Do you have a power conditioner or do you plug all of your components direct to your outlets? If so, which components do you have goign to which outlet?
You are correct. I fully burned in the sr purples and they are amazingly warm, little dark, low background noise but pretty bassy. I ended up using it in my dac to warm it up a bit, put the qsa violet in my wall plug that feeds an audio quest niagara 1200 to help open up the sr purples focus. This worked very well for me and I’m using occ NEOTECH and furutech ends which are gold plated.While I can’t answer your Violet Vs. SR Purple question specifically — you’re right to ask and read and ask everywhere, and not just here — I would make two suggestions: 1) any of these fuses mentioned will open up the sound vs. an OEM fuse, but using fuses to balance the tone between hardware is awfully tricky — and likely expensive. Perhaps trying one of each, on an audition basis if possible, might be a fruitful approach; and 2) My experience is that in the vast majority of cases, after one has narrowed choices through research, evaluation at anything less than 300 hours of burn in, including with fuses, is apt to lead to major mistakes in judgment and, again, use of money. Like most things in life, finding lasting pleasure in audio takes patience through the initial ups and downs..
I have only installed the QSA violets and like you have found they materially improve the sound quality of my system.Guys quick update, I ended up putting the sr purple in the main plug at the start of the chain before the niagara 1200, got some yarbo 1100 cable from eBay which is incredibly natural and occ double shielded, and upgraded the qsa to a sr master in the pc plug for the dac. My god, regardless of the cable which did add silence and separation and added to the depth the master gave, u have to say, the right dynamics and flow, the rythimic sound for all genres and the full sound and less harshness and neutral it’s absolutely worth it.
The qsa after a full burn in with the sr purple in the conditioner plug it sounded like the soul was gone but detail was there and separation but over emphasised a few frequencies a little. The master fuse dampened all of that and gave it the sound that you usually hear in very good headphones like jbl, but obviously it’s just so good. The Russ andrews didn’t compare after a few trials to the sr and was too wide of a sound. I was aiming for detail, feel, soul, accuracy, tonal accuracy, and a very good slightly warm but details sound so that at parties all songs sound like how they should
But extremely enhanced and I have reached that target.
the amplifier still has the qsa violet as it balances and adds extra detail and timbre and separation and I have ordered a 2.5 fast blow qsa violet to add to the spear room and detail.
The bass from the master and thickness has also increased to normal values now as there was a lack of it before and vocals stood out more than a lot of other things now it’s less fatiguing.
now time to let it burn in fully with the cable, yea the sr master sounds very good out of the box. I also swapped the fuse from the WiFi power conditioner as it did make it too wide which was better for movies but it only had a Russ andrews in. I would probably put a qsa violet in it or eve maybe the sr master and it would sound better but I can’t afford it.
Anyway, The master adds emotional attachment deep within and allows you to really enjoy any song instead of being over analytical and dead with soul. I have all yarbo cables as they are very very good and added the furutech and NEOTECH occ ends to it so it was much cheaper than buying a high end cable but is up there with over £500 worth of it.
so yes, the search has finally ended. I have realised that source (dac) fuse changes overrides amp sounds regardless of fuses but the fuse does add like a 15-30% influence so the main thing is the dac aka source. Once you are in love with the source you can fine tune the amp side of it with fuses to just perfect it depending on the speakers you have. I only have a topping tp-60 I’ve modified and remade my Dali z1 crossover with mundorfs on a custom board. For everything being diy, the sound I’m getting is worth 5x or more of the stock equipment value easily maybe more. I see no reason to ever buy a new amp.
FWIW, I have experienced the same thing with the QSA Red and Black fuse. I didn't post about this due to many observations being over the top....but I am getting the same thing.Hour 315: Here is a neat one. Listening to Glenn Gould Goldberg Variations 1981, for the first time ever (by a long way) when you listen, you actually can 'watch' the keys being played because you really hear each key in its place on the keyboard, literally inch by inch and key by key at a time. It is that resolved now. I did not expect that. And his humming suddenly has a place on a head connected in proportion to hands. Quite cool. Apparently more to come until about Hour 500.
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Sarah Bareilles, "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay", live at the Variety Playhouse comes to mind. You can completely tell the position of the piano, what you said, and where she is in relation to the piano.
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I placed a silver crystal Jitter plug at the end of my Inakustic Power Conditioner to the wall SR outlet and received immediate results that energized my whole system. However, there will be another major change. In route now is a QSA Lanedri Ultimatum Infinity Power cord which I will place at the end of my Inakustic power conditioner. The Silver Jitterplug will be tried in my JVC movie projector to see if I get ny results of improved Picture quality. If not, I will use the Silver Jitter plug for my DAC.
Thanks for taking the time to compare notes and good to hear! Enjoy.FWIW, I have experienced the same thing with the QSA Red and Black fuse. I didn't post about this due to many observations being over the top....but I am getting the same thing.
On a great recording? It's quite obvious.
Sarah Bareilles, "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay", live at the Variety Playhouse comes to mind. You can completely tell the position of the piano, what you said, and where she is in relation to the piano.
It is a reproductive effort like this that "puts the musicians in your room" for a wonderful performance. Much more than one would expect.
Tom
After now having the Org Gold LAN Jitter and the IEC Jitter Gold...I have to say...it is becoming more tempting to try taking our 2 Sablon Prince PCs which power the mono amps...and sending them to Lanedri to get them upgraded to QSA Lanedri Sablon Prince!That QSAL UI PC is something to behold! Having used the GR and GI versions of their PC and a variety of other QSAL cables including their UI-SC, I can only imagine how positively the UI will affect the sound.
I have 2 black/red jitter plugs I’m using alongside the QSAL cables and I have to report that after using them for a few months in different positions (power amps, pre, power source to USB card, streamer), I’m not able to find a position that improves the sound. I’m getting a more compressed effect which initially comes across as more focused but ultimately less musical than before.
I guess using jitter plugs alongside QSAL cables, one might have to consider trying the higher versions like the silver or gold. The red/black is not working well.
Not saying the QSA red/black plugs don’t work, they may be just fine in a system not using QSAL cables. This I will be testing by lending the plugs to friends not currently using QSAL cables shortly.
Can someone try to explain how "gem stones" glued to the plastic casing of an AC outlet impacts the sound?Maybe, but we don't really care.
It's the sound that matters.
We are convinced after comparing the Ultra Back-Red to SR Blue, Furutech rhodium and QSA Red in 3 diff home systems.
BTW QSA has just successfully developed the higher Silver receptecle.
This time I have no interest because it will be beyond my budget for sure.
After they impact your bank account you are forced to believe they sound betterCan someone try to explain how "gem stones" glued to the plastic casing of an AC outlet impacts the sound?
Now i get qsa router and gold switsch and gold Hdmi cable
and Fuse silver
i have plaaying 2 hours and sound get better