The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses

@nutty The SY has an internal fuse, which can be changed.

@-wolff- I have exactly the same feeling as you. I don't think the direction is wrong in my case.Just want to ask how the situation is now. Is the Purple better than before?

@weisi The Purple has improved. I had 3 of them in different components. 2x Farad Super3 LPS and a Auralic Altair G1 streamer.

I’ve been switching the 3 Purple’s too smooth, smeared, veiled the details and bloated the bass in my setup and preferred the 3 originals, which I couldn’t believe. I had faith in the sound signature of the Purple’s, it’s warmer midrange and bigger soundstage and fuller voices, and switched them up a bit. Eventually I ended up with a original fuse in 1 LPS, 1 Purple in the other LPS and a original in the streamer.

Changing fuses awoke my interest and I was curious about other brands and looked into the QSA Yellow fuse. It’s description of sound should benefit my setup and it did. It made the soundstage bigger and had more dynamic, had tighter bass, and was more reveiling the details with more resolution. After trying all possible combinations and to be sure even went back to stock, the ideal combination to my ears was 1 QSA in my streamer and 1 Purple and 1 stock.

@-wolff- Thanks for your reply! "too smooth, smeared, veiled the details "This is how I feel right now. The smoothness gives me the feeling that the "contrast" of the sound has gone. Nevertheless, indeed, the soundstage space is better. I used Hifituning Supreme copper, which conquered the drawbacks of the Purple. But it did not offer as much information as Purple and was a bit stuttered in the mid-bass range. I am now doubting whether I should change the fuse back or just give it more time or change direction. Have you ever changed the direction?

I did and had them right all along. The current flow is from the S to R, which I measured. The other way around sounded not right. Thin and bright with no ease of flow. But you can always give it a try.