[Crypt Keeper]

Wish I had the money right now to do the purple fuse offer. Could throw a couple of SR purples in my OTL and do the freebie in my U18. But that would require almost 4 times what I spent for the orange. So I will enjoy the orange at least until taxtime and then we shall see. Hopefully VH audio will have some perk, but I doubt it.

Happy listening,

jgwtriode

Aucharms “High-end HIFI Gold Silver Nano Oil Immersion Fuse” @ $75 will probably better the SR Orange … Aliexpress item # 3256803140632693

But no fuse I’m aware of, except Cross Point High End Fuse can better the Purple ….

 

[milkdudd]

My stereo room is sounding better than I ever thought it could, and I'm expecting more improvements with the purple fuses and some DH labs Revelation silver XLR interconnects I found pre-owned that are on the way. Now in my mid-60s I just might be approaching my end game audio system (I know we all say that). Seeing four or five different options for contact enhancement liquids I would like to choose one that is more or less permanent. Is there one brand more likely that one application would be all I would ever need? I'd probably coat everything, fuses, interconnects, speaker cables, power cables and maybe even my USB cable but don't want to have to do that repeatedly. Is there one brand likely to suit these needs?

 

[jgwtriode]

My stereo room is sounding better than I ever thought it could, and I'm expecting more improvements with the purple fuses and some DH labs Revelation silver XLR interconnects I found pre-owned that are on the way. Now in my mid-60s I just might be approaching my end game audio system (I know we all say that). Seeing four or five different options for contact enhancement liquids I would like to choose one that is more or less permanent. Is there one brand more likely that one application would be all I would ever need? I'd probably coat everything, fuses, interconnects, speaker cables, power cables and maybe even my USB cable but don't want to have to do that repeatedly. Is there one brand likely to suit these needs?

Aucharms “High-end HIFI Gold Silver Nano Oil Immersion Fuse” @ $75 will probably better the SR Orange … Aliexpress item # 3256803140632693

But no fuse I’m aware of, except Cross Point High End Fuse can better the Purple ….

https://www.whatsbestforum.com/thre...r-expensive-products.33833/page-3#post-756041

Okay here is commentary on the QSA fuses from hong kong. $1500, $5000 and $10,000 fuses and he compares the level of improvement with other significant upgrades suggesting they make bigger diffrences. Compares them with the SR Orange.

Happy reading and pondering. Forever out of my wheelhouse.

jgwtriode

 

[MartinWT]

Of course I will treat the fuse with Mad Scientist Graphene Contact Enhancer. My favorite that I have tried.

Mine, too. I use it for all of my contacts.

 

[Jon L]

https://www.whatsbestforum.com/thre...r-expensive-products.33833/page-3#post-756041

Okay here is commentary on the QSA fuses from hong kong. $1500, $5000 and $10,000 fuses and he compares the level of improvement with other significant upgrades suggesting they make bigger diffrences. Compares them with the SR Orange.

$10,000 In real U.S. dollars for one fuse... And here I was, thinking Synergistic was taking advantage of audiophiles with the $200 fuse

 

[MartinWT]

For me, reality hits. I could afford SR Purples for my core digital components and SR Oranges for all others, but I cannot afford these QSA fuses. I shall have to remain oblivious to their goodness. I don't feel hard done by.

 

[Getafix]

Lowering of the noise floor is the immediate thing I noticed after inserting the purple fuse. And soon forgot all about it and now thinking how I could tweak my system further. The happiness was short lived.

 

[MartinWT]

Lowering of the noise floor is the immediate thing I noticed after inserting the purple fuse. And soon forgot all about it and now thinking how I could tweak my system further. The happiness was short lived.

A grounding box each on the U18 and your DAC will lower the noise floor further.

 

[Highfive99]

SR Purple + The nano liquid = Powerful combo … I applied the nano to all fuses I have … There is some burn-in time for the nano as well …

Here's another plug for the nano juice. I was extremely skeptical of fuses when I was researching them. But with the SR 30 trial period, what's to lose? And I wound up keeping them. I heard an immediate difference that got better with burn in. These are power fuses so the devices just have to be on for burn in. No need for music. As for the nano juice, well, no 30 trial but I don't believe I read 1 negative post on any forum about the stuff other than from people who deny the validity of these types of tweaks without actually trying them. There will always be deniers. I put the stuff on everything from AC power cords connectionsd through the entire signal chain right on to the banana plugs of my speakers. Next up is pulling the xovers and drivers out and doing those internal connections. The stuff also requires burn in but makes a difference akin to a fuse upgrade at least in my system it did. YMMV.

BTW Nano Particle Solution NPS-Q45T is the juice I got. They just came out with a new and improved formula earlier this year after it wasn't available for some time. After much due diligence, this stuff was most the highly spoken of by users on forums that I could find. Pricey but you get enough to last at least 5 lifetimes as little of it goes a long way.

 

[Highfive99]

A grounding box each on the U18 and your DAC will lower the noise floor further.

Can 1 box handle both devices or is it just better to ground to separate boxes? Also how are the boxes themselves grounded? I would think they require grounding and are not standalone boxes.

 

[Highfive99]

$10,000 In real U.S. dollars for one fuse... And here I was, thinking Synergistic was taking advantage of audiophiles with the $200 fuse

And given how good the Purple fuses are, I'd bet a doughnut you'd struggle to hear a $9800 difference between the 2.

 

[MartinWT]

Can 1 box handle both devices or is it just better to ground to separate boxes? Also how are the boxes themselves grounded? I would think they require grounding and are not standalone boxes.

One box per component.

They are not grounded, they act as the ground.

 

[jgwtriode]

For me, reality hits. I could afford SR Purples for my core digital components and SR Oranges for all others, but I cannot afford these QSA fuses. I shall have to remain oblivious to their goodness. I don't feel hard done by.

I have read a couple of peoples comments on the Audio Magic M1 beeswax fuse. Handmade one at a time. $300. They say its a noticeable step up from the Purple.
A bit more in the realm of reality.

How much are the grounding boxes and who make them?

Happy listening,

jgwtriode

 

[Crypt Keeper]

I'm ok with $133 per SR purple (I have 8) and $75 for Aucharms nano silver-gold, but anything above $200 for a fuse is just lil' bit too much for the system I have ATM... Thanks for the info.

 

[MartinWT]

How much are the grounding boxes and who make them?

I have various ones. The best are the Quartz Acoustics from Singapore. Also good are the Aucharm and Aucharm XL from AliExpress. Prices and the £ have changed so much recently I couldn't tell you what you'd pay in $.