Streamers and their Fuses


I purchased the Aurender W20SE back in August and ran it on the stock 5 cent generic 2 amp 5mmx20mm slow burn fuse in it’s FURUTECH FI-03 Rhodium plated IEC Inlet. It sounds amazing in stock form the last 3 months… But 3 weeks ago I decided to upgrade the fuse in the W20SE to the Magic Audio Masterpiece M-1. The difference is not subtle. It feels like the potential of the streamer is unlocked, the detail, clarity and richness of tonal transparency is entirely transformed. My goal in HiFi is always holographic imaging of accurate instrument separation, this was improved as well. It is such a startling discovery I cannot listen to my Jay’s Audio MK3-CDT3 CD transport anymore, whereas before the fuse upgrade the CD transport was clearly the higher quality sound reproduction.

 

Anyone else experienced shocking results from upgrading their streamer’s fuse? I’d love to hear your feedback. All I can say is after burning this Audio Magic m-1 masterpiece in for a week it’s the only fuse I’ll put in my HiFi gear from now on. The purple fuse from Synergistic Research was my previous go to, but the audio magic m-1 is far superior in every possible way imho. 😉

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I have a SR Purple fuse in my Innuos ZENith MK 3 and the difference is clearly audible. Openness and detail the qualities I found more evident. My system is PS Audio from regenerator to pre to ampli and all of them I like more with a M-1 fuse on board. Naturalness and a touch of warm sound they are capable of.

Why buy a hi end streamer and *not* change the fuse for goodness sakes. The streamer designers at Aurender et al failed in that last bit of performance tweaking. Without a hifi fuse upgrade for your hi-end streamer the sound is just con-fused.

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@4afsanakhan 

appreciate your humor. The Furutech A/C lodge is a $15 part in the W20SE. So it is very common for power areas and fusel lodges to be neglected in hi-end HiFi, so we upgrade and customize in our hobby.

Listening to the P. Cable yap yap about those colouring the final sound of a system was laughable, now fuses are you kidding ?? That’s a joke right ? 

@1971gto455ho why are you even here?

All you do is ridicule people. 
You do you and let these tweakers be.