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RE: Audiophile Grade Fuses

Posted by el34eh@yahoo.com on July 23, 2014 at 08:23:27:

Here's an update on the Fuses, as from a letter sent to a bubbly of mine a few minutes ago.

And as the old adage goes - " YMMV ", but I hear what I hear, and trust what I hear.

Here's said letter word per word:

Brotha B,

I've been up since 7:13am and decided to drag my behind out to the living room for a brief listen, that turned into over three hours now, as I wanted to get a feel for the fuses I've in.

Well so far I absolutely love three of them so far, the Audio Horizon Platinum Reference - Audio Magic Super and Synergistic Research Quantum Red, over the Furutech and Hi-Fi Tuning, as each has a more neutral, yet spacious presentation that's hand to describe - but instruments take on a cleaner/quieter backdrop where little subtle clues like how a drummer taps lightly on the snare or cymbals and it's as if you can actually count the number of times he has stuck both, rim shots linger on and on for what appears like a minute afterwards, the highs shimmer as if ascending towards the very heavens with a sense of delicacy that has to be heard/felt to be believed.

There's a greater sense that timbre and tonality are even more truer to the source then what I've grown accustomed to with the fuse each replaced which happens to be an SR sr20 Quantum Fuse, which was extremely musical, but the others are on a totally different level scale wise - the music takes on a life of its own, as if freed from the confines of being held back for to long, and have been released to explore the greater reaches of the unknown - subtle piano shading take on new life, and I can hear more easily into each finger strike/bend with a greater emphasis on pitch and timing if you will.

Bass definition is on another plane all together, as it seems as if my little speakers have grown an 8" woofer overnight - how I'm hearing rumbling below one note that gradually seems to extend to one ever lower ( if that makes any sense? ), more importantly the pitch is spot on, and highlighted as a veil has been removed from the baffle of the speakers themselves, and allows the amp to play much louder at lower volume settings where as before, I had to approach say 9:00 on the knob to find a common threshold where each musician seemed to lock in as far as dynamic range went - now I'm hearing further into what seems like a hold dug about 10' into the ground, yet there's something flowing about the surface at about 3' which scares the shit out of me.

In the end, it seems as if the timing has been released and now each individual note has it's place in time as well as serves a purpose to the very fiber of the artist craft that seemed hidden just below the very surface of the notes, yet disjointed in a manner that one doesn't hear, until one hears what has been missed or glossed over to begin with, everything appears more calm as well as peaceful in a manner that relaxes ones body and mind state all at once, it's hard to explain, yet it's happening right before my eyes/eyes as the musicians are more evenly spread across the soundstage separated by what appears to be layers upon layers of new found drive or better put, a sense of freedom.

At this moment, the Audio Horizon and Audio Magic are maybe 28% more involving in away that comes across as more " natural ", while the SR Quantum Red, strikes me as a great sounding fuse on its own merits, but compared to the slightly more costlier fuses, it's not a grounded/refined in that area that draws one closer to the musical messages hidden directly beneath the very surface of musical bliss.

Weird shit, but the truth, and for those whom don't believe " that everything in audio makes a difference " be damned, I'm relying upon what my mind/body/ears/senses tell me sounds
" right ".

I intend to post this on both AA and AS for those whom might be interested in said findings, Brotha B, all this and more from fuses that cost a mere $90 - $115, shit.........., that can't buy a nice pair of desirable NOS Tubes to my mind, I'm reaching a place where many simply aren't open-minded enough to approach - it's called " Enlightenment ".

Later little Brotha.