Synergistic Red Fuse ...

I'd put my money on what p59 said.

Its not exactly "hit or miss."  I one were to read through all 21 pages of this thread, one would find that the vast majority of posters have had a positive experience from these SR fuses. 

I would not pay hundreds of dollars for what I've heard so far.  So not a hit here quite yet.   

bondmanp:

Congratulations on ordering a Synergistic Black fuse. If possible leave it on 24/7 for 3 to 4 days and then do some on and off cycles. Then over the next week let go of listening to this or that change and just enjoy the music. 
with a 30 day trial there is not a need to be in a big rush .

gbmcleod:

In the past I had a PS Audio Power Plant Premier. I find it fascinating that these PS Audio products that regenerate a " better quality power current" respond at all to changes in incoming power cords, what type of footers they are on, and even fuses. But they do!. There is a significant sonic difference in the changes in the RED versus Black fuse.  I am glad you have added to our fuse knowledge data bank about the best sounding fuse in a PS Audio Power Regenerator.

aolmrd1241:

Actually the reported improvement rate using either the Synergistic Research RED or Black fuse is extremely high. In most situations people have found the RED fuse to be a significant improvement over a stock fuse and also an improvement over other aftermarket fuses such as Isoclean, Furutech, etc. I think it is interesting that the Black fuses  in the nine (!) audio devices, I have installed them in have all had a major improvement in the sound. Each component was tried with stock fuse, then RED fuse, and then Black fuse. All fuses were broken in over 100hrs . All fuses were checked  for best insertion direction. I was meticulous in this process. This approach required putting an extra 300 + hours on the  KR PX-25 Tubes which cost about $800.00

The RED fuses is much better than a stock fuse and the Black fuse gives an even greater change. 

With the Synergistic Research 30 day return policy I think this is the most fun and rewarding upgrade an audiophile can do. No matter what the outcome you learn a lot about your system's sound. If you do not like the change you send the fuse back.

David Pritchard

I don’t buy the idea of perception. As experienced audiophiles,we live and breath this hobby. If such a huge group can hear a significant difference[including me] then I would say that the fuse is doing what it was intended to do by design. That leads me to think something 'could' be amiss in QC.