Synergistic Red Fuse ...

A few words on evaluating the Synergistic research fuses. Think of fuses as being part of a system. Changing one fuse in a system is not going to result in the mind blowing results that some have experienced. Let us say you are a farmer downstream a river with 8 dams. Removing the first dam will result in a a small increase in water flow at your downstream location,
but the water will flow freely only when all 8 dams have been cleared.
About a year ago I installed red fuses in my system. 2 in my SACD player, one in my preamp and 4 in my power amp. The benefits were immediate and awesome. After a few weeks it improved even more. It is not surprising that the most assured voice in this forum is David Pritchard who installed  13 fuses  in his system. It is only when the last fuse is upgraded that the
full benefits of the upgrade will be fully release. Take my word for this.

"Oh, brother, this is getting weirder and weirder. In any case it looks
like you're on your own, Scooter."

Good news for me that you are not on my side at least.  

I'm checking out of this love fest now.  Just not feeling it.  

mapman:

I appreciate that you have tried the RED fuse and hopefully have given it 75 to 100 hrs. to settle in. After this time has passed and if you do not think the sonic improvement is worth a $100.00 please send it back to Oregonpappa.

This is the beauty of the Synergistic Research Black and RED fuses. You get a long evaluation period and if you do not find the change worth the money send them back. Returning a non satisfying purchase is liberating. 

 I do think Geoff should order some Synergistic Black fuses and compare this latest technology to the older generation audio fuses and the use of no fuse at all. He is missing out on some new exciting technology.

nyame:

Thank you for the kind words. I have invested a lot of time evaluating the stock, SR-20, RED and now Black fuses in multiple components and systems. The Black fuses certainly have new technology in place that causes a greater positive change than the previous generations of fuses.
Having all the fuses replaced with Black fuses gives an improvement that is greater than a linear improvement.

To me the real important lesions of this thread are:
1. Try a device in your system that allows you to evaluate it for a significant amount of time and allows you to send it back with no "justification" necessary.
2. Become comfortable with critical listening.
3. Become comfortable sending demo's back that do not meet expectations.
4. Evaluate possible system improvements in some sort of systemic approach.
5. Have fun.
6. Allow others to have different opinions.
7. Be respectful of  other posters.

I hope all will take time to enjoy some music this week that not just makes the foot tap but also enriches the soul.

David Pritchard

Yes thanks to op for lending me the fuse.   It'll go back to him or I will pay him for it if I decide to keep it.   I should get some more listening time in this weekend.