oregonpapa
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| Synergistic Red Fuse ... macdude ...How long of a break-in time did you allow the SR Black fuse? Reason I ask is that in my experience, the Black fuses took about three times times as long ti break in over the SR Red fuses. The Black fuses took at least 70 hours to really... | |
| if you had my system and $2,000 budgeted for an upgrade, where would you spend it? I replaced my tonearm wiring and my speaker binding posts with Cardas ... and the improvement was quite nice. Mark ... I wasn't kidding about the fuses. And I'm not the only one. Check this thread out:https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/synerg... | |
| if you had my system and $2,000 budgeted for an upgrade, where would you spend it? Mark ...First, where are you going to find an ARC REF-3 for 2000 bucks? If I were you, here's what I'd do: I'd spend 500 bucks on Synergistic Research Black fuses for your entire system.With the other 1500 bucks I'd take the wife on a nice road tr... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... I originally had stock fuses (of course) in my ARC gear. I replaced all of the stock fuses with HiFi Tuning fuses and thought I was done. That's what I compared the SR RED fuses with. Results? Night and day. Then, I replaced the two SR RED fuses i... | |
| Best speakers for $3000 A friend of mine just picked up a used pair of Legacy Focus 20/20's for $2200. Super efficient and can be driven nicely with a modified Dyna 70. Wonderful speakers. Don't use solid state amps though. The Legacy's love tubes. | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... What's really striking is how detrimental stock fuses are. Who knew? | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... ^^^ Hey thanks Bob. I enjoyed the listening session and your company as well. By the way, the Scotch was awesome! Nothing like wonderful tasting rocket fuel to accompany the music.I'm looking forward to hearing your system again once your new fus... | |
| What's your biggest surprise in hifi? 1. That stock fuses degrade the sound so spectacularly. 2. That there aren't enough vinyl records on the planet to ease my addiction. 3. That red book CD's can sound spectacular. 4. That I'm not bothered by a few glitches, clicks or pops on liv... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Its alchemy I tells ya ... downright alchemy! Where's the Wizard?The most amazing thing. Who would have ever imagined that stock fuses were degrading the sound to such a degree? The only drawback I can see at this point is the long break-in peri... | |
| Audio Research discontinuing lower lines components? jmcgrogan ..My eyes are open.I agree "everyone" is doing it (raising prices). That would include Costco's meat department and audiophile fuses being sold at $120 per pop. I've pointed it out before ...its called inflation ... or more dollars cha... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... ^^^ All I can say is ... SR had better not come out with the "Purple" fuses anytime soon. *lol* | |
| Audio Research discontinuing lower lines components? jmcgrogan2 ..So, when you go to the Chevrolet dealership do you not see the increased value between a new top of the line family sedan and a new Z1 Corvette? How about when you go to a Ford dealership ... no difference between the family station w... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... ^^^The red SR fuses, after the break-in period, were a real revelation over the stock fuses. The black SR fuses were just as much of a revelation over the red fuses as the reds were over the stock fuses. Gotta have patients though. | |
| I miss the Audio classified ads of the 70's and 80's in the newspaper ^^^ I'm old. I'm cranky. Hey! ... you kids get off of the lawn!! You all remember that guy, right? Well, I am now that guy.I still enjoy going through the bins in used record stores and thrift stores. With thousands of records, do I really need a... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... ^^^ Well, I did hear the things you're hearing when I first replaced the reds with the blacks p59teitel. But ... I found the presentation somehow just not right. I finally boiled it down to lack of emotional impact. The system sounded HiFi instead... |