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Wyred 4 Sound STP-SE Fuse Type

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Posted on August 28, 2015 at 09:45:23
lektrik
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Does anyone know if the fuse in an STP-SE is fast-blow or slo-blow type? I'm wanting to upgrade the fuse and would like to get the correct type. Thanks.

Larry D.

 

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RE: Wyred 4 Sound answer on 6/29/2015, posted on August 29, 2015 at 16:45:47
mcbuddah
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I received the following reply a while ago to that very same question:
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Hi David,

That would be 2.5A slow blow fuse.

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Tony Holt
Wyred 4 Sound

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> Submitted on Monday, June 29, 2015 - 15:37
> Submitted by anonymous user: [108.226.81.59]
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> Subject: AC Fuse replacement rating for STP-SE preamp
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> I am upgrading the fuses in my equipment to the More Than a Fuse products. What is the rating spec that I need for this application?
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> thanks in advance for your help.
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> The results of this submission may be viewed at:
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RE: Wyred 4 Sound answer on 6/29/2015, posted on August 29, 2015 at 18:15:59
lektrik
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I got into mine and found a 3.15A 250V plain white ceramic fuse, so the 2.5A slo blo is the Wyred recommended one I should be using.
What I did not know was whether it was a fast or slo blo type. You can't tell if they're not marked and are ceramic.
Thanks for the reply!

Larry D.

 

RE: Wyred 4 Sound answer on 6/29/2015, posted on August 29, 2015 at 18:37:57
lektrik
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What do you think of the sound your Audio Horizons fuse in your STP-SE? What changes did you notice? Thanks.

Larry D.

 

RE: Wyred 4 Sound answer on 6/29/2015, posted on August 30, 2015 at 11:40:51
mcbuddah
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I haven't gotten around to trying fuses yet; I was just gathering facts and prices when I contacted W4S. My system has been in such a chaotic state since I bought the used Genesis speakers in February. Then, I did a major renovation and remodeling job in the living room and moved the whole thing to an entirely new wall on a new super-wide rack so that I shed 6 maple platforms. Then, the guy at Tweek Geek had a falling out with one of his long-term cable vendors and discounted the hell out of all his remaining stock and demos so that I just had to buy new interconnects for the amps and the phono preamp and new power cords for the amps and power conditioner. With all these changes made almost at once, I have no idea what kind of baseline sound it should have, but there has been some kind of horrible gremlin preventing it from sounding even vaguely like a high-end system, that it has not been transparent enough to tell even fundamental differences when upstream changes are made. I finally got it listenable last week and I can now expect to tell whether or not fuses ( or any other changes) are worth while. I got the magic back for the first time with these speakers for a week and now can hardly stand to listen as I am breaking in a new wall outlet.
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RE: Wyred 4 Sound answer on 6/29/2015, posted on August 30, 2015 at 11:51:34
lektrik
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Ooooh! Genesis speakers eh? Nice. I'm playing through a pair of refurbed & upgraded Infinity RS 2.5s and I'm loving it.

Hope you get the bugs all worked out and get back to the high-end sound you want.

Larry D.

 

RE: Wyred 4 Sound answer on 6/29/2015, posted on August 30, 2015 at 20:01:27
mcbuddah
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The Genesis speakers do fully embody the Confucian Curse, "Be careful what you wish for; you may get it." I have been enjoying excellent bass from a pair of Snell B type speaker I bought when they first came out. They have excellent bass down to the low 20's and still sound superb in many ways. But, I always knew there was a little bit left on the table and when I saw the ad for the 6.1 Genesis,especially at under 5k delivered, I had to have them. I knew going in the deal that my whole living room would need to shift the TV system and the stereo. The TV junk would be set up in what used to be known as a dining room and the living room would be dedicated to allowing enough motion to move the speakers around a lot while determining the ultimate location. They are a serious step up into the big leagues in their capabilities, and their designer, Gary Koh, is a prolific writer of white papers and help guides to methodically set up speakers. I estimate that it will take me at least a year of critical listening and making small adjustments before I can say I gave it my best shot. The biggest issue for me is that I have no baseline for how the speakers could or should sound, nor a baseline for how the new location with lots of breathing room and new accessories should sound when all were implemented at the same time rather than one by one.

After seven months owning them, with 2 1/2 months down for remodeling, I have been working through Mr. Koh's methodology in physically locating them in the room as well as learning to understand just how powerful very small changes on the mid-range and treble controls and the bass gain and low-pass filter control can be. My system now, after the changeover has become so revealing of all things right and wrong in the audio chain, I have had to learn the value of cleaning and tightening connections, dressing all cables to get off the floor and not touching their neighbors, what footers work best under which components, which recordings can be placed with which bass settings, etc. Through the entire time, it has never sounded quite right as it has for many years with the big Snells. I suspected that the PS Audio PPP is just not cutting it, despite the fact the 600w amps feed bypass it and go directly into the Maestro wall outlets. Now, with two more class D amps of 500w each on the speakers, I had to decide how to power them. I ordered one of PI-Audio's UberBusses that are all the rage at shows lately (they show with Triode Wire Labs), and got a little antsy waiting for it and bought another Kaplan power cord from Tweek Geek and decided to try it on the PPP. Whatever was choking my system off just disappeared when I installed it in place of the PS Audio SC Premier power cord that they designed together when both products came on the market.

So much for manufacturer synergy. It got so fine-sounding that I couldn't stand to be away from it. Soundstaging got so good it became scary. I realized that what was missing all these months was the factor of surprise in the music. The bass has cleaned up significantly and more extension can be called for in the speaker controls. It is now possible to determine if a particular bass issue is caused by the room, and which interconnects sound best on my sources. Resolution, air, bass slam, and other aspects all improved as well. So, now I think it might be time to try out some fuses.


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