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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
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mapman
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The irrefutable fact is whatever effect a particular fuse has on sound is based on conjecture which is fine because conjecture is a huge part of "high end audio". Not all conjecture is created equal though. If sworn affidavits on an audiogon chat thread and Geofkait’s constant repeated conjecture is enough for people in the case of fuse X, so be it. But don’t act shocked and offended when you air your laundry out in public and others take notice.  Especially when someone somewhere is making a lot of money from it.

Fuse on!
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mapman
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Apparently the systems at RMAF used the wrong fuses.  Go figure!
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Yeah, right. RMAF is high end. 🙄
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madman, as the hillbilly in Deliverance said to the city slicker who was about to go up the river in a canoe, you don’t know nothin. No offense intended.
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Bingo...mystery solved. That must be it...no boutique fuses and no PPT ‘magic pads’. No wonder all but two systems at RMAF sounded bad 😳
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