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In Reply to: RE: Boutique fuses posted by throwback on June 28, 2015 at 16:38:56:
My audio friends have gear radically different from mine. Yet, our experiences with the Audio Magic Premier Beeswax, Hi-Fi Tuning Supreme, and Synergistic Research Quantum Red are consistent.Even in my mid-fi Rotel RCC-1055, the orientation of the fuse is blatantly obvious, even to non-audiophiles. One direction will sound more congested, bloated, and lifeless, compared to the other direction. I have been told that this has to do with the direction the current flows through the circuit's fuse holder.
Once you determine which direction sounds better, just sit back, relax, and let the fuse "settle" or "burn-in."
The HFT Supreme sounds fine, straight out of its box. Over the next 2-3 days, grain and hash will go away, and the fuse will sound the way it should.
The SR QR also sounds okay, straight out of its box. At least with the gear we have, and the samples we have, the QR's imaging is a bit vague at first. So give it a couple of weeks, before the sound becomes more focused.
New samples of the AM PB can sound terrible, kind of like, well, stuffing beeswax into your ears. Be very patient with this fuse. After a week or two, it doesn't sound so bad. The ones I have in my Mark Levinson No. 37 (above) and Simaudio Neo 260D didn't have any transparency (the ability for you to "see" through the recorded soundscape) until the 4-week mark.
There is no substitute for experience. Hopefully, the information I've shared will help, as you grope in the dark about these matters. Go to my homepage, and check out my posts about these fuses. These three fuses sound nothing alike. I have not said that one is better than the others. It all depends on what your gear already sounds like, and which sonic direction you'd like to point.
Since I've blogged about the QR and PB, I've received emails from about 24 different people. Granted, half of them are from my audio circle. And it was my audio circle who sent many of the samples to me. But still. More people seemingly are interested in these fuses than the Simaudio Neo 260D I'm currently reviewing.
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