Synergistic Red Fuse ...

So, again, there is no attempt at a reasonable explanation of how or why  a half inch of fuse wire in a tiny glass case packed with graphite or beeswax can get all that mojo going…the lack of even a weak attempt at addressing this mystery, and considering anybody who stands for reason (except Almarg, who gets a pass…deservedly) a troll is an apt response among the Believers who seem to simply not care about the technology, but don't hesitate to toss piles of money at it based on faith…it's all sort of adorable…like scared sheep huddled against a frightening passing cloud of reason.  

Well Wolf, I can’t help but think that you comparing `Believers' to scared sheep is akin at this point to crying `wolf’ one too many times. I have absolutely no dog in this fight, haven’t touched a fuse in my equipment for years, but your continued railing against the subjective experience of posters here is getting a bit tedious at this point. Let it go, dude, you can’t save everyone, even as religion has proved time and again. If I were to only realize contentment based upon knowing why/how everything in this crazy world ticks, then anxiety would be constant……..and I, for one, don’t mind a little mystery in life. Give it a try sometime, you may like it.

charles1dad:

The Holo Audio Spring DAC is certainly generating a lot of interest. I think it is exciting they they have auditioned a number of fuses with their DAC.

My 300 B amp is sounding very athletic with the Sophia Princess Carbon Plate tubes versus the more ethereal - smoother Psvane WE tubes. I will soon be auditioning the newest Sophia Blue glass tubes. It really is exciting to have so many good choices to achieve that special sound so many of us seek.

David Pritchard

Wolfie Cotton Ears sez:

"... the Believers who seem to simply not care about the technology, but don't hesitate to toss piles of money at it based on faith…"

Count me in as one of "The Believers."  Contrary to Wolfie Cotton Ears' above statement, there is nothing about the SR fuses that was "taken on faith."  The only "faith taken" was the faith that the dealer would honor the 30 day money back guarantee on the initial fuse purchase a year ago.

Nope, nothing has been taken on "faith."  Everything stated in this entire thread was taken on HEARING THE RESULTS. 

True that there are those of us who couldn't care less about the technology. So What? I'm a salesman not a techno-dweeb.  I don't sell the steak ... I sell the sizzle. 

I worked as a salesman for a few years in an ultra-high end audio store. While there, I saw the owner, (an engineer) master mind his way right out of business by overwhelming prospects with technical jargon until their eyes glazed over. What was lost on the owner was that the prospects weren't coming into the store to spend money on low slew rates, wire metallurgy, or speaker cone material. They came into the store because they wanted to recreate reproduced music as accurately as possible in their home. Because of the owner's failure to understand the prospects basic needs and wants, and his continual refusal to learn basic salesmanship, I watched while an entire fortune was flushed down the drain and the doors of a fantastic audio store were closed forever. 

On the outlay of cash:  My system uses five fuses. That came to a full retail cost, including state sales tax, of $659.00.  What have I received for the cash outlay?  I've gotten in return an audio system that completely disappears. It doesn't call attention to itself in any way. Its totally three dimensional at this point. The instruments are reproduced in a very believable way.  The dynamics are amazing, from the softest triangle strike to the big tympani's and the lowest organ notes. Its quite amazing, really. Vocals are "reach out and touch it" real. 

When you can take a  truly great amplifier like the ARC REF-75 se, that bowled you over by its grain free presentation straight out of the box stock, then simply replace the stock fuse with an SR Black fuse and discover what the meaning of grain free truly is, well ... that's worth the price of all five fuses combined right there. Why would I need to know how the fuses work at that point? I don't need to know. I just want the music. That's it, period. 

Each year, its estimated that approximately 350,000 1/4" drill bits are sold in the U.S.  Did the buyers of those drill bits want drill bits, or did they want 1/4" holes?  Do they need to know how drill bits work, other than knowing how to attach the bit to the drill motor?  Nope. They just want the hole.

Dear Wolfie Cotton Ears ... try to get your  head around this: We don't want the fuses. We want the music the fuses so greatly improve upon. Simple, no???

OP