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Re: Swiss Digital FUSE BOX
Reply #500 - 05/07/24 at 20:02:39
 
Oh my yes. In 90 minutes only...I can hear this all going in the right direction. Will return in a few days/hours.
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Reply #501 - 05/07/24 at 21:43:35
 
Congrats! You will be in love with it by tomorrow.

I got the Super Duper Sluggo (tellurium copper with rhodium plating, a thing of beauty) in and I think I may have put it in in the wrong direction but it's a very nice sounding piece of metal!
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Reply #502 - 05/08/24 at 16:04:57
 
My goodness Lon, you're not kidding. I'm a morning person...so I could not wait to be up with my morning Joe in hand......
Mark sent me the HP Copper Sluggo.

I don't know where to start? Theirs a wholeness with richness revealing obscured details with that richness.

It took ... even more real .....up. The reason I listen with a Class A/A1 Amp/even order harmonics/no negative feedback... in the first place.

I run my ZMA direct from ZDSD. Clearly, it's filling those big red Mallory caps with unadulterated power. Bye, bye thin wire fuse forever!

Now, back to goosebumps and Cheshire Cat grin on my face.
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Reply #503 - 05/08/24 at 16:39:34
 
I only have 16 cumulative hours and counting.......
Decay is blowing my mind .....going deeper into the stage too.

Thanks, Groovy Sauce, HK for pointing me to this thread immediately.
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Reply #504 - 05/08/24 at 18:28:31
 
Stone,

I am glad you are enjoying the SDFB with your Mystery amp. It really made a profound difference in my system. Kind of like installing a turbo charger on your cars engine.

I observed many of the SQ attributes you noted and a lower noise floor to boot. Much like potato chips, I bet you can't do with just one. Enjoy.

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Reply #505 - 05/08/24 at 19:29:16
 
Stone, it will get better day by day for a while.

I'm enjoying the sound of the Super Duper Sluggo. There is only one drawback: it is milled to look like a fuse, and as such it is a bit smaller. That is a good thing I think sonically--the lesser mass makes it "push" the current just a tiny bit less, but it also means that when removing the fuse in the Decware fuse holder it generally pops out and rolls around. . . and it's easy to confuse what direction it was in previously. I'm still not sure that I have changed direction in the three times I've had it in and out! I'm going to put a Sharpie dot on one end next time.
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Reply #506 - 05/08/24 at 22:18:41
 
HK, yes, lower noise floor too/for sure. Now, I will investigate my ZDSD. It does not have the outboard fuse with the IEC.

Lon, good idea, I will mark one side/Sharpie dot, so when I pop the bugger out I know left vs right. Thanks for the tip. I will reverse the Sluggo at 60-70 hours.

Now, time to catch up on the Snubway thread with you guys.
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Reply #507 - 05/09/24 at 09:50:52
 
Took me four tries but I have the Super Duper Sluggo in the SEWE300B in the right direction and it has been seasoning in steadily. . .

Wow. With the hollow silver slugs in the P15 and the DSD DAC Mk II I am getting just the right tonal balance, the "just right" I've been searching for for some time. Mark called this one right, a great recommendation.

Now: a reminder to myself: don't mess this up! Stop futzing!
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Reply #508 - 05/09/24 at 13:30:01
 
Lon, my sluggo’s all have the word sluggo engraved on them. I use this for left and right and top to bottom directions. Not sure if yours have the engraving. It is really hard to see on some.
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Reply #509 - 05/09/24 at 15:28:53
 
I don't think mine do--I'll look closely soon.
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Reply #510 - 05/09/24 at 15:50:04
 
Got up early and listening. As my retired brother and I say.....we have such a pressing schedule; the horror of it. Smiley

It does just continue to get better. As Mark said I believe in the Snubway thread .....(to heck with quotes and quotation-I just free write).

I paraphrase:  Our Product(s) bring out the best in your System without taking away from what you created.

Lon, I will continue my progression with other Sluggo's/reading your impressions. When I hit 60 hrs I will reverse my HP Copper Sluggo. Continue from there......

The other Lon....I will look closer too for the engravement.

PS: If you did not know or do..... assembled, quality control & tested in Peter Madnick's facility in California (SDFB).

Peace of mind.....I ran AAlchemy DTI Pro-32 & 3.0 Decoding Engine for 21 years (1994 till 2015) without fail. (Steve's output stage/ZDSD Feb, 2015.... direct to ZMA.....bested these......sold AA).
Point being - great quality control Steve D./Decware & Mark S. & Peter M.
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Reply #511 - 05/11/24 at 15:59:47
 
I've only changed a fuse when it blew, that has happened maybe twice in my entire life. So this is all new to me.

We have a Sarah 300b and love it, we are using the full Wathen CryoTone tube set and at low volume you can hear a slight hum (even when dialing the hum down with the hum control). We swapped out tubes and still had the slight hum.

Does the Swiss Digital FUSE BOX help, reduce or eliminate the hum? I'm hoping to hear from someone with actual experience using the Swiss Digital FUSE BOX with a Sarah 300b.

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Reply #512 - 05/11/24 at 16:25:02
 
With gain adjustment between components I no longer had audible hum anywhere near the listening spot with a fuse or with the Fuse Box with my SEWE300B.  When I had new output tubes (Sophia Electric and then Wathen) I did have some hum but as the tubes seasoned the hum basically went away.

I am pretty certain that the Fuse Box itself will not influence the hum.

I was running for a spell all Wathen tubes in the SEWE300B with the exception of the regulation tubes (I have decided that I love the sound that 75C1 give the amp and will always use those). I liked the sound but in my listening room I found myself getting fatigued with them in place, even after a long burn-in. So I moved those tubes to my living-room system and only kept the 300B-WC in place. But the Wathen tubes are great in my larger living room audio/visual system. Still when the Wathen tubes were new there was a little hum that went away as the tubes seasoned.

So. . . perhaps more time will solve the problem? If not, are your interconnects shielded? If not, I find shielded interconnects to be a quieting factor.

I don't understand 300B amplifier hum, it seems that there may be a tiny bit of hum due to the nature of the tubes and circuitry. But you really shouldn't hear it with the music at low volume. I hope others can add more information.
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Reply #513 - 05/11/24 at 16:41:51
 
Lon,

Thank you for the quick response!

We have all the top of the line Decware plugs, xlr and rca cables along with the ZSTYX speaker cables.

We have a zbit and zrock II we'll play with them a bit, the hum is only noticeable at low (background type) volume.

I'm new to tubes just a few years, what tube(s) number would the 75C1's replace?

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Reply #514 - 05/11/24 at 17:14:09
 
75C1 are an 0C2 tube, but different structure.

0C2



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Most 75C1 seem to be made in England, some in Germany. I find the English to be better sounding in my system, and use them in all three regulation tube spots.

I found that the Sophia Electric and Cryotone 300B tubes that I used took 200 to 300 hours before they settled in and there was a louder hum from them until those hours were on them--then they were pretty darned quiet.

With my SEWE300B in my system I get the best sound and the least hum by lowering the gain on the amp to about half and having the ZBIT about 80 or 90 percent. The ZROCK2 can also provide some hum in my system, but not bad, I have it set pretty high to get the treble reduction.
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Reply #515 - 05/11/24 at 17:29:58
 
Lon,

Thanks a lot!

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Reply #516 - 05/11/24 at 18:31:47
 
I hope that the noise can be reduced!
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Reply #517 - 05/11/24 at 18:56:15
 
Steve,

I have used almost a full compliment of Cryotone tubes (sans the the 300B) and have not experienced audible hum on my Sarah.  Whatever noise I did experience was because of a noisy WE 300B and the second I replaced it with the stock 300B that came with Sarah, the speakers were dead silent.

And outside of Lon’s experience with initial hum with the Cryotone 300Bs, I’ve read other accounts where the same tubes had no hum whatsoever from the get go.  I should also have some firsthand experience with it in 2 weeks after I receive my tubes from Don.

Hope you figure it out.
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Reply #518 - 05/12/24 at 20:57:45
 
Lon's suggestions really helped, we adjusted the volume / gain control on the amp, the zibit and the zrock II a bit and that really helped.

Now we have a very slight hum that is only noticeable if the music is off and we're standing right next to the speakers.

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Reply #519 - 05/12/24 at 21:12:48
 
Awesome! So happy to read this result.
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Reply #520 - 05/12/24 at 21:37:07
 
I just now installed a hollow silver 5x20 from China in my PS Audio P5, which feeds my amp and CSP3. I have been using a fatter solid silver slug from Golden State in that position.

First impressions, the sound was a little disjointed, edgy in some areas, and smooth and pretty sweet in others. But within several tunes, still some noticeable edge I expect to smooth out and get more complex, but it has already come together with a sound I prefer for the most part.

With almost no burnin, overall it sounds nicely resolving, a little faster, and smooth, and will no doubt improve in these areas. Hard to say exactly what time will do to the tonal balances, but the initial result is like I was hoping it might be, with more good metal than a fuse, and less than my big solid silver slug... more open and cleaner than the golden state silver, less thick, but still with warmish body (with this tube set and setup anyway). And with less thickness, more speed and space, supporting a cleaner tighter bass that is more resolved and complex, along with better inner detail, decays, textures throughout.... and for being new, pretty natural sounding. Looking forward to what a few days of heavy play will do!

Excited.

After this settles in more I will try the platinum/rhodium hollow I have now in the 300B/845 amp.

No doubt system dependent, and do I have a lot of Miflex copper/oil caps around with their harmonically complex warmth, but this seems to be a good tuning tool for me with all the other slugs and sluggos I have in place.
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Reply #521 - 05/12/24 at 21:53:21
 
Great news Will! I have two of these hollow silver in use, and one Super Duper Sluggo in the third SDFB and that combo is very nice, especially with the Black Treasure 300B-Z tubes you sent.
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Reply #522 - 05/12/24 at 23:21:18
 
Yes, thanks to you Lon for bringing the hollow fuse replacements to our/my attention. I am glad they act more-or-less as I suspected they might, and guessing they are likely to become a best friend in this already smooth and warmish leaning system.

Also really glad those tubes work for you... I imagined/hoped they might, but never know considering such a highly tuned system as yours! They should continue to improve, by reports needing a long time to fully come out.
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Reply #523 - 05/12/24 at 23:41:56
 
LIkewise I hope the Psvane I sent work out, I think they just might be really good as driver tubes.

I've been missing the Aqua 274B II but the original Aqua with these 300B-Z are gelling really well and the 300B-Z are settling in nicely, opening up a bit without losing the characteristics I really enjoy.
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Reply #524 - 05/12/24 at 23:47:30
 

Will, I was looking for your source for hollow fuse replacements and could not find it. You mentioned Ali Express, but also a second source.  That is the one I am searching.  Thanks.
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Reply #525 - 05/12/24 at 23:56:14
 
Hey Tony... both places I tried for hollow fuse replacements advertised with the same pictures, and the same choices... so guessing they are the same. Both were AliExpress sellers. The first, cheaper offer fell through for some reason, finding out later they had started a refund to my paypal account. So I ordered from the 2nd, higher priced seller (for these anyway).... Hope this helps.

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Reply #526 - 05/13/24 at 00:03:42
 
Good info.  Anyone try the Rhodium plated silver versions?  Hollow or solid? I am using Golden State solid silver now.  Thanks
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Reply #527 - 05/13/24 at 00:25:48
 
Lon,

I look forward to hearing those Psvanes in my amp's driver position... The original ones with this amp were Psvane globes, and have nice qualities here. It gets so specific with such tuned systems, criteria becoming narrower, but from your description off-line they sound like they will be good for me! Excited to hear them.


Hearafter,

I have not tried my hollow Platinum/Rhodium plate silver fuse replacement yet, but there are several posts in the thread about the Verafi "Super Duper Sluggo" which I think might be translated as tellurium copper with rhodium plating??? Lon has recently talked about it, and others earlier as I recall. I don't remember anyone trying the hollow one like I have, but I may have missed it. Might search the thread for super duper sluggo or Rhodium.
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Reply #528 - 05/13/24 at 00:59:28
 
Will, thanks for the response and info.  I am interested in the Ali-Express Rhodium plated silver hollow or solid.  The Super Duper Sluggo has a Super Duper price I cannot justify.  Bought the SDFB to get past the weekly audiophile fuse update with price creep. These Sluggos are starting to head down that path. Uggggh! I do like the solid silver best in my set up.
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Reply #529 - 05/14/24 at 18:34:03
 
Staying with the HP Copper for now. The kaleidoscope continues to turn in focus .....providing all of the kaleidoscope there created by the System. It continues..........

Considering one from wall to PS Audio P3. However, I'm so pleased with the PK10 Palladian from wall to P3.....providing input. In which I prefer running my ZMA/SDFB and ZDSD/Shunyata from the HCurrent outlet.

Lon, you're pleased running SDFB to P15.
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Reply #530 - 05/14/24 at 19:21:34
 
Yes, that was my first and I think it's perhaps the most effective.
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Reply #531 - 05/14/24 at 19:25:28
 
Good Afternoon

Just to let everyone know - the Graphene Sluggos have just arrived in Texas

I think they are pretty dang good - but that's me.

One day soon I will be home and listening again

Many thanks - Mark
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Reply #532 - 05/14/24 at 20:45:33
 
Mark --

That is awesome news! Looking forward to trying them out!
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Reply #533 - 05/15/24 at 15:14:50
 
Super Piggies due to ship Friday after a long delay.

Vendor has them ready to go

Longer Length and better in every way

Pictures to follow

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Reply #534 - 05/16/24 at 08:43:09
 
Yay Super Piggies! My new super-rectifier should arrive any day, so I'm glad to hear the new pigs are on their way as well.

And Yay Graphene Sluggos while we're at it! Can't wait to those out!

IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER!
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Reply #535 - 05/16/24 at 09:44:40
 
I have to stop spending money on audio. The Graphene Sluggos are intriguing me, I'd love to hear more about their characteristics. But I'm not ready to purchase in the near future. Love the Super Duper Sluggo's influence on my system.

I decided to try the Cryotone 5U4G . . . Kam loves it, and it doesn't seem to be a JJ product. . . the "softness" that the description on the site mentions is a draw. It occurred to me that the reason the Aqua II failed on me was that I kept turning the amp on and off while trying different Sluggos and different directions of Sluggos. I swapped over to the original Aqua which worked really well with the Black Treasure 300B-Z (I can recommend these tubes to anyone who is seeking a more dark and romantic sound) and today I put my only remaining Aqua II in from my CSP3--the little boost in sound quality is nice . . . I hope that it will last as I don't plan any frequent on and off cycles.
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Reply #536 - 05/16/24 at 17:58:03
 
I'll do the Graphene's. Then, backfill. I probably should do the hollow silver Sluggo's before Graphene? First, need to reverse HP Copper Sluggo in some more hours.

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Reply #537 - 05/17/24 at 14:59:32
 
Super Piggies are on the way (at last)...

I only have 20 to ship now - have ordered 50 more

We have to get some pictures up etc. on the site. Damien is busy with SnubWay arrival and shipping - that's primary

These will be $150 dollars and they are much longer than piggy (1 meter). Super Piggy is Super Cool Smiley Sounds great and works wonderfully well.

We also now have Schuko Piggies in stock - these will be added also

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Reply #538 - 05/17/24 at 15:59:56
 
Mark --

I posted a photo of the first (demo/proto?) Super Piggy you sent me a few months back. Here it is again, now that you're starting to have them in stock for future sales.

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Reply #539 - 05/19/24 at 20:45:42
 
Of course, I needed to ABA it even at the 35 hour mark. Happy camper. I DeoxIT 'd it again too. Always, takes a bit (hours)  for that to settle in ......bliss right now.
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Reply #540 - 05/19/24 at 22:18:24
 
My Speaker ...............
Mr. Lee's very inert Transmission Lines have never been more real IMHO. Via his Tweeters too. The custom woofers to his specs as well. .....nough said.  

The SDFB.......rocks the inert further.
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Reply #541 - 05/19/24 at 22:31:30
 
Glad you arrived back in time to experience this great new power assistance.
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Reply #542 - 05/20/24 at 00:26:11
 
Thank you Lon, for your nearly now, 25 years of assistane.
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Reply #543 - 05/24/24 at 13:47:09
 
A new review from Positive Feedback:

https://tinyurl.com/SDFB-review
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Reply #544 - 05/25/24 at 04:40:48
 
Congratulations Mark on a wonderful review!
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Reply #545 - 05/25/24 at 17:30:49
 
Yes. Congrats Mark.

I am still sitting with my HP Copper and enjoying. I don't want to reverse it or order other Sluggo's yet.
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Reply #546 - 05/28/24 at 20:15:43
 
Three weeks and 65+ hours now. So pleased.

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Reply #547 - 05/30/24 at 02:40:39
 
Look what arrived today in the mail... THREE LITTLE (SUPER) PIGGIES!

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Reply #548 - 05/30/24 at 03:36:11
 
SUPER PIGGY

Right on...

Enjoy

And thanks to all of you re the new review

Sincerely appreciated

My Birthday was fun and exciting all at once Smiley
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Reply #549 - 05/30/24 at 19:08:00
 
Thought you folks would enjoy this from Tom Gibbs from Positive Feedback - He was using Super Sluggo... but I couldn't leave it alone.

Scab picked - sent him Graphene

His first post about that Smiley

Enjoy

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Swiss Digital Fuse Box Follow-up, Part Deux:
Following my review of the Swiss Digital Fuse Box, Mark L. Schifter sent me a pair of Graphene Sluggos, to replace the gold-plated Super Sluggo that was already in place in the PrimaLuna EVO 300 tube integrated; they arrived yesterday. I'll be honest, I didn't really have the time last night: we ended up getting home later than usual, and I was pretty beat after being with the kids all day and then sitting in hot traffic for an hour driving home, so I just vegged when we got here. So I didn't take a listen last night as I had planned. I just now ran upstairs, and I again put on what's become my go-to LP to hear subtle differences in equipment, etc., which is the Impex Records' 1STEP 45 rpm reissue of Patricia Barber's Nightclub, which is a jazz trio and quartet recording from the late 90's that was recorded by Jim Anderson. It's exceptionally well-recorded, and presents the sound of Patricia Barber's voice and the individual instruments very naturally and dynamically. I've had this set for almost 18 months, and have listened to it countless times since then, and know it very well.

Whoah!! With the Graphene Sluggo in place, I immediately noticed a deeper, blacker background and an improved spatial relationship between the players, which were more well defined in the soundstage. Patricia Barber's voice possessed a more impressive level of realism and presence, such that I felt I could reach out and touch her! The Scouts/Caldera loudspeaker combo seemed to play not only with a greater sense of ease, but with more control from the PrimaLuna amp, especially in the bass and mid-bass registers, where this album can give certain loudspeakers some level of difficulty. Side four of the two-LP set is my favorite, and the final track, which is PB's version of the classic "Wild Is The Wind" was much more nuanced and delicate with the Graphene Sluggo in place. The acoustic bass player, Marc Johnson, offers a really intricate plucked and strummed solo at the song's mid section, and I was pretty astonished by the improved level of realism I was now hearing -- I've always felt that I could localize the position of the players in this recording very well, but this took it to another level! I'm listening in the all-analog room in a near-field setup with the Vanguard Scout/Caldera combo, but I could lean into the music and visualize Marc Johnson's fingers on the strings with a degree of tactile realism I'd never have believed possible. The background was blacker and the soundstage was deeper -- even though I've been listening to the Scout/Caldera setup for months now, it was almost as if I were listening on a much more expensive, more resolving system! I'm incredibly impressed, especially after the shock of first hearing the Swiss Digital Fuse Box inline with the PrimaLuna -- I wouldn't have expected such an additional increase in clarity and transparency was possible.
I've had some experience in the past with Graphene-enhanced products, like the ADD-Powr Sorcer equipment, which coats all electrical connections with the compound. Here's a quote from that review that basically describes the possibility of using Graphene in electrical and audio applications:

"All wired connections are coated with [the] exotic compound Graphene which is an allotrope of Carbon in the form of a microscopic hexagonal layer of molecules. It's the strongest compound known to man, with a tensile strength 100-300 times that of steel. At one atom thick, it is also the thinnest and lightest compound known to man; add multiple layers of Graphene and it becomes Graphite. It's also the best electrical conductor known to man."
For sure, the use of Graphene in the latest iteration of Vera-Fi Audio LLC 's new Sluggo for the SDFB is a huge step-up in overall performance. One of the key points I used in my review at Positive Feedback was that the Swiss Digital Fuse Box allowed my PrimaLuna EVO 300 to perform in an a more unrestrained manner; now with the Graphene Sluggo in place, there are NO RESTRAINTS.

I only thought my mind was blown! Follow-up review coming on Positive Feedback soon!
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