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The Synergistic Research Orange Fuse ... Further thoughts.

Here are my observations after several weeks of burning in the new SR Orange fuses:

1. The sound has a more relaxed presentation. 

2.  Clarity - There is less grain. I thought I had this beat, but evidently not. 

3.  The soundstage has expanded further and instruments and performers are more well-placed inside the stage. The presentation is a lot more three-dimensional. 

4.  More articulation on voices. Vocals are more organically human in nature. While listening to Kevin Mahogany sing "Skylark," I hung on every note and word in the lyrics. Massed voices, like those heard on the Norman Luboff Choir's "But Beautiful" album, are more delineated. The solo instruments are more present than ever before also.

5.  There is a definite improvement in dynamics. Drum solos place the drummer right there in the room with you. Rim shots, bongos, congas and big bass drums are amazing. So are vibes. Cal Tjader and Victor Feldman ... Welcome to the party. 

6.  There has been a further improvement in tonal accuracy. String instruments have taken on a new dimension.  

7.   Among other improvements, there has been a slight amount of welcome warmth added to the mid-bass. The music, as a result, has become more emotionally involving. A little more tube-like in a very nice way.

8.  More meat on the bones overall. Massed strings are beautiful.  Bach's "Air on a G String" ... simply beautiful.  

9.  Lastley, I can set the volume control lower and get the same volume in sound as before.

Overall ... the new Orange fuse is a real winner in my system. 

Highly recommended. 

Frank

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hilroy48
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I have the Sr orange fuses in both of my systems, and 9 components in total. I bought them all at the same time, got 30% off . Was a $1600.00 investment, and well worth the money. The fuses were the last tweak in my system. I don't have the 200 plus runtime hours on them yet, but there was a noticeable change instantly. 

One of the best investments i made was room treatments. I have roughly $50,000.00 worth of gear in my main system listening room, i bought Vicoustic diffusers, and 2 sets of SR frequency transducers. For $2000.00 they changed the size shape and sound of the soundstage & presentation the most. I have absorption panels in place as well. My room is 13 feet x 19 feet, and i feel like i am sitting in a huge concert hall. I have taken great efforts to be thoughtful as to what i have added to my systems to achieve the sound i was looking for. A Saturn 103 C power conditioner with all good quality power cables, has given me a ZERO NOISE FLOOR. I hear dead silence in between beat of music or lyrics sung. The room is as critical as the gear, once you get them married, it is musical bliss.

 

hilroy48
101 posts
 

I have 6 in total, 1 on the wall directly in front of me, 2 at the first reflection point of the speakers. 1 directly behind me and 2 more on either side of me where i sit.  In my room, what they did was make the soundstage wider and more pronounced. they separated the instruments more if you will. I am hearing acoustic guitars and snare drums more focused off to the sides. It sounds like i am surrounded now, and that the stage has disappeared. It is hard for me to explain as i may not know all the correct terminology. I just know that there was a significant improvement.

Now i also tried them in the basement on my second system, and there was no change that i could hear at all. So each room will be different. The dealer i bought them from was surprised with that. lol

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