Something For The Fuse Guys ...


There are fuses, and then, there are fuses. 

I'm evaluating some prototype fuses that I received in the mail three days ago. 

Over the past few years, I've used fuses from five different manufacturers. The last three were the Red, Black and Blue fuses from Synergistic Research. Each one incrementally improved the sound of my system. My favorite so far was the SR Blue. 

The prototype fuses being evaluated presently raises the SQ beyond all of the others mentioned above. The major improvement to my ears is better tonal accuracy. Instruments and voices are more life-like. The noise is reduced allowing for a more solid 3-D presentation with the musicians more solidly presented on the sound stage. Overall, more information is fleshed out of CDs and LPs. 

The manufacturer, the price and the name of the prototype fuses will come later. I don't have the information thus far. My understanding is, if all works out, the release date is to be mid-October. 

Stay tuned ... 

Frank
oregonpapa
So, in other words, wolfman, you think the fuse is like the power cord - it just serves an electronic function and has no bearing on the sound? You think power cords all sound the same? 🙄 Besides, most high end amp designers are blissfully unaware of audiophile fuses. Even if they are aware of them they’re overly suspicious. Fancy fuses and high end power cords would blow their budget, anyway.
It truly would not matter IF a high end manufacturer included a boutique fuse, power cord and/or tubes with their item.
There would still be some Audiophools who would not like THOSE particular boutique items and want to change them out anyway, so why should they bother?

Half the fun for some is the voyage of discovery of what has the best synergy in their system as a whole.
And that does include fuse, pc, ic, sc, tubes, footer etc etc.

Now I know some members believe that they are all a waste of time and money and that is fine, not asking them to spend their money or time if they do not believe.

But please just desist with the outright denigration of said products as it just causes a never ending argument and makes some look extremely narrow minded to boot.

Enjoy your music folks!
More to my point, high end amplifier designers by and large are at least two paradigm shifts behind the power curve when it comes to audiophile stuff. I suspect it comes largely from being fat dumb and happy. Resting on ones laurels,  hyper circuit focused.
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@geoffkait 
" The fuse in the speakers is in line with the incoming signal (current) from the speaker cables which is alternating current just like the current coming off the power cord in the amplifier or CD player where the fuse usually is located. The only difference is that the current is a lot higher coming into the amp........................Follow?"

Well, no I don't follow.  The input AC is of one frequency which will be rectified to DC to perform its task of being changed again by tubes or transistors to an AC waveform. Just as I believe that signal cables have a much greater impact on sound than do AC power cords. The fuse argument is the same as the cable argument.  I won't deny that some fuses may make a difference particularly if they're in the signal path.

With over 17,000 posts I suspect that you've read >200,000 posts.  You're way ahead of my paltry 7 posts.