2 weeks ago i listened to a local friend's system for the first time in 2-3 months. he has Evolution Acoustics MM3's like what i had. his system was sounding mighty fine, particularly the bass articulation, tunefullness and overall clarity was a few steps beyond my previous visit, and i asked what he had done. he said he had moved the speakers a bit and also he had installed some new 'super' fuses. i asked him what percentage each change contributed to the improvement and he thought more than half was due to the fuses.
he has an active bass amp in each speaker and needed 2 fuses. i have 2 active bass amps in each bass tower so i needed 4.
http://www.audio-magic.com/Prod-NanoFuse.html
$100 each. they are made to order. get the spec for your exact fuses and a few days later they get shipped.
i know you will be very suprised to hear that i proceeded to order 4 of these bad boys for my own self 10 days ago. i got them today, installed them about an hour ago.
they do not cure cancer, or attract super models either than i can tell.....although the night is young. however; when you have basically done all the other stuff you can do, and you find a bit more of the good stuff for not crazy money, then you just enjoy and don't complain.
no i'm not going to do any BS test sequence, i can hear that there is more and that is good enough for me. the bass is tighter, more precision. more dynamic snap and slam..........alot more. holy guacamole!
as i just typed that i was listening to one of my bass tests, James Taylor's 'Gaia' in streaming dsd from 'Hourglass'. around the 4 minute mark there is a run of drums from right to left far back in the soundstage. very distinct. i've used this for years. it just got 'much much' better in every way. next cut was the beginning of MJ'S 'Billie Jean' in streaming dsd from 'Thriller'......just about knocked me out of my chair. whoa. the impact is simply beyond my previous experience.
there is also more focus and sense of total coherence from top to bottom. a subtle but easy to hear step forward. i can tell the part of my friends system that came from the fuse change.
i'm still always surprised how improving deep bass improves everything. but it's always how it works even though it does not seem logical.
will they do the same for every system? i have no idea. are there better fuses? maybe.
YMMV, 'sticks and stones......' and all that.....
added note; my amps use a very expensive thermal coupler, so no fuses, my preamp is battery powered, so no fuses. i do have custom fuse in my Playback Designs but i cannot remember the brand. i'll likely try another one of these in the PD at some point.
he has an active bass amp in each speaker and needed 2 fuses. i have 2 active bass amps in each bass tower so i needed 4.
http://www.audio-magic.com/Prod-NanoFuse.html
$100 each. they are made to order. get the spec for your exact fuses and a few days later they get shipped.
i know you will be very suprised to hear that i proceeded to order 4 of these bad boys for my own self 10 days ago. i got them today, installed them about an hour ago.
they do not cure cancer, or attract super models either than i can tell.....although the night is young. however; when you have basically done all the other stuff you can do, and you find a bit more of the good stuff for not crazy money, then you just enjoy and don't complain.
no i'm not going to do any BS test sequence, i can hear that there is more and that is good enough for me. the bass is tighter, more precision. more dynamic snap and slam..........alot more. holy guacamole!
as i just typed that i was listening to one of my bass tests, James Taylor's 'Gaia' in streaming dsd from 'Hourglass'. around the 4 minute mark there is a run of drums from right to left far back in the soundstage. very distinct. i've used this for years. it just got 'much much' better in every way. next cut was the beginning of MJ'S 'Billie Jean' in streaming dsd from 'Thriller'......just about knocked me out of my chair. whoa. the impact is simply beyond my previous experience.
there is also more focus and sense of total coherence from top to bottom. a subtle but easy to hear step forward. i can tell the part of my friends system that came from the fuse change.
i'm still always surprised how improving deep bass improves everything. but it's always how it works even though it does not seem logical.
will they do the same for every system? i have no idea. are there better fuses? maybe.
YMMV, 'sticks and stones......' and all that.....
added note; my amps use a very expensive thermal coupler, so no fuses, my preamp is battery powered, so no fuses. i do have custom fuse in my Playback Designs but i cannot remember the brand. i'll likely try another one of these in the PD at some point.
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