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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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theaudiotweak
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Frank,

Stephen Kates the cellist who’s recording you recommended played a
Domenico Montagnana cello circa 1730. The Montagnana is considered a more powerful cello one with a more dynamic low end than those made by Stradivarius..I made a custom endpin last year for another Montagnana played in a major orchestra here in the mid-west. I was told by others the outcome was fabulous.
The Montagnana owned and played by Stephen Kates was sold by his widow for $6 million.
The Montagnana I made the endpin for only had a value of $2 million..Maybe one cello sounds like the Blue fuse and the other like the Black fuse..I have heard neither one but I must purchase the recording by Kates you suggested.  Lynn Harrell and Yo Yo Ma also play a Montagnana. Tom

theaudiotweak
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David,

I have a friend who is very familiar with that particular Gofriller. It has very extended and mature response in both directions beyond what most every other cello can reach. My friend and I share experience on the removal of interfering energy within musical instruments ..for cello that is the wolf note. The wolf is caused by a specific polarity of a wave that we can now remove. The same cello absent the interference of that polarity  takes less effort to bow (energy is saved)  resulting in a net gain of average output of 1.5 db.. The harmonic of the wolf being removed is absent in the spectrum analysis beyond 15 k. There were over  250 octaves of the fundamental of 68 hz. with no interference on any harmonics.  Working on the same with audio components as they all accumulate and re generate interfering energy that is returned to the source to be played on and in the music repeatedly. Remove the interference and energy use is reduced. Tom
theaudiotweak
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Mr Denney stated that all his products are built in the USA.. Is that a 100 percent complete and solid statement with the building of the Blue Fuse? Tom
theaudiotweak
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Al,

All solid vibrating surfaces generate shear wave interference which alters the original intended signal. All fuses have a solid element which is modulated by the signal that travels thru that element. Circuit breakers and my preference magnets are less prone to modulation and vibration created by the passing of signal. They will generate less interference by design or by material or both. Much of this interference in a standard fuse will be reflected back and forth along the conductor...because of the change in boundary speed and shape at either end of the element.

My observations and experience tells me there is more cause to use a improved conductor type on the ac side than on the dc side. There is an audible improvement on both ac and dc ..so I apply to both. By nature there is more noise and therefore more shear wave interference on the ac side than the dc side of things.

Some fuse sellers apply damping materials to alter or reduce interfering energy which will travel along the wire.They may not know why.
The application of differing damping materials directly to a conductor will alter its shear wave velocity and also the speed at any intersecting boundary. The designer may have noticed a sonic difference when bees wax, is applied to a conductor vs candle wax,soy based or olive based material or a ceramic or a mineral. Any damping material will alter amplitude and frequency. I always search for a work around of any such material or method.

Every solid material has a different velocity, a change in material will alter the speed and a change in shape will alter direction and again a change in polarity. These factors and events occur in all audio systems because all the solid materials that make up any system are in a continual state of motion.

The fuse element is the most simple of all the solid conductors in any audio system . Its understanding and refinement of application could be applied to all other solid materials and shapes in a sound system. Interferring energy in many devices can be removed with the use of another solid material and terminated with a shape that reflects signal off and away from the signal pathway.Tom
theaudiotweak
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nkonor

Great addition..

You may have the perfect safe path especially if they take too a graphene solution.  Magnets coated in graphene would be better but certainly not safe. Tom
theaudiotweak
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Graphene alone is a superior and faster conductor than copper or silver. If you painted the fuse shell and the endcaps then the fuse would still conduct even while the internal element has melted. You would only paint the endcaps and the the spring clamp housing. 

In my case I will coat the entire magnet with a graphene substance expecting further enhancement of the signal that travels on the outside while a polarity of shear is disapated thru the core on the inside. Tom
theaudiotweak
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Just 20 year ago many couldnt conceive that a 3ft powercord swinging off the end of a mile long ac transmission line could improve the sound of ones system..Whats the ratio of length between a power cord and a transmission line.? Whats the ratio in length between a powercord and a fuse?

The glass fuse is a fine line element in series with all the other conductors in an audio system. The fuse element is held in place at either end by the endcaps. To reduce the affects of shear on the overall fuse design all the materials would need to have the same shear velocity. That would mean the element the endcaps and the solder and the enclosure should all be of the same material or at least selected knowing that all these materials have different speeds and their inneraction. The other crucial factor maybe that the element is blunt force impacted by the geometry of the endcap. You will have a polarity of shear at either end of the conductor reflected back into oncoming traffic. Shear changes polarity and becomes more or less reflective with a change in boundary shape and angle. If the shear is reflected in either direction this may explain why fuses can sound better in one direction vs the other. They could offer more or less shear because of production differences from end to end and impurities at the connecting points the impedance would be different and alter direction. Tom 
theaudiotweak
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The non believer of a blue fuse if they win could sell the device and buy a heaping pile of sorbothane so to muffle the life out of any device in their audio system..the darker the better ..more bass cause the highs are killed. Just like an unnatural disaster.Tom
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