The new Synergistic Research BLUE fuses ....

I have have a new start-up concept. Faraday cages with smog micro filters, featuring allergen resistance. Anyone in?

Has anyone replaced the stock fuse in the ARC Ref 6 with the Blue fuse? If yes what was your opinion.. 

3 stooges are better than one in a comedy but two might do for basic entertainment.  As long as they each have a unique gimmick.

Hey prof, you are a voice of reason.  Maybe you can settle things down around here.  :^)

Thanks guys, I needed a laugh. :-)

Oh man, high end audio sure does attract some characters huh?
This Bo...;-0

I find the ubiquitous neigh-sayers invaluable. The many snorts of derision while reading their posts, keep my sinuses cleared. One would think, with ears like those, their hearing would be better. https://www.youtube.com/embed/gROO7xSTxfY Then again, as much noise pollution as they generate, all by themselves.......

+1 Geoff.
Without naysayers the majority of these threads would be 20 post count or so only!

Cheers!

Now where are those darn Purple fuses......

Actually naysayers are the driving force behind most threads that involve controversial tweaks. Let’s drink to the contented pseudo skeptics, the lonely tweak-a-phobes and n’er do well naysayers. 🍺

Odd how naysayers carry on so ....

Nice how a color change can improve the sound of a fuse!

I don't know, but the SR blue fuses just sounded great from the start and got slightly better over time, so unlike the SR black fuse experience.  I didn't notice any wild ride like the SR Blacks (those sounded bad from the 11th to 70th hours).  

The direction of the  fuse can be determined by the direction of the writing on the fuse. I got great results upgrading the Black fuse to the Blue in my Nordost QB-8 power distribution block. I agree that the Blues sound better out f the box than the Blacks, and I would cautiously agree that they settle into their final sound signature a bit faster than the Blacks. Like the Blacks, the break-in process can be a wild ride. Has anyone else noticed a brief "technicolor" period where they sound almost hyper-real (in a good way) before settling back down? I'm also using a Blue fuse to great effect in my Uptone Audio JS-2 LPS used to power a Mytek Brooklyn DAC+.

I live in the San Fernando Valley/L.A. and the smog was horrendous in the 60’s and 70’s. It improved by 1990; however, I owned three Dynavector cartridges (Ruby, Karat and XXL) between 1979 and 1988 whose cantilevers froze after 3 years each due to the effects of smog on the rubber type components (apparently crystalized solid or just deteriorated and froze). Since the smog has gone from where I live (due to severe environment changes in auto/truck/steel plant closing/paint/solvents/ furniture manufacturing, etc), I’ve owned a Lyra stylus Lydian for 8 years and a Benz Ruby 3 for 12 years with no deterioration of the assembly (Lydian wore out). Smog is very bad for everything including audio equipment.

Oh, brother! Looks like it’s time to issue another smog alert. But this time it’s Red 🚨 It’s a damn good thing I’ve got a full body Hazmat suit handy. ☠️ 

Smog...he has a point as you really should keep smog out of your listening space. Also, I thought Bo went away?

fuses can be a great upgrade in audio. But....smog, magnetism and high frequent noise have a huge negative influence on the sound and stage. Here are upgrades which make a bigger difference than the fuses do.

Even when you adapt yoiur systems by modifications and tools regarding smog, magnetism and high frequent noise. You will have access to an even higher result with the fuses.

When you would understand the properties of sound and all the different parts which have a negative influence on the sound and stage audio can be brought to a much higher level.

The acoustics have the biggest influence on sound and stage. And here most people have no idea how much they loose in quality and result. Buying more expensive audio will not help you a lot. The level in effectness in audio is very limited due to trial and error.

Trial and error is so ineffective based on the fact that there is no real foundation. People need to become aware that this will never help them to be effective in audio.

This has nothing to do with personal matter, but is all related to facts.

Idle thought:  bo does seem to have some Michael Green in him. Are they related? It’s the Elmer Gantry effect. And I mean that as a compliment. 

mitch2

@geoffkait

"his only saving grace is the fact that he announces his departure and goes away"

Ah, wouldn't it be nice if the ratio, of those who announce their departure to those who actually depart, was no greater than 1?

What are you carrying on about now? I never said what it appears I said. Keep me out of your juvenile head trips, anyway.

@geoffkait 

"his only saving grace is the fact that he announces his departure and goes away"

Ah, wouldn't it be nice if the ratio, of those who announce their departure to those who actually depart, was no greater than 1?

this bo does have a bit of don quixote in him. while candidly i can't follow  most of what he carries on about, he does register as a cordial and sincere fellow, so more power to him.

wolf_garcia
Bo (who has been driving me crazy for years) is sort of unique in his style, with his utter disregard of the of the other audio geeks who populate forums. That with the lack of brevity with copious amounts of unhinged pomposity make his illogical or at least indecipherable posts sort of unique (al least in style), and his only saving grace is the fact that he announces his departure and goes away.

>>>>Speaking of unhinged pomposity and indecipherable posts, enter el Dragon. 🦎

Bo (who has been driving me crazy for years) is sort of unique in his style, with his utter disregard of the of the other audio geeks who populate forums. That with the lack of brevity with copious amounts of unhinged pomposity make his illogical or at least indecipherable posts sort of unique (al least in style), and his only saving grace is the fact that he announces his departure and goes away.

Ozzy
Nice to hear
And awesome amps that now sound even better!
Sweet!

I just installed the SR blue fuses in my Carver Raven 350 tube amps. What a nice improvement, with a  deeper soundstage and improved dynamics and frequency response. Very happy.

ozzy

Food for thought:

https://slate.com/technology/2018/05/all-the-explanations-youve-heard-so-far-about-laurel-vs-yanny-a...

I think that the moderator should delete all of Bo's postings here.  They are nonsense.

Bo1972...Me thinks you have been spending way to much time in self serving  desolation living in your parents basement. Dude,come out of there and take a long walk...get some fresh air and sunshine...it should help long term in ridding your self righteous attitude towards the general population of these forums and beyond...

Sheesh!!! 

It was, I am really sorry for that Frank.

But I am gone, creating and improving sound&vision.

I wish you all a nice weekend and good luck with your trail and error systems :)

Frank
Looks like your thread has been hijacked!

I initially supported Bo's return to this forum as I thought the gonzo inanity would be a break from the avalanche of tweak hyperbole, but he gets back into his long winded barrage of condescension with stuff like "In 2013 I realized for the first time that other people in audio are inferior," tinged with his claims of somehow discovering sonic possibilities previously unknown to anybody but him. Somehow he establishes new benchmarks of pretentious narcissism tinged with a commercial angle with stuff like, "But I will not give my knowledge and insight for free." We've been warned.

"When we have done a Statement Audio Pro measurement we need 1-2 days of rest. It does cost that much of mental energy. It is a world you not even can imagine."

Yes, but--what is it that you DO, Bo?  What physical materials do you leave with the client in his/her listening room, or do you just move things around?  Using my imagination here...... 

When audio would use parameters it would be a lot more easy to understand for everyone. But they keep it vague and do this on purpose. But we realized that the level in sound is limited even bij manufacturers and distributers.

They understand how I think and work. The listened to my system and had to admit that it is superior to any other system in a shop or what they ever auditoned in their life before.

The properties of sound are just facts and they exist. And they are as they are. This is even simple to explain and to understand.

Many people who also work in audio had to admit that their knowledge is not that high and involved. I had to accept that other people only can think and work at an inferior level than I do.

This looks easy, but it is for an extreme perfectionist difficult to see and understand that most people own a very low level in insight and knowledge. In 2013 I realized for the first time that other people in audio are inferior.

For me many things are very simple to see and understand, but now I understand that they all cannot go that far into details. The differences are so huge that it never will be a fair battle again.

I can outperfrom them all with ease. I told to a few manufacturers that I see them as children. Now they understand and do not feel offended anymore.

When you hear it yourself it is very easy to understand why i is superior to all the trial and error audio systems. When I saw the photos of Highend Munic 2018, I often have to laugh a lot.

I see photos and mannnn they show me all the mistakes they made. But I can garantee you that they don’t see the faults at all they made. They cannot think that deep into details.

2017 was my most successful year ever, but now I can create even faster a higher level in both sound&vision. Based on the fact that I can see a lot further and deeper.

Sound&Vision needs to become better all the time. This week we started with the new Oled C8 screens. We can create a level where the people of LG only can dream of. I see them as children as well.

We go so much further into details which they even can’t see and understand. It is my goal to show that we are the best in stereo, surround and vision in the world. That is why we do all the different areas at the same way.

And that is by properties and limiting all the negative influences on both sound&vision. This is my world and here I am the master and ruler. Not to proof that I am the best and take a look at me. Because that is worth nothing in my life.

I only can do it to help others to get a superior level in both sound&vision. My father showed me that life is all about helping others. But I will not give my knowledge and insight for free.

I can create and bring each individual system of each single person to a higher level he can create himself untill he dies. Based on the fact that I know exactly how huge the difference is in creating sound by Tru-Fi vs any trial and error systems on this planet.

My main goal in life is a foundation for those who have nothing. This is where I will use most of the money for. To create a better life for those who cannot change their lives is in my world the highest thing I can achieve.

For all I recommend reading a book of Bo

"8 parts of sound and True Fi"

 to be fully aware of modern home audio. 
Good reading material.

From the Yanni vs laurel thread:

My post was hinting about how there is likely going to be a strong correlation in the fuse and cable debate, and where that person stands in the fuse/cable debate..vs whether they hear yanni or laurel.

I suspect that some minimal majority at the least, of the fuse ’non believers’ will be of the laurel type.

That some minimal majority of some sort, that hear yanni, will be of the fuse believing type.

If there isn’t then that will also explain another critical point, one that is slightly deeper in the puzzle vs proofing game..
Ie, if the proposition is wrong than that is just one more excellent data point that is just as useful.
Time for a poll?
It has to be done now, while there are enough people looking.

Hahahahaha...I don't need and want any kind of reward. This is not how we are raised. Most rewards are useless and are not based on real facts. 

I just want to be like my dad. A thank you is more than enough  :)

bo1972... You could easily win the international "Hot-Air" award for first place..... See ya!!!

Fuses influences all 8 parts of sound. You all just can focus maximum on a few of those 8 parts. Beside that you have no idea how the 8 different properties are changed.

You all still do audio by trial and error. It is an extreme limited level in working and thinking. I am really sorry for you all, but it is the truth.

Each fuse does it differently compared to the other one. But you still need to be able to think in properties to understand which one will be the best. So you still do it all by trial and error.

You only can test a fuse when it is used for 4 weeks of time. Before that you cannot make a good evaluation at all.

You need a system what can reveal all the details, layers and emotion of the recording. And you need to be able to extract all the different properties of each individual part in your system. You need to understand the acoustics. And you need to understand the influence of smog, magnetism and high frequent noise regarding your system at home.

When you have no idea how this works...........it will be pure gambling!!

These days when we go to a client for both sound&vision togheter. We bring in tools and high tech equipment of over 12000 euro. The most think and believe it is still 1980.

You have no idea overhere how much we can go further into details. When we do a Statement Audio Pro measurement with 2 people for ony a stereo system we need about 6-8 hours in time. This is how precise we work. And we work and think at 0.25 millimeter precision.

When we have done a Statement Audio Pro measurement we need 1-2 days of rest. It does cost that much of mental energy. It is a world you not even can imagine. Based on the fact that you still live in the limited trial and error world full of assumptions.

Now I will be gone for a period of time again. We are busy with many awesome tests and upgrades right now. And many modifications as well

See ya......

Tru-Fi can be used for each single audio product. It is easy as 1 and 1 is 2 to see which properties of sound it owns and which ones it cannot reveal.

You all still focus on brands and products. And no it is not up to me to tell which brands can be used and which ones are incomplete. We will give presentations regarding Tru-Fi and the brands we use and sell.

I don’t have to call the brands who cannot reveal it. Tru-Fi will be mind blowing for each single person. You don’t need to compare another system. When you listen to your own music it will be a totally different experience. It makes you aware of how much more it will influence your emotion during listening.

You all still make the mistake to think in brands and products. People who think we well use the brands Bo uses are the biggest losers of this world. Sound is so complex and divers that you have no idea how many parameters you have to adapt.

When I listen to a system I can see and hear 10-over 30 mistakes they made. But.......without the mistakes I can adapt many other things you never thought of. I can go into details so much further than you all can even think together.

When I talk about thousands of tests and even untill today I still do a lot of research and tests I can extract both sound&vision to tiny parts what you never can reach or understand.

You will think and focus on brands and products until you all die. This will never create the level what I can achieve. Trial and error systems are systems created by children. Based on the fact that there is no foundation.

You can only understand both sound&vision when you would be able to think in properties. But.........that is not the case. So what is left; is doing audio by trial and error. We are talking about a 100% fact and no one can change that.

When we listen to trial and error systems it gives us the feeling if we went 20 years back in time. They all work the same way, they all make their choices the same way. It is all about gambling untill they die.

I often talk to my clients about the fact that most people who have audio as a hobby go on by doing trial and error untill they die. My clients often start to laugh and they are happy not to be in that circle of misery.

We create sound and we do not sell products. We don’t believe in that. We create each system for scratch these days. We do so much research that we create new upgrades all of the time for our clients. A born perfectionst is improving both sound&vision all the time. This is the fun part and the thing I love most.

This is for me the thing I love most of my life. We have different upgrades for our clients all the time. And these upgrades are superior in endresult for the money they cost compared to any upgrade of the same amount by another tool or product.

We can use products of manufacturers a lot more precise than they do. Based on the fact that they also do audio by trial and error. Tru-Fi is over 300% more effective than any kind of trial and error. What is just one big laugh.

We modify products not only to make them better, but to give them a higher level in value for money. Everything I do is based on result and it needs to be superior and without competition. This is how I was born, it is all about outperforming and winning. Second best does not count and will be for all those born losers in this world.

Now this could be seriously interesting....
Eddy, will you be replacing the bikes fuses with Blue ones though?
Seriously that sounds like a fun way to spend a month, enjoy!

Yes, Bo--please list the components of a Tru-Fi system you would recommend to me in the $20K to 40K range.  A lower range of used gear would be fine if that better suits you.  

I am having difficulty following him.  Do I really want to know what Tru-Fi listening equipment is?  I feel that I'm getting a Tru-Fi listening experience right now, in my music room, through trial and error.  Most of my equipment is 12 to 30 years old.  Most of my tweaks are recent to 10 years old with the primary tweaks to the room, not the equipment.

So bo1972...What brand equipment do you use to achieve your so called Tru-Fi listening experience. Inquiring minds want to know....

Tuning is a different thing. When you change a cable, amp, source, conditioner, loudspeaker etc for another one. You need to know which properties you took out and which you brought in.

When you have no idea which properties you took out and which you brought in, it is pure gambling.

I said to to many people who also work in audio. And they all agreed that they have no idea what they do and what they change. Walking on thin ice. This is how I call it.

Based on the fact that is very easy to make them aware that there is no foundation.

I work by properties. First I want to know the DNA of each individual part of an audio system. It depends if it creates all the different properties of sound.

I can adapt each single property of sound. For example: we do a lot of modifications these days. I know which parts I can bring in for a modification to improve the diversity in sound.

Tru-Fi is colleting properties and create an audio system what will be able to reveal all the details, layers and emotion of a recording. Tru-Fi is also very effective based on the fact that is can create a much higher endresult of each individual part in a system.

These days people come to me and we see what they own and what we can use again. In most situations everything has to go. Incomplete parts will always be useless in a Tru-Fi world.

I give an example: a person read some of my articles and said: I read your thoughts and ideas about 3-dimensional audio. I would like to create it as well.

His amp and source where 2D. And I explained it to him. But he said; my amps are very good and they got great reviews (And yess I am Santa Claus:) and the person who sold it to me said it is the best for the money.

Assumptions can be seen as the truth. He was not prepared to sell his amp and source. Then I cannot help you. I will never sell 2D and incomplete audio in my life again. I would become a loser too like the other losers.

That will never happen in this life. A born perfectionist only does things at the max. I will never choose for any limitation. Because these are for all those born losers in this world.

I cannot help those people who want to hear what they like to hear. When you like to be screwed, call a company who will love to tell you what you would like to hear.

It stands for True Fidility, what I said before we are a group of unique persons. I called it for a long period of time: Total Sound. The nice thing is you meet many interesting people in your life.

My life is Sound&Vision for a big part since I was a child. A client of mine came with the name True-Fidelity. Together we found this the best word what covers how I think about sound&vision.

For vision we work and think the same way. It is all about properties. There is no other way to understand it and guide it. It is that simple.

A client of mine owned differrent kind of audio in a period of several years. When I met him, he wanted to sell his whole system. Sometimes you read in an advertisement; For sale; whole system, because I quite audio.

I never did send an email to a person who sells his whole system in my life before. I was not interested in buying anthing of his over 80.000 euro costing system.

All brands and products where incomplete and also by far not the best thing in their price range. But......when I read what his system was I knew that it was 100% impossible to be happy with it.

I know the brands well and I know the DNA. For me it was very easy to understand that it was useless. It was if I could feel his pain. When I read it, it created some emotional feelings inside.

I did send him an email and wanted to know why he was selling his entire system. First he was not that honest and said: I need the money. But a few emails later it all changed.

The first time we spoke eachother on the phone everything became clear and it had nothing to do with money. He spend a lot of money in a period of about 4 years of time on audio. He visited what are known as the ’best’ audio shops in the Netherlands and Belgium.

No one was able to give him where he was looking for. He playes over 95% classical music. He owned many highend brands you all know. But I will not name anyone. He said something what I did hear of other different new clients with systems over 50.000 dollar. That at the end they bought products because they where tired to make a decision. For me this is very difficult to understand.

He said; there was no shop who could answer the questions I had when I visited them. Beside that; everyhing they presented was never what I was looking for. He also loves classical live music and also visits live music.

I told him how we work and that I create sound just by the properties it owns. Second I told him that I created Statement Audio Pro measurement. And that acousitic limitations are all gone in our world.

I invited him to my house and he brought his own classical music with him. After the demo he said; this is where I am looking for. He talked a lot about details he experienced during live classical concerts. For the first time he had the feeling that it was so much closer to how he experiences live music.

I sold everyhing he had for sale within 3 weeks. He did no buy everyhing new. After 3 weeks I created over 43000 euros back for him. I did not ask him anything for it. It created a bond between us.

He did not want to spend all the money again. And I said; it is your money. So it is your choice. I think he spend about a little more than 25000 euros on a new system.

It outperformed his old system if that was just dust or a dinkey toy system. After all those years he could enjoy his music for the first time in his life.

He was the person who said: you thought me that audio has nothing to do with personal taste. It took him 1 hour to explain to me that audio has nothing to do with a personal taste. The first thing what happend when he said it: I said you are wrong, audio is all about a matter of personal taste.

After one hour I understood him well. And these days I tell this story to many people who also work in audio for a long time. And most of them agree with the story.

My client said: before I met you I did audio for about 4-5 years by trial and error. The facts proof that it did not bring me anywhere. You gave me a system what is how music sounds and is being displayed in space like in real.

Trail and error never gave me where I was looking for all those years. It became clear that trail and error is just pure gambling. Even many people started to laugh when they realized that their choices are made by gambling.

Many never thought about the fact that trail an error has no foundation. It proofs that audio is all about assumptions what is told to us. You need to become aware how audio really works and how our emotion works.

I think I want to use conservatorium students during presentations. Because acoustic live music did learn me a lot. I want to show it to other people as well. So they can learn and understand how voices and instruments sounds in real.

40 years living in England never heard the term Tru-Fi.
Call us old school but it was always hi-fi.

Maybe Tru-fi is the grown up tuned version of hi-fi?

One can’t help wondering if Tru-Fi is the same exact thing as Tuning. Wouldn’t that be something? Is it like a European off shoot? Calling all pseudo skeptics, hel-loo! All E All E in-come free!