a new good quality standard issue fuse like Littlefuse or others that will not set you back much to try before dropping big bucks on anything else. Then if you hear a difference you can more reliably associate it with the reason.

I’ve reseated or replaced many fuses for myself or others....that alone can make the difference.
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