I said that, personally, fuse rolling would lead to audio neurosis-- for me. It looks like you're a awfully defensive given your response...
Yes - head to head in the Modwright PS 9.0 power supply. Loved and ended up keeping the SR Purple which matched the resolution of the QSA Yellow yet was very balanced, natural sounding and musical. Found the QSA Yellow to be very resolving but clinical sounding and bright in this application.Being in the same price bracket, anyone compared QSA Yellow to SR Purple?
Thanks Rob for such an interesting postAt this point I have tried:
1. QSA Light Blue: Dac, server LPS, LPS for USB card, AMP.
2. QSA Light Violet: DAC, currently breaking in.
3. QSA Yellow: Server LPS, LPS for USB card
4. SR Purple: Server LPS, Amp, LPS for USB card
Today, all 3 three light blue fuses have been upgraded. Two will be repurposed and one will be sold (for the Yggy).
Two were upgraded to SR Purple.
One upgraded to QSA Light Violet (dac).
My QSA Yellow is the digital version. It sounded better than SR Purple in my server LPS. It was more transparent, with more damping/control/texture in the bass. A bit more "in your face" and dynamic than SR Purple in this usecase. This is why it stayed there.
SR Purple in the amp was quite a bit better than QSA Blue there (I have not tried Yellow).
SR Purple was substantially better than QSA Light Blue in the USB card LPS.
I now have one extra QSA Light blue fuse I plan to sell.
The remaining Light Blues will go to LPS's that have no fuses at the moment. It will be interesting to see what having no fuse and having a decent fuse will do.
What I will say is QSA Light blue in the Yggy was an eye opening experience. QSA Light Violet is still breaking in but within the first 24 hours it has transformed my listening experience. Much improved instrument placement, more detail, more slam and musicality. This will probably be my endgame fuse for this DAC.
Cheers,
-Rob
Is the QSA Light Violet better than SR purple for the DAC?At this point I have tried:
1. QSA Light Blue: Dac, server LPS, LPS for USB card, AMP.
2. QSA Light Violet: DAC, currently breaking in.
3. QSA Yellow: Server LPS, LPS for USB card
4. SR Purple: Server LPS, Amp, LPS for USB card
Today, all 3 three light blue fuses have been upgraded. Two will be repurposed and one will be sold (for the Yggy).
Two were upgraded to SR Purple.
One upgraded to QSA Light Violet (dac).
My QSA Yellow is the digital version. It sounded better than SR Purple in my server LPS. It was more transparent, with more damping/control/texture in the bass. A bit more "in your face" and dynamic than SR Purple in this usecase. This is why it stayed there.
SR Purple in the amp was quite a bit better than QSA Blue there (I have not tried Yellow).
SR Purple was substantially better than QSA Light Blue in the USB card LPS.
I now have one extra QSA Light blue fuse I plan to sell.
The remaining Light Blues will go to LPS's that have no fuses at the moment. It will be interesting to see what having no fuse and having a decent fuse will do.
What I will say is QSA Light blue in the Yggy was an eye opening experience. QSA Light Violet is still breaking in but within the first 24 hours it has transformed my listening experience. Much improved instrument placement, more detail, more slam and musicality. This will probably be my endgame fuse for this DAC.
Cheers,
-Rob
I tried both QSA and SR purple.Is the QSA Light Violet better than SR purple for the DAC?
I found the QSA Yellow to sound clinical to bright. SR purple was just as resolving but much more natural and musical sounding.I tried both QSA and SR purple.
It depends what you're looking for.
The ones to compare would be the yellow vs the purple as they are in the same price category.
I think the QSA fuses are quite special, I tried different colors and you get a house sound, just more of it as you go up the chain.
I find it quite consistent. But their signature is quite recognisable.
I tried 2 SR purple fuses, one in my dac and one in my amp and I really didn't like them, it made the sound overly smooth and milky and although the soundstage appeared bigger it seemed artificial. They didn't do it for me.
I'm considering adding QSA fuses but the ones that would make sense are probably the Silver and I'm not yet ready to spend 10k$ for 2 fuses.
I did not try SR Purple in the DAC. I compared QSA Light Blue to Light Violet in the dac. The SR Purple went to my amp and USB card LPS (SJ DC4).Is the QSA Light Violet better than SR purple for the DAC?
I posted that the yellow was not only bright but clinical sounding in the Modwright PS 9.0 power supply. I chose the SR Purple instead (after head to head comparison) which was just as resolving but much more balanced and musical.I have owned the QSA blue, yellow, and red.
They all have a gloss/sheen that might be too bright for some systems.
I saw someone posting about the brightness of the yellow, and it's probably due to this.
I'm surprised more reviews haven't mentioned this. It's instantly recognizable.
My experience is of the yellow and the violet.I have owned the QSA blue, yellow, and red.
They all have a gloss/sheen that might be too bright for some systems.
I saw someone posting about the brightness of the yellow, and it's probably due to this.
I'm surprised more reviews haven't mentioned this. It's instantly recognizable.
My experience is of the yellow and the violet.
The violet gives a more rounded sound in my system whereas I found the yellow was more stark. I didn't notice any sheen with the yellow. It's an effect I experienced with some then top of the range Tellurium cables I auditioned and rejected some years ago.
Great to hear. What receptacle did you compare it with if you don't mind sharing? thanksVery happy QSA red outlet owner.