Synergistic Research fuse purple

RE: Synergistic Research fuse purple, posted on May 18, 2022 at 15:59:02
FX35 Audiophile Posts: 151 Joined: March 6, 2020	Most people here already know which fuse produces the best sonic results with Maggies, and that is.......... no fuse at all, even better, no fuse holder as well. Bypass the fuse holder altogether and you loose multiple resistance points, resulting in sonic gains that the worlds most expensive fuse wont achieve.

RE: Synergistic Research fuse purple, posted on May 19, 2022 at 18:37:31

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From what I've read the sound quality suffers because after market do not have the correct values to meet the original spec from Magnepan, hence a blown True Ribbon Tweeter. Well if you have a model that has that feature, not sure about the Quasi Ribbon's.

I've been curious what a expensive high end fuse, looks like past it's opaque cover. Stock fuses are very thin pieces of wire, so I am mystified as to what could make a better fuse and what it would do to make it superior.

RE: Synergistic Research fuse purple, posted on May 20, 2022 at 18:33:01
Norman M	Why limit yourself to your Maggie's? Go through your entire system and by-pass all it's fuses wherever they might be found. (Neither the fuses or fuse holders give me any grief.)

RE: Synergistic Research fuse purple, posted on May 21, 2022 at 08:20:10

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"sound quality suffers because after market do not have the correct values to meet the original spec"

Sound quality has nothing to do with matching original values, A equal or higher value will have no negative influence, if anything, a minor positive effect. A lower value could have a audible negative influence and will blow sooner.

"I've been curious what a expensive high end fuse, looks like past it's opaque cover"

"High-End" fuses from different company's offer(besides a fancy label cover) a variety of copper, silver, gold, brass, silver-gold hybrids, gold-plated + nickel-plated copper caps.

Fuse wire offerings vary from copper, platinum, rodium, silver or gold.

They practically all use a ceramic body instead of glas.

They practically all use a demping filling inside the body( Silica, for one)

They are also cryogen treated and demagnetized to finish it off.

"I am mystified as to what could make a better fuse"

All of the above.

" what it would do to make it superior."

Fuses built in such a way will have better conductance, stronger body's, less interference from vibration's, EMI and RF.

The big question remains.......... will these High-End fuses transform my mid-fi set into liquid gold? For me, it is obvious that such fuses are superior to stock fuses........... as a fuse, that is, but the obvious drawback is where that fuse is going, in a cheap stock fuse holder. There is a saying "A chain is as strong as it's.....................

I've done A-B comparisons with various fuse brands in the past( components, not speakers), just changed the whole system in one go, not piece for piece. The results varied from a slight change to no change at all. When there was a change, it was in the wrong direction, at least..... in my system, various materials from various brands will alter the sonic presentation, and results will vary from system to system.

RE: Synergistic Research fuse purple, posted on May 21, 2022 at 09:11:21

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"Why limit yourself to your Maggie's"

Exactly! If you're going to fix your mains, do it right!

My advice for a clean mains was:

1) Drive a dedicated earth rod deep into a clean patch of ground until a certain resistance was measured.
2) Tap the mains cable entering the house to bypass all circuit breakers used in the house.
3) Run it straight to a high quality circuit breaker, (something like a Giga-Watt or Doepke, or if you are really brave, do without a circuit breaker).
4)Hardwire a high quality mains cable straight into a high quality power strip, bypassing wall outlets, power strip inlet + plug
5) Run a earth cable straight from the power strip to the dedicated earth rod just installed.
6) Use high quality aftermarket power cords on all components (I'm not big fan of mixing brands)
7) Clean every connection with deoxit, the apply silclear to each male pin, don't forget fuses!
8) Check for the correct polarity on each component.
9) Decouple the power strip
10) Upgrade fuses

Bypassing all fuses would yield sonic benefits, but at a very high risk! this is something I NEVER recommended. Bypassing the circuit breaker is also very risky, but I know a few who do without.

(Neither the fuses or fuse holders give me any grief.)

Of course not, you never know what you're missing until you remove them.

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