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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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charles1dad
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Lak,
If the mprovement of 3  additional  Red fuses is proportional to the single  fuse, well this is going to be a phenomenal ROI. Factor in also I'll be replacing my  generic AC wall outlet  with the highly regarded Afterburnner. Since I need  only 1 duplex outlet I'm going to use a premium  level receptacle cover for it, the Furutech 104D and really upgrade  that aspect finally. I'm very curious and excited to see where these modest  expenditure tweaks take my system.
Charles,
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Charles1dad,  I have the furutech gtx-rhodium outlet's, 2 of them,  and the wall frames,  however,  as good as they are, Chris at vh audio emailed me about the new flagship furutech gtx-rhodium NCF outlet's,  the new NCF only comes with the Rhodium version's for the outlet's,  go to vh-audio and check it out Charles, BTW,  I also knew about the sr-red's when they first come out,  but I didn't know enough about the sound to pull the trigger,  I trust your ears,  so likely it's a done deal on the fuses,  but I will tell you Charles, I've tested a lot of outlet's,  not the afterburner 8 you have,  and far and away the furutech gtx-rhodium is the best for my system,  lol, now I'm going to upgrade to the new nanotechnology crystal formula furutech gtx-rhodium! 
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charles1dad
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Audiolabyrinth,
I actually  gave serious  consideration to purchasing the Furutech GTX outlet, a  audiogon member posted  he had  both the GTX and the Afterburnner8.  He says they're both excellent sounding but in direct  comparison he couldn't tell then apart at all. So I just decided to  choose the  less expensive Afterburnner 8 given  his helpful  feedback. He said both are terrific and I trust his judgement. I'm  certain both are far superior to  my builder's grade quality  AC outlet.
Charles,
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On the expense of the fuses ... 

Early on, before I bought the ARC REF-75/SE, I owned the "regular" REF-75. I changed out the KT-120's for the KT-150's and the improvement is well documented here on the forums by myself and others who did the swap. Four KT-150's = $400.00. So, for those who remember how significant that improvement was ... the SR RED fuses are even a bigger improvement. Just putting things into perspective. 
marqmike
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I swallowed the koolaid. I guess nobody has passed away yet. I ordered 2 SR reds.

 I e-mailed Synergestic Research about which of my components they would recommend starting with. They recommended starting with my cd transport and my amp.
I will see how these reds turn out first and probably change out my dac with maybe a audio magic or audio horizons fuse. I would like to try these others sometime also. I really like most everything Jerry at Audio Magic does.  

I was thinking. If us 'not EE' guys are really improving a weaker link in our systems why didn't the 'pro's-don't do this at home' guys get to it before us shclupies?

 Anyway oreganpapa, I am waiting for my candy cane tomorrow. Has anybody noticed if having any spares kicks your system up a little? If so where do you store them for the best sound. So many things to think about.

 If you do anything else for, or with your fuses, let us all know, don't be shy now, you won't hear us laughing.

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