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The new Synergistic Research BLUE fuses ....

New SR BLUE fuse thread ...

I’ve replaced all 5 of the SR BLACK fuses in my system with the new SR BLUE fuses. Cold, out of the box, the BLUE fuses stomped the fully broken-in SR BLACKS in a big way. As good as the SR BLACK fuses were/are, especially in comparison with the SR RED fuses, SR has found another break-through in fuses.

1. Musicality ... The system is totally seamless at this point. Its as if there is no system in the room, only a wall to wall, front to back and floor to ceiling music presentation with true to life tonality from the various instruments.

2. Extension ... I’ve seemed to gain about an octave in low bass response. This has the effect of putting more meat on the bones of the instruments. Highs are very extended, breathing new life into my magic percussion recordings. Vibes, chimes, bells, and triangles positioned in the rear of the orchestra all have improved. I’ve experienced no roll-off of the highs what so ever with the new BLUE fuses. Just a more relaxed natural presentation.

3. Dynamics ... This is a huge improvement over the BLACK fuses. Piano and vibes fans ... this is fantastic.

I have a Japanese audiophile CD of Flamenco music ... the foot stomps on the stage, the hand clapping and the castanets are present like never before. Want to hear natural sounding castanets? Get the BLUE fuses.

4. Mid range ... Ha! Put on your favorite Ben Webster album ... and a pair of adult diapers. Play Chris Connor singing "All About Ronnie," its to die for.

Quick .... someone here HAS to buy this double album. Its a bargain at this price. Audiophile sound, excellent performance by the one and only Chris Connor. Yes, its mono ... but so what? Its so good you won’t miss the stereo effects. If you’re the lucky person who scores this album, please post your results here.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ULTRASONIC-CLEAN-The-Finest-Of-CHRIS-CONNOR-Bethlehem-Jazz-1975-NM-UNPLAYED-...

Overall impressions:

Where the RED fuses took about 20 hours to sound their best, and the BLACK fuses took upwards of 200 hours of total break-in, the BLUE fuses sounded really good right out of the box ... and that’s without doing anything about proper directional positioning. Not that the BLUE fuses don’t need breaking in, they do. The improvement continues through week three. Its a gradual break-in thing where each listening session is better than the last.

Everything I described above continues to break new ground in my system as the fuses continue breaking in. Quite honestly, I find it difficult to tear myself away from the system in order to get things done. Its truly been transformed into a magical music machine. With the expenditure of $150.00 and a 30 day return policy there’s really nothing to lose. In my system, its like upgrading to a better pre amp, amp, CD player or phono stage. Highly recommended.

Kudos to Ted Denney and the entire staff at SR. Amazing stuff, guys. :-)

Frank

PS: If you try the SR BLUE fuses, please post your results here. Seems the naysayers, the Debbie Downers and Negative Nellie’s have hijacked the original RED fuse thread. A pox on their houses and their Pioneer receivers.

Frank



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alexberger
89 posts
 
I replaced SR Red fuse in my SE 300B amplifier by SR Blue fuse.
Before this changing my system sound was extremely well balanced.
After installing SR Blue fuse,
The sound from scratch was dull.
After 1-2 hours, my system started sounding balanced again.
But after 10 hours sound became not open, dull and bass heavy.
Next 10 hours haven't changed situation dramatically.
How many hours of break-in SR Blue fuse need to make my system sound balanced again?
Regards,
Alex.
alexberger
89 posts
 
I use SR Blue fuse in the same direction as I used SR Red fuse.
Need I change direction to make my sound more open?
alexberger
89 posts
 
Thank you all for reply.
" If the Blue fuse isn't in the proper direction, the system will sound somewhat out of phase." - yes it does sound like out of phase, like something is wrong, something is weird, not focused, not opened.
I will try to invert the fuse when I back home.  
alexberger
89 posts
 
I exchanged the SR BLUE fuse direction, and yes the sound was  "locked in".
Now it is musical enough and even mostly better than broken-in SR RED fuse.
But I steel have feeling that it is not completely broken-in sound of SR BLUE fuse.
alexberger
89 posts
 
Yes the "lettering direction" of "right direction" of the Blue fuse is opposite to the "lettering direction" I was using the Red fuse.
So, it seems they have opposite "lettering directions".

I have used Red fuse more than 2 years. I remember I checked it direction but I don't remember details how exactly I did it.
 
alexberger
89 posts
 
In my case, the right detection is:
For Blue fuse, lettering goes from outlet to AC transformer.
For Red fuse, lettering goes from AC transformer to outlet.
Is lettering of SR fuses random or it should anyhow correlate with right direction? 
alexberger
89 posts
 
I have more time to listened my system this weekend.
My amp with Blue fuse sounded good balances.
Compared to Red fuse, I recognized better high frequency details, better layering and separation, bigger and deeper bass.
The difference is very notable but not a huge as I was expected.
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