July 6, 2015

  • Audio Magic Premier Beeswax Super Fuse, Part 4

    Immediately upon graduation from college, ACS worked in biotech. She had this matter-of-fact way of describing human semen. She said it could come (no pun intended) in all manner of colors, from clear to white to yellow. She said it could be liquid, cloudy, clumpy, or viscous. Sorry, I don't recall what she said about the smell.
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    Oh no. After seeing multiple samples of the Audio Magic Premier Beeswax Super Fuse, ACS said that the filling reminded her of the various types of human semen. In this fuse, there is proportionately less of the yellow wax, and more of the powdery beige-colored stuff.
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    My audio colleagues and I have tried the 20mm "small" Audio Magic Premier Beeswax Super Fuses in a wide variety of gear. In general, we agree that this fuse is indeed directional. That is, it will sound different, depending on which direction it is installed. Once you do determine the fuse's correction orientation, be patient. Give it 4 weeks or longer, in order to burn-in. Once it does, pay attention to the tonal balance. If your gear is already short of, or rolled-off in, the treble, the Premier Beeswax Super will most likely exacerbate that situation. But by lowering electronic grain, this fuse allows for some of the most realistic textures and timbres the gear is capable of. It's just that this fuse works its magic (sorry) foremost on the mids, and then the bass. That is why, subjectively, it makes the treble appear down in level, relative to the mids and bass.

    But are there losses in imaging and PRAT? No.
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    Oh no. After seeing two of the Audio Magic Premier Beeswax Super Fuses positioned side-by-side, ACS remarked that they reminded her of vas deferens filled with sperm.

    Does your system sound a little jiggly, lean, sterile, or whitish? Yearn for the sound of an upper-end Koetsu cartridge, but don't like vinyl playback's nasties? If so, you really need to check out the Premier Beeswax Super.