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The new Synergistic Research BLUE fuses ....

New SR BLUE fuse thread ...

I’ve replaced all 5 of the SR BLACK fuses in my system with the new SR BLUE fuses. Cold, out of the box, the BLUE fuses stomped the fully broken-in SR BLACKS in a big way. As good as the SR BLACK fuses were/are, especially in comparison with the SR RED fuses, SR has found another break-through in fuses.

1. Musicality ... The system is totally seamless at this point. Its as if there is no system in the room, only a wall to wall, front to back and floor to ceiling music presentation with true to life tonality from the various instruments.

2. Extension ... I’ve seemed to gain about an octave in low bass response. This has the effect of putting more meat on the bones of the instruments. Highs are very extended, breathing new life into my magic percussion recordings. Vibes, chimes, bells, and triangles positioned in the rear of the orchestra all have improved. I’ve experienced no roll-off of the highs what so ever with the new BLUE fuses. Just a more relaxed natural presentation.

3. Dynamics ... This is a huge improvement over the BLACK fuses. Piano and vibes fans ... this is fantastic.

I have a Japanese audiophile CD of Flamenco music ... the foot stomps on the stage, the hand clapping and the castanets are present like never before. Want to hear natural sounding castanets? Get the BLUE fuses.

4. Mid range ... Ha! Put on your favorite Ben Webster album ... and a pair of adult diapers. Play Chris Connor singing "All About Ronnie," its to die for.

Quick .... someone here HAS to buy this double album. Its a bargain at this price. Audiophile sound, excellent performance by the one and only Chris Connor. Yes, its mono ... but so what? Its so good you won’t miss the stereo effects. If you’re the lucky person who scores this album, please post your results here.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ULTRASONIC-CLEAN-The-Finest-Of-CHRIS-CONNOR-Bethlehem-Jazz-1975-NM-UNPLAYED-...

Overall impressions:

Where the RED fuses took about 20 hours to sound their best, and the BLACK fuses took upwards of 200 hours of total break-in, the BLUE fuses sounded really good right out of the box ... and that’s without doing anything about proper directional positioning. Not that the BLUE fuses don’t need breaking in, they do. The improvement continues through week three. Its a gradual break-in thing where each listening session is better than the last.

Everything I described above continues to break new ground in my system as the fuses continue breaking in. Quite honestly, I find it difficult to tear myself away from the system in order to get things done. Its truly been transformed into a magical music machine. With the expenditure of $150.00 and a 30 day return policy there’s really nothing to lose. In my system, its like upgrading to a better pre amp, amp, CD player or phono stage. Highly recommended.

Kudos to Ted Denney and the entire staff at SR. Amazing stuff, guys. :-)

Frank

PS: If you try the SR BLUE fuses, please post your results here. Seems the naysayers, the Debbie Downers and Negative Nellie’s have hijacked the original RED fuse thread. A pox on their houses and their Pioneer receivers.

Frank



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tel555
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Greetings from the UK. My first post on here after a long time lurking, but the subject of fuses drew me in!

I'm the owner of quite a few blue and black SRs, with the blues in my more frequently used components.

My own opinion is that blues add more of "something" than the blacks. Personally I wouldn't call the effect of either night and day different, but there definitely seems to be deeper bass and more depth overall. Since I've owned them I've wanted to listen to more music because of the perceived improvements, and that's ultimately the sign of a worthwhile tweak to my mind and ear.

One question comes to mind though. Why do the fuses have a little "window" to see the graphene? Is that just to convince consumers that they're getting something tangibly different? Does it serve any useful purpose?

Terry

tel555
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I'm not sure whether this thread is now a Synergistic Research Blue fuse thread or a Total Contact thread. But on the topic of Total Contact, many potential buyers, myself included, will have been deterred by their experience with other "pastes", in my case Walker SST. As many on these pages have said, it seems to improve things marginally at first, but after a few months is actually detrimental, and then you have to go to the hassle of wiping the stuff off all your contacts, of course always knowing that the inside of your sockets will never be completely free of it again.

That said, I would never be closed mind to a new product. Technology marches on, new materials come into play. To what extent graphene is being used just because it's grabbing headlines rather than offering anything genuinely new I don't know, but maybe there's something in it.

What I *do* have a problem with, however, is the apparent one way street of good news. The miracle application. No downsides whatsoever. I'm sorry, but I'm too long in the tooth to buy that any more. Roll forward a year, and there will be, there absolutely WILL be, a more balanced evaluation of Total Contact. The pros and the cons. Give me that now, and I'll pay more attention. Please just don't expect me to believe it is a miracle treatment with no downsides. Hi-Fi manufacturers with R&D budgets multiple times greater than Mr Mrock would have brought this to market if it was the no-brainer we're being led to believe it is.

tel555
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Frank, with respect, if I see you post the word "destroy" in relation to Tim Mrock personally once more, I'll never order Total Contact whatever the forthcoming reviews. You're doing yourself no favours by continually banging this drum so aggressively. Forums are fickle places, people have all sorts of agendas, it alters the way people talk and behave. People like to goad others, to taunt them, to pour scorn on things they don't understand. Schadenfreude. You won't change that. But for goodness sake take one step back and stop being drawn in, even though you think you're valiantly defending your friend and his business. It just comes across really badly.
tel555
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Back on topic...

I would definitely urge anybody who hasn't tried a Blue fuse to do so, I am still grinning from the extra bass and soundstage. I'm more convinced than ever that the Blue fuses bring something to the party that the Blacks don't. 

For what it's worth, my distributor recommended changing the main extension lead first, so it might be worth giving that a go to begin with if your budget only stretches to one fuse. 
tel555
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Wolf, if you received a free sample of Total Contact, do you reckon you could review it in an unbiased way? I mean, like really unbiased?  See, as much as Frank is guilty of using terms like destroy, you're guilty of the goading I posted about previously. In spades. It obviously amuses you.  And you've got to admit, given that you have zero experience of the product, that's kinda unfair too. I'm wondering how many people said that Bitcoin was a waste of money at $1 each. Were you one of them too?
tel555
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Geoff, I've lost track, please excuse me. Have you actually heard a system before and after Blue fuse treatment? 
tel555
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George, you'll hate this, but I'm going to say it anyway. If you don't know the difference between your and you're, then in my book your opinion doesn't count at this level of debate. That's an opinion based on years' worth of online observation. Yeah that's harsh, I'm sure there will be the professionally offended along soon enough to shoot me down this way, that way or another way, but in that succinct misspelling, you told me everything I ever needed to know. You'll never get this stuff, mark my words. Genuinely no offense intended.

I love my blue fuses. In the UK, they've temporarily sold out. We're all wrong, George. You're (sp) correct. :)
tel555
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Sorry, probably should have added the word "diagnosed".
tel555
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So, people are finally realising what a waste of time and space George is, as I've previously said. Uneducated does as uneducated is. Trust me, George is just the latest vindication of a well-trodden path of no-marks trying to be relevant. He won't be the last.

To wolf_garcia though, two things. I call BS on your claims of extensive testing. You know it's not true, we all do.  By all means have your retort and claim this that or whatever, but YOU have not done extensive testing with SR Blue fuses, I don't care what you say. Just humour me if you need to respond on this particular point, but please don't try and vindicate the claims. Insult me if you have to, I really couldn't care less, but you are talking BS, plain and simple. Or to use posh language, projection.

On the point you *keep* making about a fuse's function though, can we just get one thing straight. Nobody here, as far as I know, is disputing a fuse's function. Nobody. Got that? Nobody. We all know it's supposed to - to use one of your favourite words - melt, to protect the circuit. We get that. Each time you say it again, myself and many others will be saying "we get that".

It's not a fuse's *function* we're analysing here. If you dogmatically keep saying that a fuse is a fuse is a fuse, then essentially you're saying that all metals are the same. A gold wired fuse is, to use your logic, the same as a zinc fuse. It's just protecting the circuit, right? Think about what you're saying. Really stop and think. A fuse has to be made from an electrical conductor. A paper fuse doesn't work. So to say that a fuse CANNOT make a difference is saying that gold is the same as silver is the same as graphene is the same as nickel is the same as zinc is the same as aluminium etc etc. And guess what, wolf, all metals ain't the same. I just don't get how this really basic, elementary fact seems to escape you. I just don't get it. Have you latched onto this "melting" thing to such an extent that you can't see the wider implication of the statement?

I do look forward to having my post dissected and humoured. But in amongst it, maybe try and see this from the converteds' point of view. The price of a fuse to me is inconsequential. If it didn't make any difference, I'd use the 30 day money back guarantee without a second thought, trust me. I've sent products back before and I'd do it again, in a heartbeat. An awful lot of us must be deluding ourselves according to you and a few others. Maybe they work better in some set-ups than others, who knows. But wolf, trust me, really trust me, they can and DO make the sound different in the right application. Cheers.
tel555
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Haha, he said melt again, oh my. Had to happen sooner or later.

Oh and I LOVE the "my friend loaned me two fuses" BS. Nice. Roughly translated, you went round to your mate's house to hear a system you weren't familiar with, he said he'd bought a couple of fancy fuses, you listened, had nothing to reference it against, and decided they were smoke and mirrors. Lol. How close to the truth am I, wolf? Haha, can't wait for the dummy-spit reply, PLEASE don't disappoint. Priceless. Carry on everyone else.
tel555
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Just checking in. 

Dim George still doesn't understand the difference between your and you're, and wolf still hasn't heard a blue fuse, despite "hours and hours or extensive testing". 

Hahaha, imagine my surprise. Oh my.

To those who HAVE heard the benefits of blue fuses, keep enjoying them. 

Now, back to the music...
tel555
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The way wolf KEEPS banging on about the cost of these fuses, anyone would think he was an under-achiever in life and this was just a bit of projected resentment against those who can buy as many of these fuses as they wish. Perish the thought, obviously, hahaha. This thread is pure entertainment and an insight into human psychology all at the same time. Please don't stop.
tel555
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This thread is now in its death throes, and probably not before time. At the point religion gets mentioned, a swathe of people turn off, understandably, even in Ooo Ess Aay. Seen it before. Plus too many people crying to moderators. Again, familiar pattern.

It's like this. Most, if not all, users of blue fuses report an improvement. That's either the biggest placebo con trick in the history of hi-fi, or there really is something to it. You decide. But how about trying the damn product before commenting? You know who you are.

Peace out.
tel555
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gdhal, stop posting crap for the sake of posting crap. Get diagnosed. I hope you read this before you get it deleted. Sad. 
tel555
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NoNoise I have to admire your tenacity, but why are you bothering to try to convince these two affected (in their own way) individuals? You'll never convince them. Ever. Trust me. Out of stubbornness they will never buy a blue fuse. You have the benefit of hearing the improvements they bring. You can go round and round in circles about AC current or return policies or whatever other spurious crap they come up with next till you're blue in the face, pun intended. You're giving them waaay more airtime than you ever would in real life. 

There will always be unenlightened people, many of whom never want to be educated. Here are two examples, with more waiting in the wings. And when you throw in lower intelligence and the "a" word into the mix, this could become a life mission. Spend your time enjoying your music instead, you'll be much better off in the long run rather than flogging this dead horse. Leave them to wallow in their own self-righteousness.
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