SR Blue Fuses

Fusers. Shills. When it comes to going off and resorting to name calling George has a pretty short fuse.

Seriously? Okay look, long story but I had reason to look into this, talked to a very well respected designer/builder, who said he had no problem with me using twice the rated fuse. "But you didn't hear it from me" so no names. But true. He's not the only one either.  

What is a "magic fuse"? What does it do? And where can I buy one???!

danvignau:

What part of the term "Alternating Current" do most directional fuse people people not understand?

So what you’re saying, all it does is alternate back and forth. That what you’re saying?

Just one question: If all it does is alternate back and forth, never going anywhere, then how does any work get done? Eh?  

I lied. One more question: What part of "It sounds different one way than the other" do you not understand?

Lol! Artisanal mezcal. The four Mexican exchange students who lived with me, I will have to tell them. If ever I see them again. They would get a good laugh out of it for sure.

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.

Which is exactly why the first thing I did when I got my first Blue Fuse was to pull the factory fuse, clean the fuse and holder, and replace it. No difference. Why would there be? Only if it was dirty. Which it was not.  

Then the Blue Fuse went in. Obvious huge difference. Also- read my review- also obviously wrong. Within minutes it was clear the Fuse was in the wrong way. It sounded better but not right. Flipped around, wow, much better! 

Its simply no contest. Not only easy to hear the difference the Fuse makes, easy to hear the difference the direction of the fuse makes. People posting derisive comments should stop being disingenuous and openly declare they have never tried these things and therefore have no idea what they're talking about. Now that would be fun to see.

I know. Dream on.

oldhvymec-

So what is the deal? Is there some sort of super conductive stuff on/in these fuses? What makes them so good. I use ACMEs with graphene and a few other paste concoctions, I've whipped up.
I also polish the heck out of the contact areas and clean clean clean, before application.

I've never heard a difference, but I was doing it as a preventative, measure, nothing else.

DIY concoctions sometimes work, sometimes don't. Every once in a while DIY concoctions work as well or better than professional products. Not often however. Usually because the pros keep at it trying a thousand times more than you. That for sure is what Ted does. If you try a Blue or Orange Fuse I will be surprised if you don't hear a huge improvement. 

As to "what is the deal", there's the theory, the marketing story, and the results. Two completely different things. The theory and marketing story can be fake as all get out, all that means is we don't understand something. Or the guy who does understand something doesn't want to give his secret away. Either one could be true. All we know for sure is how it sounds. These things sound great! 

The theory and marketing are that running extreme high voltage with a Tesla coil, what he calls quantum tunneling, improves the conductor somehow. Then he slaps a dab of some magic gray goo on there. This is probably key because he says Do Not Remove the gray goo. Also there's TC which is also gray goo and a dab of that will produce similar effects as an Orange Fuse. Ted uses the same gray goo on his Blue and Orange outlets. Same Quantum Tunneling. So there's at least a couple things going on there. 

ECT and HFT work on a different principle, dither. I've x-rayed all this stuff and can tell you there's definitely things going on in there. Does not sound like snake oil. Does not look like snake oil. Sounds and looks like ingenious technology.

There is no such thing as "good" mezcal. Its the cheapest rotgut in all of Mexico. What this shows beyond a shadow of a doubt, you know zip about audio and even less about alcohol.

Sorry. FDS- Fuse Derangement Syndrome. Please help find a cure.

That was my review, that one SR Fuse is worth about as big an improvement as a really good $500 power cord. Not your average power cord. A good one. Like at least SR Master Coupler level. I've had Blue and now Orange, though honestly in some ways Blue are more impressive. Orange are better but not as obvious, more a refinement of the presentation than blowing up the stage size like Blue do. They also seem to work best in power amps. At least that is the case in my system where they work best in the integrated, almost as good in the phono stage, and do the least by far in the turntable motor controller.  

If you like what the Blue does their ECT and HFT are very similar in terms of what you will hear. Totally different use but similar results.