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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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^^^ More and more people are coming out of the word work with praise for these SR fuses. As far as I can tell, there are only a couple posting here who either had a negative experience or a neutral one. Considering that SR has posted this thread on its Facebook page, its gone international right from here. I'd be curious to know how many have been returned to the dealers after the 30 day trial. Not to upgrade from the most recently purchased Red fuses in trade for the Black fuses like I did on my last two, but how many returned them because they didn't like the results. Not many, I bet.
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Just ordered another SR Black fuse to replace the SR Red fuse in the line stage. Stay tuned ...
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Solman989, yes I have bypassed fuses for years with great results in my digital front end gear. See my post above which talks about using high quality circuit breakers for power switches in amps negating the need for any fuse. 


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Geoffkait, I take your challenge! , I know exactly what each and every piece of gear I have takes to burn in,  even my furutech gtx-rhodium outlet's , and yes, I do study and do critical listening with every piece,  I use straight music and patience to burn in everything,  sure it takes longer, and it's really unpleasant,  however,  I  assure you I can validate the time of burn in,  cheers 
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Although I have not kept religious track of the hours on the SR Blacks in my CDP and pre, I figure I’m at or past the touted 75 hour break-in milepost. At this time I am extremely pleased to say that they are a significant improvement over both stock and Furutech fuses I’ve previously used.

The effects I notice are similar to the ones heard when I put the speakers and amps on Star Sound platforms: a quieter background, more precise placement and separation of players in the soundstage, and more heft and body to the music. As a bassophile, the lower end improvements are especially satisfying. Additionally, previously "hot" digital recordings are now more listenable, as there is less of a hard edge.

Lest anyone think these things have tilted the sound way over to the warm and soft side, these attributes come with no loss of detail whatsoever: the quieter background and more precise soundstage are bringing out even more detail from the recording. If using a stereo to listen to music is like looking out the window, it’s as though the view is even more clear.

Highly recommended.
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