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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Hello David,
Thanks for your kind comments. I'm glad that you gave these fuses an audition. Given the very high quality and resolution of your audio system I believed that you'd extract the full performance potential of the Black fuses. 
Take care, 
Charles, 
While on the subject of fuses not sure how many of you are aware that Synergistic Research also sell a quantum tunneled breaker. You send them a stock breaker in the rating needed for your fuse box and they send it back to you for a charge of as I recall $50 or less.  Now as I had this installed in a new room build I cannot speak to the before/after but maybe one of you all on this thread want to give it a try? Who knows maybe they'll have a graphene enriched version soon :-)
Im confused how a thread about a fuse is the main topic here at audiogon lately... and in the pre amp amp section and not tech?  I believe in tweaks but I've never seen something so blah and boring get so much coverage.  How can someone possibly talk so much about fuses?  I'd read about caps but not this...
Audiophile fuses are always a controversial topic.

People hear improvements but nobody can explain why.

That makes it interesting to me at least.  

You'd think that some knowledgeable EEs in these parts could explain it.   But not the case.  

So there are some happy customers here hearing benefits yet why remains  a mystery.

That's pretty interesting stuff compared to a lot of more mundane topics one often finds.
Mapman wrote,

"Audiophile fuses are always a controversial topic.

People hear improvements but nobody can explain why.

That makes it interesting to me at least.

You’d think that some knowledgeable EEs in these parts could explain it. But not the case.

So there are some happy customers here hearing benefits yet why remains a mystery.

That’s pretty interesting stuff compared to a lot of more mundane topics one often finds."

Golleee, Mapman, is your memory completely shot? The reasons, and I’m talking about the technical reasons, why aftermarket fuses sound better than stock fuses have been listed out many times, by lots of folks, not just yours truly. If it makes you happy to pretend that no one has explained fuses, or even that they are controversial, that’s certainly your prerogative. But give me a break. Let’s see, how long have aftermarket fuses been around, fifteen years? Twenty years? Hel-looo! Knowledgeable EEs in these parts. You mean like Al? But he's a skeptic.  Wouldn't it be a conflict of interest for him to explain it?