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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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One of the best places for a WA Cable Chip after much experimentation is wrapped around the house AC wire for the audio circuit as it comes into the circuit breaker on the breaker box. I also am a big fan of the WA Inductor Chip adjacent to the transducer of each headphone.
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Hi Oregonpapa, I enjoyed reading your impressions of the quantum chips with the sr-red's fuses,  we'll said,  very exciting indeed,  also,  I like this thread,  thankyou 
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Hi Charles1dad,  thankyou for your reply,  however,  hope no one here trips on what I'm about to tell you,  remember when I said I tested high end receptacle's?, OK,  we'll the outlet's  yielded some interesting facts! , the stainless non magnetic screw's that come with the furutech wall frames are terrible sounding,  now, since you believe in magnetism,  like your cable's,  I found that zinc highly magnetized screw's that are common place used in most standard house wiring works to very, very,  good effect,  but you have to go to your electrical supply house and get bigger diameter, and longer  length for the outlet wall frame and receptacle it's self to screw in the electrical gain box, btw, thick fiber glass gain boxes sound best,  I done all this testing December 2014 for a couple of months,  you are the first I have ever told this to on audiogon thread that I can remember,  hope this helps,  it gave me a good noticeable improvement,  cheers. 
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Charles1dad,  I  must mention why the thick fiber glass gain boxes sound best,  isolation from vibrations! Plastic is terrible, metal can ring,  and isolates nothing. 
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Hi Oregonpapa,,
You have me confused with Ca3713 comments regarding the Quantum chips. I've never  used them. Hi Ca,l,  skepticism is a legitimate  reaction to unusual  products. I have no opinion on the  various chips. I can only attest  to the improvement via the SR Red fuses.

Audiolabyrinth,
Thanks much for your observations regarding  various screws and AC wall receptacle mounting.
All reports seem to  confirm that the  Oyaide WPC-Z is a very effective wall plate. So I'll go that route. 
Charles,
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