Originally Posted by
jandl100
Whoosh.
My £90 SR Black fuse has arrived.
Blimey, the improvement is not subtle.
Putting the old fuse back and the improvements in image focus and presence, resolution, and the sheer improved organisation of the soundstage went away.
SR Black back in - and improvements back as well.
This is one refund option that will most certainly not be taken up!
It's supposed to 'run in', well maybe, I'll see.
I've placed the fuse in the wall plug that feeds a mains block that feeds the whole system.
Where next for my next one .... ?
Thanks Gaz, good spot.
Good stuff Jerry, glad it works for you.
Hear similar across the board improvement here too, moreso the one my Preamp, which is interesting.
I've only fitted internal case fuses to my Transporter and my Densen Pre, only the one external 13A plug used nowadays.
Good to know it works in that application too, maybe one for the future.
Always internal case fuses Jerry if you take a punt?
Be interested in what you think once they have a few days on them.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables