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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I order full set up on black fuses, in my set-up good difference. I sell on ebay Red fuse + Wa chips.
Mapman wrote,

"The difference between these tweaks and the fuses though is the fuses are essentially a black box with little info to work with regarding how they work or when they are most effective or not. So its a potshot/hit or miss. Almost every tweak enhancement has known dependencies that determine effectiveness. You are shooting totally blind until you try with fuses. That’s really the only objection I have and why I would not recommend them to others. There is nothing to base saying they will work or not on other than what I hear. Each case could be quite different and results vary as we are seeing here."

So you keep saying. Actually in case you weren’t paying attention and as I just commented to Al, we have already listed many reasons why fuses should work. In addition, I just listed four reasons why audiophiles sometimes don’t get good results from tweaks. I suspect what we actually have here is a full blown case of the Backfire Effect and no, I’m not referring to eating too many Boston baked beans. Besides we are actually NOT seeing what you say, "results vary as we are seeing here." What we ARE seeing is everyone else getting good results and you, who didn't get good results.  So as we say in the biz, your statement is pretty much of a, you guessed it, Strawman argument. 

From Rational Wiki

The backfire effect occurs when, in the face of contradictory evidence, established beliefs do not change but actually get stronger. The effect has been demonstrated experimentally in psychological tests, where subjects are given data that either reinforces or goes against their existing biases - and in most cases people can be shown to increase their confidence in their prior position regardless of the evidence they were faced with.

As they say in France, the more things change the more they stay the same.
Yep. And Jeb Bush should have won the republican presidential nomination as well.

I did not get the results expected. That’s a fact, not a strawman argument. Others did so I am glad for them.  

Why is Geoff so determined to discredit my findings?   Its just one data point.   I guess he gives it special weighting.   I am honored.


Based on The results and responses on this thread the positive to negative ratio of success is about 10 or 12 to 1.  That represents overwhelming success, The neutral or negative results are quite rare.
charles,