Synergistic Red Fuse ...

Anyone tried the fuses filled with bees wax? $175 per fuse.

In my Maggie 3.6Rs, I have used HiFi Tuning's silver and then gold, have used Furutech's rhodium plated, have used SR 20's.  The Furutechs beat the HiFi Tuning by a lot, the SR 20's beat the Furutechs by a little.  Now, I have the SR Reds installed, and they are far and away so superior to the SR 20's, I have to compare them to a component upgrade in increased clarity and depth, but I have also exceeded the stock ratings by three times the value with the SR Reds, using 8A and 16A.  As if this weren't good enough,  I put the Reds in the main fuse banks of my ARC 210's (250) and then my Wadia 861SE, all formerly having Furutechs.  I have mentioned all of this on "Best Of" under tweaks.  The SR Reds have taken my sound to yet another plateau of definition and widened sound stage--percussion and piano parts have appeared beyond the outward-facing tweeters, and this system was no slouch before these fuses.  I am convinced there is no end to tweaking gear that is 6-12 years old, and no end to Redbook CD, even with this level of gear. 

Jafreeman ...

I have to agree with you in all areas. The improvement in the CD playback is really significant. Best sound I've gotten from digital so far ... and this is with only one fuse in the preamp. The second fuse, which will be going in the amp is on its way. 

Thanks guys,
These very positive comments on the SR red fuses has caught my attention, I'll be replacing my older SR fuses  in the near future. Have you all found them to be directional?  I plan to use them in my DAC, Line Stage and mono blocks. Given my success with the SR Quantum fuses I'm eager to heard the Red versions.

So, the SR RED fuse for the amp arrived two days ago. I installed it into the ARC REF-75 SE. So now there's a RED fuse in the amp and one in the ARC REF-3.

There was an immediate improvement in overall sound right out of the box. I let it burn in for a few hours knowing full well that there was a break-in period to expect. It was a nice improvement, but still a LOT more to come. Mr. Golden Ears, Robert The Cynic, came over later in the evening and he noticed the improvement right away. His comment was that it wasn't as much of an improvement as the one in the preamp had made. Well sure, he heard the preamp when the fuse was broken in. The new one in the amp had maybe under 10 hours on it. 

24 hours later:

I let the system warm up last night while I fixed dinner and ate. Then, I poured two fingers of a fine single barrel bourbon and settled into the listening chair for a nice relaxing listening session.

Wow! ... Wow! ... and Wow!  

I have never heard such realism from my system. The attack and speed on piano is simply amazing. Saxophone is right there in the room. Female and male voice has such presence and lack of grain. The tonality of instruments is unreal ... or should I say "real?"  Is this even possible from a home system? I didn't think so, but there it was, in spades. 

The REF-75 SE with the KT150s is, what I thought, a grainless amp. Ha ... Ha! ... There is a LOT more in that amp than meets the ear. 

My suggestion? Run, don't walk, to the Synergetic Research site  here on Audiogon and gobble up some of these fuses for your system. You can trust this old audiophile ... you'll be glad you did.  And by the way, this vendor ships via rocket ship. Super fast. 

Next to come ... two fuses for the ARC CD-7se. Yikes ... and after that, one for the PH-8.

Would someone please come over and drag me out of the house? I need to get things done.