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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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nonoise
10,838 posts
 
The only point of contention with your statement is the refusal of those who say a fuse can not affect performance based on a belief, rather than an experience.

That, is a great example of expectation bias: I will not hear an improvement so why bother trying? As opposed to "lets see what happens here when I change this...", which is more of a scientific approach.

Just like with cables, I went through 3 different brands of fuses before I came upon one that sounded best in my system and to my tastes.

All the best,
Nonoise
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uberwaltz
13,381 posts
 
Thank you Ted!
Very nicely said.

However I am sure that will be difficult for some to handle.
ted_d
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uberzaltz,
C’est la vie.

Ted Denney Lead Designer Synergistic Research Inc.
fleschler
2,008 posts
 
Not only that opinion stated by Ted, but he offers a 30 day trial of any of his products.  That allows anyone and everyone to test out the product to see if it does what it professes to do and if the device is worth the change in sound if there is a difference.  I haven't purchased or tried a Synergistic Research product that didn't make a sonic difference, usually to my liking but not always.  

I've tried about a dozen different types of equipment footers until I decided on the current iteration of Stillpoints throughout my main system.  
prof
3,473 posts
 
@ted_d


Let me repeat this, there is absolutely NO OBJECTIVE CRITERIA OR TEST THAT EXISTS TODAY THAT CONCLUSIVELY PROVES ANY PRODUCT TO BE BETTER THAN ANY OTHER.


Admittedly I haven’t monitored all the pages since I joined this thread but...that phrasing strikes me as a straw man.

I count myself as a skeptic about fuses, but I wouldn’t be making any such claim, and I didn’t see any other skeptic make such a claim. (Unless someone has made it more recently).

The issue isn’t "Proving X is better objectively" but rather "demonstrating that the difference between X and Y are actually audible."

THEN we can talk about which one someone might prefer.

I’d also point out that in many ways one CAN show objectively one product to be "better" than another. We just have to look at the parameters of performance we want to improve, then measure them (or do controlled tests showing people can hear one as better than the other).

There are simply too many variables, known and more importantly unknown that can only be taken in as a whole from a subjective standpoint.


That doesn’t sound very scientific. But then I suppose you aren’t trying to be scientific? (And if that were the case, I’d wonder on what principles you base your products?)

If there are "too many variables" to test in a controlled manner, then there’s no reason to think uncontrolled subjectivity is going to do any better - in fact it’s less likely to discern between variables and likely just introduces more variables.
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