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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Oregonpapa:
I think the "RED" fuses give the most significant change in the system of the various devices we have discussed.

The Synergistic Research ECT's  (for me ) reduce grain and hash. When the right locations are found, the sound becomes better focussed but still is full bodied. My Sacd player, and three amps each like about 7 ECT's installed. It is trial and error where to place but the change is immediate whether it is a good spot or a bad spot. For me they really have let me fine focus the systems.

Nobody has published how the WA Quantum Chips work, but they do affect the sound. Not universally for the better.

Interestingly they even work on acoustic instruments. I know because I bought the music instrument chip for my son. He is an all state high school viola player!  He, his instructor and myself could all hear a change. "The viola had more presence".  I liked the sense of "more" . My son did not.
Audiolabyrinth, you'll get a better deal on the Beeswax fuse by going with Jerry at Audio Magic.

Interestingly, the sound in my system started getting dull with the Beeswax after it settled in. I flipped the direction of the fuse and it's back to sounding good.

I spoke to Jerry and he definitely said to leave it in one direction after break-in. So I don't know what's happening.
I've had the SR Red fuses in my Line Stage 9 days and the SET amplifier for 4 days. I can say unequivocally that they are exceptional  value  purchases  and as Knghifi wrote earlier,  offer  great ROI, amen. The people who have posted on this thread  are very experienced listeners who have very good  audio  systems. 

The SR Red fuses are targeted to this partinsular group for a reason,  they can easily  recognize  and appreciate  a fine audio product  when given the opportunity to  hear it  in their own  systems.  These fuses are simply  wonderful and deserve  their  place  in any and all  high quality  systems  owned by folks who just love listening to  music.

I've not been able to identify  a single  negative  aspect to these  excellent  fuses in any manner. You can with little effort  spend more and get less sound quality in return. I can  recommend these  top tier fuses to any music lover without  a trace of  hesitation.  Synergistic Research did their  homework and  deserve  whatever  success they are able to  obtain. Although I haven't  used them, I'm  sure the same is true in regard to Audio Horizon  and Audio Magic Premium Beeswax fuses. I believe that the  better the system, the greater is the  impact of   these premium  level   fuses.
Charles,
David ...

Thanks for the info on the  The Synergistic Research ECT's. After I finish with the fuses, the ECT's will be my next step. In addition to your analysis, I've read nothing but good things about them.

I had two friends over for dinner tonight (my homemade chile), and they were amazed at how well the system sounded. We played nothing but CD's ... and it was so good we were listening to entire CD's all the way through. It was kind of mesmerizing actually. I know it sounds far fetched, but I believe even the WA  Quantum Chips needed some burn-in time.