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So maybe I want to try an Audio Magic fuse, but I don't know where to put it to do the most good. I could put one in my:
1. solid state phono preamp ((1.5A)
2. solid state line preamp (1.5A)
3. OTL tube amp
a. B+ (5A slo)
b. Filament (5A slo)
c. Audio circuit (1A slo)
4. None of the above (save your money)
Thanks.
Follow Ups:
pulled the fuse out of my pre last week and changed the direction of it just to hear if I had it right.
Lasted 2 relatively painful days 'till switched back. Had it right the first time.
Difficult to wrap my head around what a difference it makes.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
I guess I'll try Lew's suggestion since he has the same-type amps and said they made a positive difference when placed in the audio circuit. If that works for me, I'll attack the preamp next.
Curious, though, about direction. If it takes 4 weeks to burn-in in one direction, might it not take another 4 weeks (or so) to burn-in in the other direction such that one can make a valid comparison? I really do not understand what burn-in is.
Thanks, everyone.
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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Since everything goes through it. Another thought is the hi fi tuning supreme. Parts connection had the hi fi tuning gold for sale cheap.
Have fun and take your time as break in is real with any fuse.
Chuck, If you still own your Atma-sphere amplifier, and if it has fuses in the output signal path (like mine does), by all means that's where to spend your money. I use Acme cryo-silver fuses there, because I am a cheapskate.
I'm not done reviewing the Audio Magic Premier Beeswax fuses.I have enough of the 20mm slow-blow samples, to use them in the Mark Levinson No. 37; Simaudio Neo 260D; Rotel RCC-1055; Headamp GS-1.
So far, these samples all perform consistently. At least in my gear, they are, despite what the manufacturer says, directional.
In terms of frequency response, they lead with the upper bass/lower mids. So if your gear already curtails the upper midrange and trebles, the Premier Beeswax will only make matters worse.
But. If you can get past the tonal balance, what the AM Premier Beeswax does for bringing out the recordings' and sources' instrumental textures is unmatched by any cable, vacuum tube, anti-vibration tweak I've ever employed. The Premier Beeswax achieves this, not by artificially boosting the mids or adding coloration, but by removing grain and distortions.
What treble is there is fine. I just wish the Premier Beeswax worked its, ahem, magic on this part of the audible spectrum. I wish that cymbals and triangles were larger, matching the full-bodied bass and mids.
In the upcoming weeks [my work on the Simaudio Neo 260D is taking up most of my audio time/effort], I have the goal of blogging more about the Premier Beeswax.
But in the mean time, Stereotypical Audiophiles, who crave believable instrumental timbre, texture, and shapes, absolutely must investigate what the Premier Beeswax can do.
But do be warned that Audio Magic do not make these in all specs. So you may have to go with a spec slightly higher than what your gear calls for. Also, the Premier Beeswax takes a loooooooooooong time to burn-in. After four long weeks, transparency finally kicks in. From there, the sound will settle into its groove, take on the Premier Beeswax's rue personality.
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"the Audio Magic Premier Beeswax Super Fuse really needed 4 weeks, before it "burned-in," "
So it is your assertion that you made absolutely no other changes in your entire system for 4 weeks and that your "audio memory" is so remarkable that you are able to prefectly remember what your system sounded like one month ago?
That's truly astonishing and remarkable. I don't even remember what I had for breakfast yesterday.
... anything remarkable, most likely.
More importantly - why not making any changes to an audio system in 4 weeks is so suspicious? I mean, what is that that you constantly have to change?
On the subject of fuses - can't say anything about burn-in, because the change afforded by a fuse to me, in my system, is always obvious, and easily detected. If it gets better with burn in - I'm fine with that, too, but never bothered observing.
This guy didn't just fall off the cabbage truck. I've found (his musical taste aside) what he says to be very much on the money time and again.
And come to think of it, if I were a generation younger, then even the music might coincide.
Perhaps you should take notes regarding what you eat?
Joe
Can you imagine whispering in his presence? LOL!!!unfortunately a lot of people who do not have certain abilities deny the existence in others.
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...yet. Because I'm hooked on sugary foods, eventually, I'll have to go on a diet. At that point, I'll have to take notes of what I eat.But we are serious about audio, so we do indeed take notes. Since the late-80s, I've been taking listening notes. My high school teachers wish I would have written about anything other than music, sports, and audio :-) In college, when I actually had pockets of time to listen to music, I took notes. More recently, I may have e-mailed you pdf files of my (scanned) listening notes.
Some of the fuses you guys sent me were shipped with the accompanying boxes (pictured above). But the majority was/were not shipped with its/their boxes.
Thank you to the Inmate who suggested the Deluxe version of Prefab Sprout's Steve McQueen , whose second CD features Paddy McAloon's acoustic versions of the songs.
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With the Synergistic Research Quantum Red, Hi-Fi Tuning Supreme, and Audio Magic Premier Beeswax, we have multiple samples. Some have been used in several people's gear. Others are brand new.
Yes, the only change made was the fuse. When we install a new AM Premier Beeswax, we first listen in one direction. Then we power off the component, flip the fuse the other way. At least with the gear we have, and the these samples of the AM Premier Beeswax, these fuses were indeed directional. That is, in the "wrong" direction, they sound slower, more bloated and congested.
Unlike a few years ago, I do not have the train of audio products coming through. Thus, I nowadays do have more time to play with the few audio products sent to me. I've been into high-end audio since 1990. I take listening notes, so I can keep track of how products change (or no change) over time.
It took months, but we eventually acquired more samples of the AM Premier Beeswax. By comparing the well-used samples against brand-new samples, we can confirm the effects (if any) of burn-in.
Since I am currently reviewing the Simaudio Neo 260D CD player, which will take me another 2-3 weeks, I have not made any more posts about the AM Premier Beeswax. I've taken a couple of photos of these fuses, will use them later. Those who hound/stalk/follow me already know this, and are (patiently or not) waiting for my output.
While all that is going on, as I type this, three audiophiles have sent some of their cables to me, so I can condition them on an audiodharma Cable Cooker. Despite not getting the train of gear I used to in the 00s, my audio plate remains full :-) Yep, the audio stuff is on top of the music lists, suggestions, and background I provide for fellow audiophiles.
So, what are your experiences?
My thought.... first, #2 then 3c followed by 1. try one at a time to see if you 1: can hear a difference 2: like what you hear. Of course there is a caution, make sure the correct value fuses are used in the proper locations, don't over amp the protection.
All of these I listed are in the signal path so they would/could make the most difference in effect. Of course..... YMMV!
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