Streamers and their Fuses

@lalitk the pang audio clock muddied the system terribly, sold it already and bought the Mutec ref10 se120. The Mutec should be a considerable upgrade, but like you said the pang had a worse clock than what was already in the W20SE and mk3.

@lalitk @carlsbad 

The Audio Magic M-1 uses black diamond and beeswax, about as bizarre and experimental as it gets, but I've gone through many pure silver and pure copper fuses to get to the black diamond promised land. Check it out if you can. 

@lordmelton 

I have the synergistic purples in my Magnepan 1.7i’s, and my subwoofer amp, the comparison between fuses was based on differences I’ve experienced in other equipment, I’m not willing to spend $200 to compare in the W20SE right now, but I’m confident they are superior to the purples.

@4afsanakhan 

appreciate your humor. The Furutech A/C lodge is a $15 part in the W20SE. So it is very common for power areas and fusel lodges to be neglected in hi-end HiFi, so we upgrade and customize in our hobby.

@lalitk 

Agreed. What external clock do you recommend please?

@1971gto455ho 

The level of cynical mockery is so severe that it has to harm your hearing

Hoping the best for your fuses this holiday season.

@facten Yes, I put the Audio Magic M-1 fuse in the Jay’s MK3 also, HUGE improvement. In the CD transport the stock fuse was so bad it actually caused distortion, and sometimes crackling, because it was loose in its fusel lodge. I secured it with Stabilint 22 annd it improved sound, but replacing the fuse altogether completely fixed the distortions and I could hear a much cleaner sound in my extremely revealing system. I swear by these Audio Magic beeswax fuses, if you have high end gear you will notice a difference. But in my low end marantz subwoofer amp there was no audible difference in putting the $200 Synergistic purple fuse in it. So I believe the audible differences are compketely based on the quality of components used in the system. An all black lifepo4 powered system on GR-Research NX speakers will hear fuse changes easily and it won’t be subtle, but if you’re running Klipsch’s on marantz don’t even waste your money. Truth anyhow.

@blisshifi Juan my neighbor! Be interesting to hear your feedback from SR orange to Audio Magic M-1!

@lordmelton That perfectly explains it to me. Thanks, excited for this evolvement in my system. You guys are what make Audiogon so awesome.

Happy Holidays to you all.

@lordmelton

Good wisdom. I got one tonight. I got the Paul Pang Audio PPA OCXO 10M Master Clock for $575 here on Audiogon. I’ll get clock cables next. Exciting new HiFi realm. Thanks for the help. I honestly don’t understand how wiring works from master clock to the 2 sources. Are they looped, or are they just both plugged in to the clock, why do both the Jay’s and the Aurender have 2 bnc clock terminals? I’ve been studying it for awhile but this area of HiFi is still a mystery to me.

@lalitk 

I realize I walked into the shallow end of the Word Clock pool just to get my feet wet, I'm interested in experimenting in this area from the bottom up. I've got my eyes on the Omega or Sigma 75ohm Shunyata Word Clock cables and the Mutec REF 10 SE 120.

@audioman58 

Audio Magic Masterpiece M-1, made with black diamond and beeswax. Best of the best, top audiophile fuse in the world right now IMO.

@snadeauu Welcome to Audiogon. I see you joined today. Selling a 30k piece with no history on the site might be difficult. My friend Juan at Bliss HiFi near me in the Twin Cities has the N30 30k flagship Aurender streamer. We both agreed the W20SE sounds more detailed and transparent because of its lifepo4 power supply. The 22k W20SE doesn’t require hi-end power cables either, whether you run a $20 or $2000 power cable to it does not change the perfect black background of the sound because it’s completely off the grid with its own lifepo4 batteries.

@lalitk I listened to the N30 at his house on his system, about a 300k system, all flagship components, flagship cables, the W20SE is immensely more transparent and detailed and holographic on my 55K lifepo4 system. He's an Aurender licensed dealer. He confirmed the benefits of the W20SE with lifepo4 batteries over the N30. I really believe the next phase of HiFi will require Lifepo4 power, it's not even remotely close even with a Shanyata Everest and 10k in cables.

@fastfreight congratulations! incredible upgrade.

@smatsui i've thought about this too, why would a fuse affect a lifepo4 powered streamer, that level of understanding is beyond me as well, but I'm telling you, it does, and it's not subtle. There might be some power experts on here that could explain it.

@lalitk 

Loving it! 10% increase in clarity and detail. Benefits were immediate on both the W20SE and the MK3. Using pro cables now,  and just coming to the end of the 400 hour burn in period. Will be upgrading cables to Shunyata Sigma Word Clock soon…

Thanks for asking, and have a great weekend.

-Brandon

Every upgrade to my setup has increased transparency and holographic imaging or it is removed and sold or returned. I listen on average 4 hours a day, it’s all about the music for me, but experiencing the music through distinct separated holograms emanating the purest sound production that technology can conjure. I recently upgraded two small parts of my system, two Audio Magic M-1 masterpiece fuses in my Mutec Ref10 SE120 Master Clock and the master clock cable to Anticables digital 6.3 with cryo burn-in to my Jay’s Audio CDT-MK3 CD transport. Immediately I tested the new tweaks with the Yello Touch album and the transparency and holographic imaging were noticeably greater, jaw dropping to be honest. May everyone enjoy their unique HiFi journey, but my enjoyment is from experiencing the music as multidimensionally as possible as our ears can process light over a thousand times better than our eyes. Live in awe of the music.

Cheers,

Brandon