Jazzonthehudson - First, how are you doing, I hope all is well. Below is a copy of my impressions on another Audiogon thread about the Red fuse.
I have liked some Synergistic products and my Mono Amps, the Veritas by Merrill Audio, already have the previous Synergistic Quantum fuses installed in them as part of their design. When I had my PS Audio Perfectwave DAC MKII and Transport I tried the Hifi Tuning Supreme fuses and found them to be a slight improvement. Later I put the then new Synergistic Quantum fuses in both the DAC and Transport in place of the HiFi Tuning fuses. Again there was a slight improvement. Neither made an easy to notice improvement. Besides those I tried a few others over the years. Some you could not tell any difference.
Along comes the NEW Red Fuse. I figured why not give it a shot. They have a 30 day trial. So I contacted my Amp manufacture and asked him to order me a set and if he could please install them.
Please keep in mind that my Mono Amps sound great. I am very happy with how they sound from top to bottom. And have no plans to change them.
I really expected to hear either no difference or barely any. I thought I would have to strain and really concentrate to hear any, if any, difference. I realized that since the amps had been transported and opened that they would need some time to settle once back in my system. So I played some music through them for a couple of hours while I left the house and did some errands.
BOY! Was I surprised. There was a top to bottom improvement and it was EASY to hear the difference.
I have been asked by several people, some of whom own the same Amps, how I would describe the change. I have ONE word that comes right to mind.
REFINEMENT
You name it and it was better. Seriously!
I do not know how they did it but they made a great sounding amp sound better all over. With just a FUSE.
This is one of the best returns in audio I have ever got on my money.
I would love to install them in my Meitner MA1 DAC but it is made so only Meitner can open it, as far as I can tell.
I can not guarantee that you will experience the same but Synergistic does with a 30 day money back.
Regardless what you may believe about whether fuses could make a difference this is a no brainier. You get a 30 day money back trial to see and it is not costly if it works.
I highly recommend them, and it is the first fuse I can say that about.
Now if I can just figure out a way to get it into my Meitner MA1 DAC...
