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Synergistic Red Fuse ...

I installed a SR RED Quantum fuse in my ARC REF-3 preamp a few days ago, replacing an older high end fuse. Uhh ... for a hundred bucks, this little baby is well worth the cost. There was an immediate improvement upon installation, but now that its broken in (yes, no kidding), its quite remarkable. A tightening of the focus, a more solid image, and most important of all for my tastes, a deeper appreciation for the organic sound of the instruments. Damn! ... cellos sound great! Much improved attack on pianos. More humanistic on vocals. Bowed bass goes down forever. Next move? .... I'm doing the entire system with these fuses. One at a time though just to gauge the improvement in each piece of equipment. The REF-75se comes next. I'll report the results as the progression takes place. Stay tuned ...

Any comments from anyone else who has tried these fuses?
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davidpritchard
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Yes the Synergistic Research ECT (Electronic Circuit Transducer)  are very effective on pre amps, amps, and front end devices such as DAC's and CD players. My SACD player and amp each have 7 of these small cylinders on them. The nice thing is they are easily removed when it is time to upgrade a device and then use on the next piece of equipment.

In order of upgrade I would do A/C wall receptacle, then main power fuse of each piece of equipment, then ECT, and finally secondary fuses.
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charles1dad
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Hi Rob,
The Coincident Frankenstein and Line Stage both use 3 amp slo blo. The closest SR Red is 3.1 amps, so no problems. You'll be okay with your near match as well.
Charles,
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charles1dad
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I've now placed the Reds into my SET mono blocks and the effect is clearly noticeable though not quite as dramatic as the Line Stage(at least so far). Definitely worthwhile. I will do the DAC in a couple of days, then  install the Afterburner 8 AC wall outlet next week. I agree with Wig, these fuse improvements are really something else.
Charles,
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audiolabyrinth
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Charles1dad,  thankyou for the up date,  I enjoy what you have to say here,  congratulations,  however,  I'm not sure about your after burner 8 outlet,  but my furutech gtx-rhodium outlet's took all of 300 hrs to burn in,  cheers 
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davidpritchard
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charles 1dad:
I hope you will consider installing your outlet outside of your music system circuit and run current through it for a week. Then put it in the audio circuit.
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