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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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Hey Frank, 
What amplifier and source does Bob use?
Charles, 
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My friend was able to loan me a pair of speaker cables so back in business!
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Hi, this is Bob
i power with Hegel H-30 in stereo configure, use battery powered tubed Veloce Lithio series preamp with solid Ssd drive laptop running JRiver 24 thru Playback design PD-5. Cables are a mix of EnKlein, Klee, hi fidelity, and Tara. I also use the SR grounding block to great advantage. The venture model is Excellence III I  think, prior version with Heil ribbon tweeter, 1 mid, 3 bass units.
with Frank's helps on fuses, I am really enjoying going thru my library, and part of Frank's. I am at a happy place.
thanks,
bob
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^^^ Bob ... The Scotch was really good too. :-)

I heard the same improvements in your system that I'm hearing in mine. There's a sense of realism that one just doesn't expect in an audio system. It really makes you sit up an notice. Guitars, voice, cellos and pianos all have life. 

I had my friend Robert over this evening for a listening session. He brought over one of his thrift store finds. Would you believe a 1945 recording of Scheherazade?  Blue label Columbia ... Ormandy conducting.  It was a little noisy, but man, the sound that came out of that record was really, really good. One of the best performances of Scheherazade I've ever heard. How a 70 year old record can do that is beyond me.

The AT ART-9 really gets mono playback right. The SR Black fuses get the textures right. The massed strings and the woodwind section was great, and of course the violin was superb.

All in all ... a welcome relief from trying to figure out what goes on line 43 after subtracting line 27 from line 32 and adding line 16 back in. Bah!

OP
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charles1dad;
I looked for what seemed to be an eternity for a used Yamamoto DAC (at Bill's and your suggestion) and never saw one. I broke down and ordered a new one from the North American dealer. Months later it arrived (from Japen) and as you guys said it sounded wonderful. Then Bill's came up for sale and I could not pass it by. So now both of my systems have a Yamamoto DAC. (LOL)!
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