Synergistic Red Fuse ...

I texted David early this morning to wish him a Merry Christmas. He responded, so he's still around.  I think he's been swamped at work. 

Frank

Well I’m up to 230 hours on my black duplexes. Sounds about the same as yesterday. The is blacker backrounds lowering the noise floor for LPs & 78s in particular. There is better transient response superior highs and tighter bass. The mid-range while cleaner is not tonally different.

The black fuses should increase the positive changes but I remember they brought the mid-range sweetness that I thought was magical like a Mac 30 amp. I should be getting them by Thursday.

a25105. Try reinserting the fuses the other direction. I found that after only 2.5 hours a huge difference. By any chance did your system sound more forward brighter and tonally thinner? That’s what the black duplex also sounded like at the beginning. Try the other direction. I heard a darker fuller more distant sound with great slam detail and warmth. It got slightly better after 12 hours til they blew. It’s possible that it just won’t sound good until they break in. It seems these tweaks are idiosyncratic unlike Hallographs which sound great when placed wherever they should be in the room.

I dont understand why most audiophiles don’t address their listening room adequately or overdampen them while the Hallographs take so much of the work out of creating a closer to optimal listening environment. They are not cheap but less costly than one high end cable. Frank, Robert, Tom Port all rely on them too.

Good to hear regarding David!

Oregonpapa

Did you ask David if his MOM was OK?

Re: SR Black break in, my experience is that they sound glorious when first installed, super punchy and robust bass, excellent dynamics, etc. This is the time to check direction and listen for the more open, focused, and dimensionally-correct soundstage. A few hours later, well, the sound turns dreadful. Wanders all over the place over the next three days (just as Frank says), still brittle and two-dimensional the whole time, but then, on the fourth morning, BAM. Gets even better after that in a more subtle way. Found the same to be true of the SR receptacles, power cords, and Powercell.

fleschler, I use Hollographs in the rear corners (behind me), and agree that they add a bit of image focus and expansiveness to the soundstage when rotated properly. They actually hurt the sound when placed behind my Thiels, as did the HFTs, the latter intolerably bright, but good results in bringing the soundstage forward with no loss of depth when placed at tweeter height behind me. Suspect this is an anomaly specific to my speakers and room.

Best to all,
Dave