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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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dlcockrum
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Frank,

I do remember the Magnan IV ICs. Stereophile A rated for many years back when that actually meant something :)

I am slowly but surely moving on past my SR active Tesla ICs and speaker cables (recently replaced my 7 year old Tesla Precision Reference speaker cables with Cerious Graphene Extremes and am very pleased - thanks ozzy and wig), but have yet to hear better power cords than the SRs in my system. Even the older X2 and Tesla SE active power cords are quite good and the Element CTS Digital power cable is superb, all improved significantly by Michael Spallone’s MPC upgrades. From what I have read and heard from owner friends, the Atmosphere Level 3 cord you have is among the very best two or three out there, adding a dose of refinement and musicality never offered by SR’s previous power cords, good as they are IMO.

Hoping to get the Atmosphere Level 3 as the feeder AC cord when I upgrade my Powercell 10 UEF/FEQ to the 12 UEF...

Dave
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@oregonpapa

Thanks for another fabulous recording. On Ray’s Time, I have noticed the unusual separation of bass guitar (right ch) and saxophone (left ch). Did you experience the same? I am streaming off Tidal right now but thinking of nabbing the 4 disc import off Amazon.

zheng4
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I replaced four SR black fuses with blue ones in my PS Audio DAC, BHK Preamp, and BHK Amp 250. The improvements are very obvious, similar to what you all described. These fuses are definitely directional, but different from the black fuses for my components. First I inserted the blue ones in the same direction as the black ones, heard certain differences, but couldn't say a big improvement, after a day, the same, I was wondering maybe it needs more burn-in time, but I went ahead to change the direction after talking to the PS Audio technician to verify the current flow, instantly I heard the improvement you guys were stating. I was really amazed how much improvements, not just sounds different, but definitely improvements, considering recently I put in the SR PowerCell 12 UEF SE in my system.
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Lalitk ...

On my system the bass is about 4 feet behind the right speaker and a little to the left. The sax is about the same behind and to the right of the left speaker.  Good jazz. Glad you like it. 

Frank 
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dlcockrum
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Interesting. Ray’s Time via Tidal has the bass clearly to the outside of the right speaker and the sax clearly to the outside of the left in my system/room.

Phenomenal recommendation Frank :)

Dave
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