Synergistic Red Fuse ...

I recently started following this thread and decided to try a SR Black fuse in my preamp. It previously had an older Hifi-tuning Gold fuse in it. I was initially impressed with the difference the Black made, but once it opened up after about 75 hours, I was amazed at the improvement in sound. I was so thrilled that I ordered two more for my monoblock tube amps. They have only been in the amps for about twenty hours, but I can already hear an improvement. The amps also previously had the Hifi-tuning Gold fuses in them. I am anxious to hear further improvements. Has anyone noticed that after the SR Black fuse opens up, you can listen to music at a slightly lower volume and still get great satisfaction with the sound? I am very impressed so far with this SR Black fuse.

sherod:

Congratulations on the sonic improvemrnts using the Synergistic Research Black fuses. What preamp and mono block amps are you using?
I agree that the SR Black fuse allows for more emotional satisfaction at a lower listening volume than when using a HiFi Gold, Isoclean, or original fuse. I am enjoying a system with more sonic information being sent to the listener. Over the next one to two weeks I believe you will continue to hear improvements.

David Pritchard

David,

    My preamp is a tweaked-up AH TP 2.0 and amps are older VAC Auricle Musicblocs with Penta KT88SC  for power and Psvane 12au7 drivers. I have several speakers: AZ Adagio, Reference 3a MMC and Dulcet monitors. Cables are a mix of high end companies. This is the first SR product I've had in my system since experimenting with an early model of their speaker cables back in 2002.

For those of you still playing vinyl, here's one that my friend Robert brought over last night ... Its demo quality and thanks to the grain-less nature of the system brought about by the SR Black fuses, the musicians and vocalists are in the room.  This is one that you'd want to throw on the turntable to impress your "all digital" audiophile friends. Be sure to get a really clean stereo copy.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-New-Christy-Minstrels-sing-and-play-Cowboys-And-Indians-Condition-VG-VG-...
 
And another great stereo album that I pulled out of the female vocalist vault last night was this one ... simply amazing sound and voice:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DORIS-DAY-WHAT-EVERY-GIRL-SHOULD-KNOW-STEREO-LP-/250659121405?hash=item3a5c7...

And for those who know how good vinyl can sound in mono, we listened this as well:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CL-968-six-eye-Jo-Stafford-Once-Over-Lightly-w-Art-Van-Damme-Quintet-/152049...

Art Van Damme plays jazz accordion. Don't laugh, he's great. Both he and Jo Stafford are in the room. 

These SR Black fuses are bringing out the very best in the vinyl collection. Honestly, we just sit there in amazement. Even on vocal records, the instruments played by the backup musicians are dead nutz on tonally.  

Take care ...

I’m happy to report that I received several of the SR Black fuses on Friday.
I didn’t have time to install any of them until this morning.
In my main system I replaced the SR Red fuse in my Yamamoto Dac with an SR Black fuse and due to my impatience I replaced the stock fuse in my Allnic L-3000 preamp with the SR Black fuse.
I immediately heard deeper bass, a more articulate and natural sound of music along with improved imaging and a wider, deeper sound stage.
In my main system I use a loom of High Fidelity products (interconnects, digital cable, speaker cables and power cords).

I look forward to the replacement of standard fuses with the SR Black in my second system, in the following: (Yamamoto Dac and Allnic T-1500 Integrated 300B amp).
I’ll get to that in a day or so. I'm anxiously waiting to hear what the break in period will do for improvement.