That's nothing to be said. Fantastic products and still purchase more.
Howard.
I wasn't sure what to expect when I initially ordered a SDFB and graphene sluggo for my DAC. After reading many positive user reviews and speaking to a dealer in my area who recommended them highly, I decided to take a chance and place an order with Mark.
After an easy installation process, I was quite shocked with the sound improvement. Vocals are now much more present, improved separation, soundstage and depth/layering. The music flows from my speakers with a relaxed ease. I was so impressed with the results, I immediately ordered 3 more. One for my preamp, power amp and switch. Each fuse box made noticeable improvements in my system, especially the ones on my DAC and switch. Very impressive performance improvement for a relatively low cost compared to the other components in my system. The only negative thing I can say about the fuse box is if you try one, you may end up wanting one for each component in your system!
Everything you've read but Mark in the other reviews is absolutely true. He's a truly wonderful guy to deal with. He was always quick to respond to all my messages and went out of his way to ensure I got the properly configured fuse boxes for each of my components. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send him a message, he's a real pleasure to deal with.
Vera-Fi Audio has quickly become one of my favourite Hi-Fi companies in 2025. Highly recommended!
I received fuses a month ago for three Pass Lab amplifiers used in dual amplification: two Pass 60.5 XA for low frequencies and one Pass 30.5 XA for high frequencies. After changing the fuses I can say that the swisse box do a very good job. At first I used them with gold sluggoes, already with very good results, at a later time I replaced them with graphene sluggoes (obtained on very good terms and being able to take advantage of an offer although I had bought them a few weeks earlier). Thank you Mark I appreciated this sales ethic in a profit-driven world.
I must preface this by saying that what convinced me to purchase, beyond the enthusiastic comments I read on these pages, was the logic behind this project. Those who, like me, compose their systems with countless electrical devices often get the result of both enhancement and degradation. In addition to EMI and RFI interference, ground loops, and noise generated by each device that is added, one should not forget the degradation caused by these funnels that are the fuses that actually multiply the bottlenecks in the acoustic signal path in proportion to their use: in my case a cascade of switches, a Clock, a streamer, a DCC, a converter, a preamplifier, and three power amplifiers. The project of removing these bottlenecks seemed to me a simple and enlightened idea to pursue the most neutral position, which is that of a device with the best possible power supply. I will give below some suggestions to eliminate in my opinion the risks due to the suppression of the physical fuse with the electronic one.
I waited a break-in of a hundred hours before moving on to a critical listening of the results obtained. Not only were the changes already convincing, but there was further obvious room for progress with the graphene sluggo version. After swapping the old Synergestic fuses (orange and purple in my case) for the swisse fuses with the gold sluggoes, I caught a better homogenization between the two frequency bands in the bi-amplification. Another rather noticeable nuance emerged in the spatial delineation of instruments, particularly voices. The previous fuses seemed to enhance the midrange or treble depending on the model, but at the expense of the edges of the instruments and voices, which found themselves no longer placed in a delimited space relative to other voices or instruments. In other words, it seemed to me that in the old fuses the greater efficiency was achieved at the expense of the separation and contours of the elements on the soundstage being less precise. With some recordings, such as Pergolesi's Stabat mater in Abbado's recording, the voices of Margaret Marshall and Lucia Valentini Terrani are now better separated and more similar to the reference obtained in headphones. With the graphene sluggoes the whole range and in particular the basses have improved in articulation, speed and in the case of the basses have become tighter and more dynamic. Very often we remedy one of these degradations by unbalancing other parameters. In other words, we correct an alleged imbalance by introducing other imbalances in a chain of errors that balance each other out. The temptation, needless to say, is to proceed with the elimination of the other bottlenecks, wallet permitting.
A word of advice to finish up : in the use of fused swisse in amplifiers or other devices with stand-bye set-up precautions are to be considered. Due to the fact that swisse fuses take a few seconds before the green light comes on making the defense of your hi-fi devices effective, following a blackout of the mains or home electrical panel, the stand-bye position could result in power arriving before the electronic fuse is activated. I therefore recommend that you take the precaution of turning the device off, wait for the light to change to green before putting it on standby.
Thank you in any case to Mark and his team for the pleasure this new listening brings me.
Alessandro
Very pleased with the Graphene Sluggo. Not fully cooked yet and might take a while longer as I don't leave my amp powered up, but the easiest way to put it is smooth with an increase of information. Pleased enough that I will be ordering for the rest of my gear in the near future.
WOW! 💥 I added the Main Stream unit first. After a good amount of break-in time, I started hearing the backgrounds in the music sound quieter. Instruments are a bit more focused in their own space. A subtle but noticeable improvement overall. Now I decided to try out the SnubWay. 48 hours in, no real change in things. Fast forward to about 500 hours of being in my stereo system (with the MainStream still in place) and I cannot believe what I am hearing! I have a much bigger soundstage right-to-left and the same for depth front-to-back. There's a greater separation of instruments & voices and yet there's more layering and detail in between. Anyone who cares about their music and optimizing the way your stereo sounds needs to contact Mark L. Schifter at Vera-Fi Audio. Of course, YMMV in your system. Tell Mark that I sent you!
WOW! 💥 I added the Main Stream unit first. After a good amount of break-in time, I started hearing the backgrounds in the music sound quieter. Instruments are a bit more focused in their own space. A subtle but noticeable improvement overall. Now I decided to try out the SnubWay. 48 hours in, no real change in things. Fast forward to about 500 hours of being in my stereo system (with the MainStream still in place) and I cannot believe what I am hearing! I have a much bigger soundstage right-to-left and the same for depth front-to-back. There's a greater separation of instruments & voices and yet there's more layering and detail in between. Anyone who cares about their music and optimizing the way your stereo sounds needs to contact Mark L. Schifter at Vera-Fi Audio. Of course, YMMV in your system. Tell Mark that I sent you!
Fantastic. Amplifier producing bigger sound stage and instrument separation. More resolution but not harsh. Less tense, more musical. Makes me want to listen.
This is my second Snubwayand I have had one for my audio system and it made an audible improvement. This second one is for my new tv and soundbar. Again a visual and audible improvement. Smoother clearer sound and sharper and clearer picture. Well worth the modest cost. Highly recommended!