Amen.
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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And I record and master live symphony orchestras, choral and chamber ensembles in Los Angeles-my friends are world reknown mastering engineers Kevin Gray, Steve Hoffman and Robert Pincus. My hearing is also perfect for someone my age. Your credentials mean nothing to me. You're a troll, you're a troll, you're a troll. |
I realize how upsetting it is to some that I ask simple questions about these fuses, but that's on the Fusers as I expect to engender ire from the insecure. After all, how dare I ask what the technical design goals were? I tested the black fuses and found them to have no effect on the tone of any component I stuck them into, and determined they're sometimes dangerous (seemingly miss-rated and can blow for mysterious reasons). You can claim I don't hear well, but my hearing has been tested and it's medically normal, and I get paid (possibly overpaid, but I don't mind) for my hearing…I mix and record concert sound for astonishing musicians in live concert venues and get asked back…anybody else do that? Try it…it's a lot of fun if your hearing is up to it. In any case, instead of wasting time tossing silly insults at me, why not answer the question? What does a premium fuse do to the current flowing through it that can impart tonal changes in a component? As long as people keep posting comments regarding how much better things sound after installing a tiny passive "wire in a tube," I'll continue asking why that could be? |
Flat-earthers claim to be ’objectivists’ who need data to prove that something works. Of course, they have it backwards. It is incumbent upon them to provide data that something doesn’t work. According to their own criteria: poor hearing - or an un-resolving system - or bias expectations - or mass hysteria - isn’t accurate documentation. They’ve created cognitive dissonance for themselves. Their only recourse is to become unpleasant trolls. |
Here's a tweak for wolfie .... https://www.walmart.com/ip/Murine-Ear-Wax-Removal-System-1-Each-Pack-of-3/45017961?wmlspartner=wmtla... |
We know what a wolf_garcia is. He is a TROLL (I am assuming he is not a she). "A troll is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting quarrels or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory,[1] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the intent of provoking readers into an emotional response[2] or of otherwise disrupting normal, on-topic discussion,[3] often for the troll's amusement." |
Confirmation Bias Strikes Deep Into your life it will creep Starts when you're always afraid Fuse out of line, the Men come and take away-way We better Stop Hey - What's that sound? Everybody look 'cuz there's a clown Thinks he hears a sound ... |
When I switched my fuse around while cleaning the contacts and didn’t hear a difference (maybe because it’s a fuse?) I simply wasn’t listening close enough? I suppose that's possible...Or maybe a tiny passive AC (alternating current) component designed to melt doesn’t do anything to the tone making bits upstream (or downstream…geoffkait has me all confused). I get the "wire direction" thing (I put wires in backwards sometimes in an attempt to trigger a pathway into another dimension), and will patiently listen if geoffkait or anyone else proffers up even a slightly rational actual design element for tonal properties inherent in any fuse…other than it's designed to melt. And yes, I do enjoy taking to task the purveyors of nonsense…who wouldn't? |
Wolfie wrote, Indeed, why? Possibly the most unexplained magical tweak in the history of audio snake oil…and note that geoffkait has alleged he doesn’t actually use the things, but is certain they’re directional. They are, but only in the sense that they pump money in the direction of SR. I suspect you probably meant to write, "the least understood tweak in history, at least by me." Also, all wire is directional, not just fuses. Did somebody leave you off the distribution list? 😧 |
To me, these SR Blues are the tweak of the year, including a couple of years prior and are better compared to a system upgrade, listener's choice. It's clear to me now why these boutique fuses have such a profound impact on sound quality, at least where I have placed them in my particular components. Cheers....... |
Dear Ozzy, Grover Huffman heard what I hear in my system after 30 hours of blue fuse break-in. His circuit breakers are not current models but from the 70s, price unknown. We will not hot wire our amps as the transformers are Altecs and irreplaceable. You may have misundestood, we will compare the fuse to the circuit breaker, not without either which is unsafe to do. I thought the SR fuses use graphene nanotech which may or may not be the reason they sound so good. These fuses are more complex construction and are not the run the mill fuses. |
Interesting article about graphine https://www.protoolreviews.com/news/latest-lithium-ion-battery-advancements/25091/ |
fleschler, Have you actually seen one of these circuit breakers? The ones I have seen probably cost less than $5 and are of very cheap quality. The only advantage (IMHO) a breaker has over a fuse is it can be reset. If he is comparing the cheapo circuit breakers to fuses he would be better off just to hard wire (bypass) it all together. Albeit losing the overload protection. ozzy |
My amp designer/cable manufacturer Grover Huffman heard my amps with the three fuses and was enthused with the blue fuse by far. However, he has the room in his (and my) amps to install circuit breakers and remove the fuse entirely (he had littlefuses installed previously). On Friday, he said he had done so and listened into the night at the astonishingly more open, dynamic and tonally richer sound from his amps. I haven't heard them yet but based on this forum's anecdotes, a circuit breaker should be better sounding than any fuse. He now enjoys the benefits. Eventually, I will compare amps with and without a fuse/circuit breaker and decide which is better (a tie would be nice). |
I still have music. I'll switch interconnects and have the Berkeley DAC directly feed the D'Agostino amp. Actually, it sounds Fabulous this way. Insightfully detailed and realistic. And I'll use the Linear Tube Audio MZ2 headphone amp as a preamp so I can listen to football on Sunday. I'm just hoping the fix is cheap. ;) |
“If I could describe the Blue fuses in a few words, I’d say they *put a lot more meat on the bones.* The *textures are much more of what I hear in live music*." +1 Although the break in process with the Blues is much smoother than with the Blacks, the waiting is still hard. If you persist, though, you will be rewarded. You'll know it when you hear it. |
For a means of constructing a DIY fuse cooker see the posts by Nonoise, me, and Dlcockrum dated 10-22-2017 in the Padis vs. Furutech fuse thread: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/padis-vs-furutech-fuses?page=2 Regards, -- Al |
Again, I want to reiterate that the Blue fuse sounds excellent without being broken in, better than black fuses with 300+ hours. At 2.5 hours to date, they sounded 90% of what they can be after 25 more hours. I detect fuller tonal palette, more dynamics, more solid highs and lows-just a little better all around. There's just a little more musical involvement as they break-in. I am extremely happy with the new blue fuses, particularly because they sound great on initial insertion. I would not cook my tube equipment for 125 hours for an Audio Magic fuse even if it is better, especially if the sound is degraded as was the black fuse from 10 to 65 hours of initial use. |
imgoodwithtools I need a fuse cooker. Why don’t y’all fully break in these fuses, mark proper orientation, then send them to me for analysis. ; >>>>>Most likely because it takes so much time and energy and tube life. 😬 Direction can be determined very easily by reversing the fuse by the customer. Even when fuses are marked the customer has to reverse them anyway. 😳 Besides some fuses are made only when ordered (e.g., Audio Magic Beeswax fuse) so the customer probably would prefer not to wait 10 extra days for his fuse. |
