Synergistic Red Fuse ...

Hi,  some of the post suggest that the AH fuses sound organic,  does that this happen at the cost of losing some  clarity, speed, detail?, I'm assuming that the AH stands for audio horizons? ,what is the cost of the AH fuses? Do they work to good effect on solid state gear? 

Thankyou wig  for your response post,  I'm also interested in more feedback from jazzonthehudson on the AH platinum fuses, Charlesonedad, are you going to pull the trigger on the AH fuses? 

Hi lak, I'm with you on waiting for Charles1dad to report his impressions , his taste in sound is similar to mine,  I trust his ear's,  an example,  Charles said,  body, naturalness, tone.

Are the beeswax and platinum fuses made by the same company? 

Thankyou Charles1dad for the follow-up,  please keep me posted,  if the red's work for you after full break in,  then I will jump on the band wagon, the first place I will put them will be in the modified krell 700cx,  BTW,  will be very expensive!

Hi Charles,  I have to have 4 large fast blowing fuses, not sure what the spec value is? , hard to read the writing on the fuses, mmm, maybe Almarg or someone can tell me,  would the cost of these fuses for me be $400.00?

Charles1dad,  I have the furutech gtx-rhodium outlet's, 2 of them,  and the wall frames,  however,  as good as they are, Chris at vh audio emailed me about the new flagship furutech gtx-rhodium NCF outlet's,  the new NCF only comes with the Rhodium version's for the outlet's,  go to vh-audio and check it out Charles, BTW,  I also knew about the sr-red's when they first come out,  but I didn't know enough about the sound to pull the trigger,  I trust your ears,  so likely it's a done deal on the fuses,  but I will tell you Charles, I've tested a lot of outlet's,  not the afterburner 8 you have,  and far and away the furutech gtx-rhodium is the best for my system,  lol, now I'm going to upgrade to the new nanotechnology crystal formula furutech gtx-rhodium! 

Hi gwalt,  thankyou for your response,  I understand your logic,  that said,  I wonder if there is a market for used fuses if I was to experiment with the best mentioned on this thread? 

Knghifi,  I got my furutech gtx-rhodium outlet's last Christmas 2014,  I'm happy with what I have,  but interested in wanting to know the sound called improvement,  I should be able to audition a ncf gtx-rhodium when I'm ready too,  Chris sent me the gold and rhodium version's to try last time,  I bought 1 gtx-rhodium from my friend Steven Klein of sound of silence,  and the other gtx-rhodium from Chris vanhause of vh-audio,  Steven is audiogon member sksos1, both were new,  both gentleman are great to do business with,  merry Christmas to you as well. 

Hi knghifi,  furutech just introduced a new top outlet,  download the pdf file from Chris at vh-audio,  kinda cool,  take a peek and tell me your impressions,  the ncf gtx- rhodium, merry Christmas. 

Hi aolmrd1241, I have to totally agree with your analogy  of your post,  +1 !!

Someone pm me if they know where to get the sr-black's at a great savings,  I'm looking at  $520.00 retail otherwise, I have to have 4 of them if I  decide between these and the audio magic beeswax fuses. 

Charles1dad,  thankyou for the up date,  I enjoy what you have to say here,  congratulations,  however,  I'm not sure about your after burner 8 outlet,  but my furutech gtx-rhodium outlet's took all of 300 hrs to burn in,  cheers 

Running a high end receptacle on a refrigerator or deep freezer is always a good idea,  these types of appliances cycle electricity up and down,  I recommend 300 hrs, 24-7.

Hi macdude, I  haven't pulled the trigger on the red's yet,  what's the retail of the beeswax fuses? 

Thankyou aolmrd1241 for your reply,  mmm, that's quite costly,  do you believe the beeswax fuses are nearly twice as good as the red's? 

Charles1dad,  you have any new feedback yet? 

Hi Oregonpapa, I enjoyed reading your impressions of the quantum chips with the sr-red's fuses,  we'll said,  very exciting indeed,  also,  I like this thread,  thankyou 

Hi Charles1dad,  thankyou for your reply,  however,  hope no one here trips on what I'm about to tell you,  remember when I said I tested high end receptacle's?, OK,  we'll the outlet's  yielded some interesting facts! , the stainless non magnetic screw's that come with the furutech wall frames are terrible sounding,  now, since you believe in magnetism,  like your cable's,  I found that zinc highly magnetized screw's that are common place used in most standard house wiring works to very, very,  good effect,  but you have to go to your electrical supply house and get bigger diameter, and longer  length for the outlet wall frame and receptacle it's self to screw in the electrical gain box, btw, thick fiber glass gain boxes sound best,  I done all this testing December 2014 for a couple of months,  you are the first I have ever told this to on audiogon thread that I can remember,  hope this helps,  it gave me a good noticeable improvement,  cheers. 

Charles1dad,  I  must mention why the thick fiber glass gain boxes sound best,  isolation from vibrations! Plastic is terrible, metal can ring,  and isolates nothing. 

Thankyou macdude for your reply post. 

Mmmm, that is some interesting information Davidpritchard, where can I get the Frycorder?, thankyou for sharing such a good post. 

Oregonpapa,  I enjoyed reading your feedback on the sr-red's,  very well said, I enjoy excitement in audio, these days is difficult to come by at this cost point. 

Mapman, I suggest you re-install the sr-red fuse and allow it to burn in for 150 hrs,  regardless if the fuse has been used,  the fuse in question here has not been used for week's, that said,  to finalize a impression, it would be fair to do so. 

Wow!, I'm happy I didn't get the red's yet,  mmmm, I believe I will get the black's, synergistic has been spot on with their claims of performance,  so,  I  believe that this new fuse has to be somewhat better,  glad I've kept up with this enjoyable thread.

I agree with you knghifi, we'll said, cheers 

Hi knghifi,  as you know,  I own the furutech gtx-rhodium outlet's,  please keep me informed here of your impressions of the new furutech NCF gtx-rhodium outlet's. 

Knghifi, I’ve got some very positive feedback from my friend sksos1, Steven, on the new NCF furutech connectors, he is very impressed, Steven said that the wpo’s have not started shipping from Japan yet, when they do knghifi, I’m buying them from Steven, his company is called, sound of silence, yes, the very same maker of vibraplane air isolation platform’s for audio.

Hi Davidpritchard,  my sentiments exactly about the full furutech gtx-rhodium outlet's,  but I fixed that by useing zinc highly magnetized screw's in place of the stainless steel none magnetic screw's,  sksos-steven has just received two ncf furutech gtx-rhodium outlet's for review,  he will be posting his comparisons of the original furutech gtx-rhodium and the ncf on the taralabs thread after they burn in, I'll pass along what he has to say,  if it's a substantial improvement,  I'm buying them. 

Justtubes2,, how about audio magic beeswax fuse vs synergistic research sr-black fuse? , try the beeswax,  all that have talked to me say the beeswax is richer,  organic,  than the sr-black's,  and retain's  top transparency. 

Also Justtubes2,  are you saying that the sr-black's have a lean bass compared to other exotic fuses for audio? 

Justtubes2,  not the case,  no bandage,  I don't want a fuse to destroy a perfect sound,  it's like,  if it's not broken,  don't fix it. 

However,  the money back guarantee is appealing on the sr-black's ! , you know,  I just bought arguably the best outlet money can buy,  these are like huge component upgrades,  the new and improved furutech ncf gtx-rhodium outlet's.

Hi Charles,  thankyou,  I am interested in that after burner 8 outlet,  although I have to run sound test with the new NCF furutech gtx-rhodium outlet's I just received,  each socket of a two socket wall power outlet with the furutech takes 500 hrs to burn in,  och is an understatement! , that's 2,000 hrs for two receptacle's,  I totally agree with the furutech poster's on this thread,  useing two none ncf furutech gtx-rhodium outlet's did not sound as good as one,  however,  I'm the type that will test useing two ncf furutech gtx-rhodium outlet's and hope that the previous problem is resolved,  but I doubt this,  this will take months,  I have to know what these  $260.00 retail wpo’s-wall power outlet's do before I test the sr-black's,  lol,  I may very well have the sr-black's bought and sitting around before installing,  I want to be sure what the fuses bring to the table. 

This is quite interesting,  it may turn out that the sr-red's are more musical than the black's,  as the old adage say's, to much of a good thing can turn into an unsatisfying sound.

Charles1dad, you know I’m in the musical camp as well, I’ve listened to component's  that cost as much as a house that did nothing for me at all, I’ve got more musical pleasure from modded 2,000.000 speaker’s than 50,000.000 speaker’s, the merry go round is always a hit or miss, sometimes, cost has nothing to do with what can make an individual Happy.

Hi whitestix, mighty fine speaker's you have,  I'm a fan big time of the linkwitz speaker's,  however,  although I do agree most power cord's are crap, I  challenge you to try the taralab's cobalt power cord with oyaida termination's,  and the 3 higher model above that,  which are the cobalt Reference,  Evolution,  Evolution Grandmaster power cord's,  I have the model mentioned first,  I would say that this power cord was one of,  if not the most profound improvement to my digital player,  and system as a whole,  enjoy the music. 

I agree,  flip the black fuses. 

Charles, mmm, you are going to compare the red's vs black's? , if so,  I look forward to your impressions,  and appreciate your efforts. 

Bravo! , the findings of the sr-black's are resulting in what I needed to confirm, very informative thread,  enjoyable as well.

Mmm, Based on what grannyring said,  I believe my digital player having no glass fuses or fuse holder is very good,  when at first I believed the scheme was some sort of cheap implementation,  I have followed grannyring and talked to him on these thread's for the last few year's, I respect him, and a few other's here on this thread, I will tell you all,  when it comes to diy high end electronics, the man has a lot of experience, what he does is real world tweak's that save him alot of money! , however,  his  explanation of these after market fuses to me is spot on,  makes practical since , my opinion,  like all audio, some works,  some don't,  depending on preference, and any given component that may,  and may not be improved by these fuses,  personally,  I've seen certain components sound like crap on certain speaker's,  when the same speaker's sound incredible on other component's,  does this mean the speaker's don't work or are inferior? , my opinion,  no,  I've seen the same thing happen to nordost Odin cable's,  does that mean they don't work,  absolutely not,  my opinion,  they are  one of the hand full of best available cable's money can buy,  the same can be said about these sr-black's fuses with everything  that I have specified here,  it's my opinion that the sr-black's are also in the few of best available money can buy, may work,  may not,  some component's will improve,  some component's will not improve likely because the design will not benefit from high end fuses, at the end of the day,  the sr-black fuses remain some of the best available fuses money can buy. 

I have really enjoyed this thread and respect all of you here,  so,  I am asking for you gentleman to chime in on a thread called,  Focal utopia Be nova vs magico q3 speaker's,  see you there. 

Hi Charles1dad,  thankyou for the feedback on the sr-black's,  I do have a question,  my digital front end has fuse chips instead of glass fuses,  is it worth converting to a fuse holder and inserting the sr-black's? , now my modified krell 700cx amplifier has 4 big glass fuses, I remember krell told me they were fast blowing fuses,  however,  I cannot read what value is written on the fuses,  can anyone here specify the value of the fuses for the krell 700cx? 

I'm curious to know what the total amount of hrs that the sr-black's take to finalize their break in period? 

Does anyone know the final burn in time of the sr-black's?

Good to read the thread is returning to good balance here,  I enjoy keeping up with the positive post. 

Hi Charles,  I agree,  Almarg has helped me numerous times,  al is an asset to audiogon,  to be honest here,  Almarg is one of my favorite audiogon member's. 

Geoffkait, I take your challenge! , I know exactly what each and every piece of gear I have takes to burn in,  even my furutech gtx-rhodium outlet's , and yes, I do study and do critical listening with every piece,  I use straight music and patience to burn in everything,  sure it takes longer, and it's really unpleasant,  however,  I  assure you I can validate the time of burn in,  cheers 

P59teitel, thankyou for your response post,  the consensuous vote here seems that you will hear a good improvement at 75 hrs,  not sure,  no one has had a finalized assumption of how long these sr-black's take,  150 - 200, or maybe 300 hrs?, I'm thinking 150 hrs?