The Master fuse made a great improvement in P15 over both M-1 and Purple in my system. So, I tend to think this is the right place to use it. I have no doubt DAC is another place to benefit from it too.
Regarding fuse directon, I have switched directions on the Master for at least five times over the first couple of weeks. Each time I pefer one direction over the other.
After I came back from vacation, I switched direction of the Master again for one day. It just did not sound right. I moved it back to the prefered direction last night. Today the SQ comes back. The new audio rack made me hear the difference even more!
But I agree that with the Purple fuse the SQ seems to have less difference once it burnt in. In fact, the Purples in BHK pre and PST are in reverse direction than a month ago. I do not hear much difference after a day.
One thing that I heard for the first time at Axpona, and I admit to hearing Magnepan only at the 2022 and 2023 Axpona, is the LRS+ being driven by tubes. Sometime on Sunday, the LRS+ speakers made their way up to the Bob Carver room. This allowed the 3.7i to be played most of or all day on Sunday, and for the LRS+ to be driven with tubes. It was a mixed bag. One one hand it was great to hear Maggies driven by tubes, on the downside, the speakers were set up along the long wall, with the built-in wood headboard only inches away from the speakers. Yes, the headboard and wall completely interfered with the sound.
When I went into the Magnepan room–(not Wendall’s “secret” room with the Martin Logans), he had LRS Plus’s sitting directly in front of a pair of 3.7’s. I wondered what were they thinking? Sure enough the room sounded cockeyed, discombobulated, discordant, unharmonious, un-LRS-like. It was just as weird as when Coke decided to change their formula to New Coke.
It would have been good for Magnepan if they teamed up with PS Audio, with a musical sounding pre amp (BHK) and power amp (M1200) powering the 3.7i. The last-minute setup with Bob Carver, while well-intended, wasn’t ideal because of speaker setup in that room, especially with how fussy Maggies are with setup.
A tasty pie, especially the spinach. Not to everyone’s liking, but there’s no accounting for taste. Glad you enjoyed it. My fav in Chicago has been Gino’s cornmeal crust spinach pie. Don’t do pizza much these days.
It wasn’t the only room that fell short, Vandersteen and Pass come to mind. There were others, but no point in naming them, I’d like to think by now we all know and understand these brands a very capable, regardless of their show short comings.
I also really like Rosati’s, which, like Giordanos, has expanded its restaurants to areas outside of Chicago (including Knoxville,TN where I presently live).
Ah Giordano’s. . . went on my first date with my late first wife to the Hyde Park Giordano’s. That was a long time ago but I bet the pizza is still magnificent.