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Post by petea on Sept 29, 2022 14:03:43 GMT
Today I had time to install the fast-blow, Hi-Fi Tuning US-Supreme3 Silber/Gold fuses in the Shihanian Arc speaker in place of the standard fuses. I figured that if nothing else, using a ceramic-filled fuse in place of the filament in glass original might be an improvement due to microphonics.
There is certainly some differences, with the bass on "Walk on the Wild" side being slightly more nuanced than before (and more like the way it is rendered on the Royd Apex and Rega Ela speakers). There is possibly a slight 'improvement' in the texture of the percussion and maybe the voices. A similar effect is present on "Brothers in Arms" by Dire Straits. I'm just listening now to see if the change impacts the dynamics etc on "Paprika Plains" by Joni Mitchell.
Overall so far a small, but worthwhile benefit I think. I'll leave them in a while and then listen again with them out in a few days.
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Post by petea on Sept 29, 2022 14:08:15 GMT
And the answer to the latter is, yes they do!
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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 29, 2022 15:35:58 GMT
Sounds like fuses have an even bigger effect than I realised
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Post by HD Music & Test on Sept 29, 2022 15:45:07 GMT
Or you can percieve Mike 
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Post by MartinT on Sept 29, 2022 17:16:12 GMT
Sounds like fuses have an even bigger effect than I realised I'll not easily forget the effect of my first SR Purple in the DAC. Ridiculous! |
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Post by HD Music & Test on Sept 29, 2022 17:37:26 GMT
I'll not easily forget the effect of my first SR Purple in the DAC. Ridiculous! It ceratinly is unforgettable in a numerous way, not all good in many systems it can tip the balance quite markedly. However the effect is very obvious without question.
On one of John's visits I subsituted an orange for purple in the QP2 for the Mutec's John's was somewhat surprised at the result, it stayed in for 5 minutes, the fuse was fully run in with over 400 hours of use on it.
We did the same testw on the Wadia dac, that lasted even less time. It turned the system of my system into a Naim 500 set up on steriods    That is just a single purple fuse, multiples ones for myself NO.
However a different system will produce different results, my suggestion would be if you system lacks sparkle and wow factor or its a little pipe & slippers then a purple SR will ceratinly give the sound a shot in the the direction you are looking for no question. It majors on leading leading edge detail, lower noise floor and slamtastic dynamics.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 29, 2022 19:35:30 GMT
The Purples certainly do a fantastic job of making music vibrant and lifelike in my system! Balanced with all the Orange fuses too, of course.
Knowing how difficult it is to correctly fettle a good digital system, I would gently suggest that some of those systems simply had their deficiencies exposed by a Purple fuse.
Just my opinion, but I heard no downside whatsoever in my core digital components.
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Post by nicholas on Sept 29, 2022 19:45:29 GMT
Confessions of a fuse flat earther... don't know how or why but the SR Purple materially improves the SQ of digital devices.
Wouldn't be without them.
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 29, 2022 20:27:57 GMT
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Post by brettj on Sept 29, 2022 20:51:25 GMT
Let me see... New power amp, or one fuse. It's so difficult to choose! |
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Post by nicholas on Sept 29, 2022 21:11:12 GMT
Imagine a surge or spike blowing a handful of these... |
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Post by HD Music & Test on Sept 29, 2022 21:11:16 GMT
I am happy to demonstrate this no problem at all, the only SR fuses I use are two oranges for the conditioner. It is a large backwards step by putting in purple fuses in a great many systems we work with you loose far more than you gain in good well balanced system. A great many of these systems deliver detail retrieval and sheer scale you could only dream of with a lottery win. So by tipping the balance way over the top they usurp the whole system equilibrium badly.
It been very obvious in the 3 years how many systems are biased one way or another for various reasons including dealers
Imagine having a noise floor so low that an amplifier with a s/n of 128db is the weakest link I the inky blackness (more audiophile bullshit terminology) with a Totally free dynamic contrasts wonderfully layered with textural renderings that are so correct for music being played, seemless integration, stage depth measured in double figure meters with trailing note body to match the astonishing detail perfectly in glorious three dimensional recreation nothing projecting forward from the speakers at all. Oh and temporal correctness that places you in the recording space. These systems do exsist but not with purple fuses.
You could look at fuses as a sticking plasters of many diffrtent flavours, you select the correct one for your circumstances which we all have personal preferences so we pick the one which ticks our boxes for each our system.
Just certain systems do not require any where near as much offset as we say when deailing in high voltage differential & current probes via a Deskew fixture
To Deskew or not to Deskew that is the question
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Post by John on Sept 29, 2022 21:41:35 GMT
I had the purple in the A22 a good match for that DAC, but feel the orange is a good match for the r26
I think we all have our preferences to what we like or do not like. The purple in Tony system is OVERKILL
It amazes me something so small can make these changes to tonality balance and detail
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Post by MartinT on Sept 30, 2022 5:06:34 GMT
Mmm, I think I'll stick with Purples thank you! |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 30, 2022 6:33:50 GMT
Imagine a surge or spike blowing a handful of these... Can you take out insurance on a fuse? |
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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 30, 2022 8:45:16 GMT
Imagine a surge or spike blowing a handful of these... Can you take out insurance on a fuse? After explaining to the insurance company, if they ever understand, I believe the answer will be a resounding No |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 30, 2022 8:59:57 GMT
You could look at fuses as a sticking plasters of many diffrtent flavours I never look at fuses that way and have advocated not doing so in the past. For me, they are not to provide a tonal shift as that means the system is not well balanced. In my experience, the Purples just provide more music, with no tonal shift and no abberations at all. This is for digital equipment only, I have not tried them with analogue. I guess experience will vary and, unfortunately, there is no easy way to try before you buy. |
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Post by petea on Sept 30, 2022 12:53:55 GMT
Can you take out insurance on a fuse? After explaining to the insurance company, if they ever understand, I believe the answer will be a resounding No Well I'm sure they are guaranteed for life anyway: just like me in fact - I can guarantee I will keep on breathing until I stop!  |
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Post by mattspl on Sept 30, 2022 16:02:17 GMT
I really hope that they haven’t sold a single fuse as that is ridiculous. |
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 30, 2022 16:43:19 GMT
Wishful thinking sadly. From the QSA website - "Since too many orders worldwide before holiday QSA have reached the production limit, QSA has decided to suspend accepting new orders for a few days in order to process the previous orders." I'm sure that many will have been sold to well heeled punters for whom the fuses represent a very small fraction of their Munichtastic system spend. There is some fine entertainment on their website - "Qsa horn sound fuse product (Dark green) Imitate the sound style of a large horn system retains the benefits of horn sound ,the vocals are full of tone, eliminates the drawbacks of horn speakers for perfect reproduction." This is astonishing and wonderful news!! Just think what the future holds for the world of audiophilia when such ground breaking work is being done. The future is here, now. And remember folks, these guys are scientists and you cannot argue with science - "Qs audio are group of audiophile engineers to design top ultimate audio products on earth ... Qsa team research 22 years to find the relation between science data and music." For more abject bolleckery, read on at your leisure - quantum-science-audio.com/ |
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That is just a single purple fuse, multiples ones for myself NO. 
