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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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oregonpapa OP
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I originally had stock fuses (of course) in my ARC gear. I replaced all of the stock fuses with HiFi Tuning fuses and thought I was done. That's what I compared the SR RED fuses with. Results? Night and day. Then, I replaced the two SR RED fuses in the CD player with two SR BLACK fuses. Again, a night and day improvement. The rest of the SR RED fuses in the system will be replaced with the BLACK fuses as well. 
To say that I'm a fan is an understatement. 

Nope, I haven't tried them all ... and I don't feel the need to at this point. One of the folks posting in this thread was going to try a Bees wax fuse. Unless I missed it, he hasn't posted the results yet. 

On the solid copper rods in place of fuses: Be sure the fire insurance on your house is up to day. Just sayin' ...

Stay tuned ... more to come.
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geoffkait
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The $64K question - are no fuses better than Black fuses?  Well, I reckon so.  I haven't had fuses for a couple years since I bypassed the fuse in my Oppo with copper.  Since then I went totally fuse-less. No fuses, no house AC no power cords. I'm out there and lovin' it, Jerry. 

justubes2
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Is no wire better than wire? My answer is no,

A fuse, just like wire, specially treated or plated over a bronze base over one with nasty steel and tin plated all add a colouring, more so than a straight wire or even a solid silver rod.

These mysterious fueses all impart their own sonic character, maybe even better than just a wire bypass. Well, im sure even the earlier sr20 fuse has some characteristic of tunneling process.

So why woud a same but tunneled outlet sound different?


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jazzonthehudson
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Tom, are the N52 with mu-metal collar around its center off Ebay? Any pointers are appreciated.

Jerry, so no fuse and no power cords......are you suggesting you are listening from a hand turned gramophone? You know it doesn't have to be stereo all the time...
On a more serious note, do your Romex wires go from the panel goes into each device, no plugs? Sounds a bit scary like "Look, no hands, ma!"

As for the tunneling and the magnets, I think the closer we can get to the state of superconductivity w/o a billion dollar lab, the lower the distortion can be. 

Just got the BeeWax for my DAC, Jerry of AM told me to put 125h in so that is now cooking in another device. 
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charles1dad
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I've been listening to the Black fuses the past 4 days. I've installed them in my DAC, Line Stage and amplifier mono blocks. I won't bother being redundant, Oregonpapa so thoroughly described their qualities so well. Àll I can say unequivocally is amen! Brother Oregonpapa told it like it is ☺
Just wonderful sound and music reproduction. The Reds are excellent. In my system, the Black fuses extend the performance  level yet further. They are a musical delight and I would recommend them to all music lovers interested in extracting the full hidden  potential of their respective components. Stock fuses are a bottleneck without question based on my listening sessions. The music opens up and breathes with increased life and emotion with superior fuses. Superb tonality and reach out and touch realism. 
Charles, 
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