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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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nonoise
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That's angertainment, folks. It's gotten so people live for this stuff.

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audioman58
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Hello Brandon , are you speaking of Audio magic fuses, or magic audio as you have listed ?  IHave the Synergistic purple dual 16 amp slow blow  in my Coda amp section and there is a very noticeable upgrade , guys stating a fuse is a fuse knows little on metals ,and conductivity , the stock fuses are Zinc,steel type 

the top fuses have graphene copper,silver 4 x more conductivity ,= 4x less resistance = far lower distortion the incoming fuses creates a bottleneck of resistance with a stock fuse, that’s why so many people use aftermarket fuses 

it’s very easy to measure the difference on a scope .

discopants
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I've just this week put an SR purple in my Etherregen power supply from stock fuse. 2 days in and there is immediate improvement. Experience tells me I'll need to wait a week or 2 to get to the endpoint.

It's a shame GTO isn't open to trying a fuse upgrade in his obviously impressive system. You could be looking at a significant improvement to your system for very little relative outlay.

 

 

 

 

 

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jerryg123
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Metallurgy and conductivity. 

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brandonhifi OP
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@audioman58 

Audio Magic Masterpiece M-1, made with black diamond and beeswax. Best of the best, top audiophile fuse in the world right now IMO.

 

 

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