Synergistic Red Fuse ...

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Thank you so much Charles. Your input is very much appreciated. 

I've been in this hobby for over 40 years and rarely does one find a major cost effective improvement such as that afforded by these simple fuses. When I took the plunge and bought the first Red fuse, I was so taken by the improvement that I just had to share it with like minded people. 

You're right ... usually threads like this get hijacked by naysayers and just negative people. Very immature to say the least. Awhile back, Synergistic Research put this entire thread on their Facebook page .. for the entire free world to see. Thanks to you, and many others posting here, all attempts at hijacking have failed miserably.  Its remained positive and informative ... not to mention, a lot of fun. New friends have been made as well.  I say ... welcome to audiophiles all over the planet to the SR fuses. 

And now ... I go to the living room to enjoy this evenings listening session.

Take care guys ... 

Hoping my black fuse shows up tomorrow. Had a red on my old arc amp. Believe it or not I can hear the amount of haze the stock fuse bid introducing. It must be gone. They make the sound truly sound like wax paper by comparison. If you use the clean glass analogy, it's like cleaning an already "thought to be clean"  mirror. There may not be any obvious smudges, but it's obvious once it's cleaned, the gleam and sparkle is obviously increased, giving a more true, 3d image of the reflection. The postman better have something good tomorrow! Lol

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Audiolover ...

Once the Black fuse is broken in ... there is no "glass." :-)

On last night's listening session:  I started out with an album (CD) of Kenny Burrell's "Bluesy Burrell" with Coleman Hawkins.

Oh my! When Coleman Hawkins first enters the scene it was Hawkins' big, fat, reedy, romantic, bluesy tenor sax filling the room. Dang, that man could play. Tonight, I'm going to throw on some Ben Webster and try to dodge his spittle. *lol*

We audiophiles have heard the old saying many times throughout the years ... but here it is again ... What I'm experiencing at this point with these fuses is an entirely new music collection. 

So much music ... so little time.

Step one, confirm that "slow blow" would not be the better choice.
Step two, call SR in CA.  They have been great help to me
in the past, and will surely treat you fairly.
Lastly, in which sequence did you power up the Ayre?