Leaving the thread with dignity and grace so it can be left behind - involves not taking one last stab at people before exiting...while trying to look like one is fair and above board. :P
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
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 - It takes a high opinion of oneself to consider anyone reading these threads to be naive, setting yourself up as some kind of savior. @nonoise Regarding the naivety, I disagree with your premise that I’m setting myself up as a savior. Hopeful to be, yes. Expecting to be, no. My job is to shed light, and not to master. In my view, this is not about wisdom, pissing contents, or genitalia. Instead, it is about the amusement and entertainment I glean at your and other like minded folks expense. |
@gdhal It takes a high opinion of oneself to consider anyone reading these threads to be naive, setting yourself up as some kind of savior. Period. Going back over the fuse threads there are lots of people who've tried them, like them, but wisely stay off threads like this. Why get into a pissing contest when you know how to spell your name in the snow? No need to whip it out again. 😄 All the best, Nonoise |
For any controversial audiophile tweak down through history, including fancy fuses, the Green Pen, Mpingo discs, Silver Rainbow Foil, the Intelligent Chip, the VPI Brick, Cable directionality, crystals, the Tice Clock, the Clever Little Clock, Ultra Tweeters, the Red ‘x Pen, directional power cords, tiny little bowl resonators, CD treatments, CD edge beveler, Water Bowls, the photos in the freezer tweak, Tourmaline Gun, and a host of others too many too count there has always sprung up a cadre of Chicken Littles warning young naive audiophiles of the danger lurking right in their midst, threatening lawsuits and even the dreaded Double Blind Tests, whatever, all to protect the sacred laws of science and expose the witchery and fraud. The one percenters. 😀 The sky is Falling! The sky is falling! 🐥 🐥 🐥 Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork and blind-worm’s sting, Lizard’s leg and howlet’s wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. |
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uberwaltz This is probably the only thoughtful thing you’ve said. And I agree. MODS PLEASE SHUT THIS TOXIC THREAD DOWN! Cheers George |
@gdhal Not bad. I had to read up on Jerry Garcia’s take on pop memes, cynics, patriotism, and the impeachment of Tricky Dick (I was never a Dead Head). Not sure how it ties in with the thread (unless it’s the word "fuse"as a reference) but Ship of Fools came out at the same time and I see how that ties in with the impeachment as well. All the best, Nonoise |
Ok, this is way off base. But in 67/8 I paid my 3.50 to attend a grateful dead concert at the Arc, a new venue near Fenway. Bear in mind that in those days most venues, like the Boston Tea Party were empty building with psychedelic posters on the wall. But very cool. So I paid my 3.50 and because I was late, they make me stand on the stage with the dead, next to the organist, one foot from the drummers, and five feet from Gerry who kept staring at me. You'd think that was great, but I was pissed off because I was stuck there while my friends were in the back cutting loose with the primo ladies we knew back then. Very primo ladies. |
How about, The unexamined life is not worth living. (Can that pertain to fuses?) Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. ( I wonder if a different fuse can better my sound.) There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. (I don’t want to know if another fuse sounds better.) There seems to be a common thread to his thinking..... Socrates would have at least tried a different fuse before taking his life at the behest of the audio naysayers. All the best, Nonoise |
jetter Hey Socrates gait (sic), don't forget his top two, "True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing." Your humble primitive scribe. >>>>I could have told you that you know nothing a long time ago. You don’t need Socrates to tell you. Hel-loo! Hey, you guys could be the Know Nothing Party. 🕺🏻 |
geoffkait - >>>>>>Maybe the Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight? Actually, I’m thinking more along the lines of this James Madison... (X5). http://mistupid.com/currency/ |
Tel555 is welcome to go back to the black fuse page (or was it part of the red fuse pages?) and review my test process which includes comments on the source of the fuses and what happened to them. They were all returned, even the blown ones. Also, although Kaitty claims he doesn't care what I say, he graciously re-posts everything I say as a service to others who can miss things the first time around. Thanks Kaitty. |
I didn't mean to come on like a big 'ol bucket of cold water with the tribalism schtick but when I saw that George was going over a member's past posts to see if he could recruit him left coffee on my monitor. I had just woken up after sleeping in and my fingers got the better of me. All the best, Nonoise |
jetter We did run out of valid things to say a while ago. Disagreement is the common denominator that keeps many long running threads alive. Thanks for keeping the thread alive, jitter. One assumes you’re speaking for yourself. I also suspect you’re actually mistaking honest disagreement for plain old bullheadedness. 🐂 Note to self: It’s like shooting fish in a barrel. 🐠 🐠 🐠 🐠 |
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@mitch2 I saw that same video as well. One has to assume that the end caps are all the same when set up for the first round of install and that the ceramic tubes are all facing the same way when inserted. That's a lot of assuming. If they did, wouldn't it slow down production, being so exacting? Also, aftermarket fuse makers have already stated that if you think the fuse is directional, try it for yourself, probably for the reasons mentioned. All the best, Nonoise |
News Flash!! The directionality exhibited by fuses, including stock fuses, is only the tip of the iceberg. The directionality of fuses means that all wire is directional. All speaker cables, interconnects, digital cables, umbilical cables, tonearm wires, headphone cables, internal speaker wiring, internal amplifier and preamplifier wiring, wire in capacitors, wire in transformers, wire in inductors, wire in power cords, whatever. They’re all directional. |
jetter geoffkait - "Gdhal, would it be safe to say you’re experiencing another one of your Deadhead acid flashbacks?" gdhal "Possible. Admittedly, I suspect my mind isn’t always as "normal" as it would have been had I not "experimented". gdhal, you’re in good company here." >>>>Well, without making a big deal about it, it appears the new “normal” is pseudo skepticism and lack of curiosity. I did not realize pschedelics turned people into pseudo-scientist robots. That’s pretty weird. 🤖 🤖 🤖 😛 Geoff, "...Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. " Just a wild guess, but I’m pretty sure none of them would have used their intellectual curiosity to argue if wire, or fuses are directional. Turning the tables a bit, they probably would think anyone who does as much as you might have a "bit" of problem that a hit or two of acid might just help. You know, to turn you in the right direction.. >>>>This all just proves how stubborn pseudo skeptics are in holding onto their ridiculous arguments in spite of all the evidence. You guys got no evidence. You got nothing. That is what we call intellectual dishonesty. Looks like a simple case little scamps teasing the big boys. Don’t you scamps have better things to do? Let’s drink to the little people. 😛 |
georgehifi "BTW Jetter, had a quick look at your fuse "snake oil" posts, and it seems you are neither yay or nay, are you a fence sitter on the subject, is this right or did I miss something?" I am a fence sitter only because of the number of people whose opinions I respect claiming to hear a difference with their new fuses. On the other hand, I think that the wild claims that a fuse is like a new component are over the top. Intellectually I don't think that the little 1/2" fuse wire can make an audible difference in the 100s of feet of wire a component has and my choice is to spend my money on new (or NOS) tubes. Also, while I understand that wire is "drawn" through dies to achieve different sizing, I don't think any directionality this imparts would result in an audible difference, especially in a fuse. And then there's the alternating current argument. Last, my system is pretty laid back, I live in what most on here probably would consider the country. I can picture a number of posters buying every new piece of equipment and upgrade of gear with the goal of ultimate resolution, and spending hours training their ears and brains to differentiate tiny differences in sound. So I consider it possible that they may hear differences most others may not, it not being a priority. |
geoffkait - "Gdhal, would it be safe to say you’re experiencing another one of your Deadhead acid flashbacks?"gdhal "Possible. Admittedly, I suspect my mind isn't always as "normal" as it would have been had I not "experimented". gdhal, you're in good company here." Geoff, "...Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. " Just a wild guess, but I'm pretty sure none of them would have used their intellectual curiosity to argue if wire, or fuses are directional. Turning the tables a bit, they probably would think anyone who does as much as you might have a "bit" of problem that a hit or two of acid might just help. You know, to turn you in the right direction.. |
