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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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Things are sounding really good. Some Neil Young Harvest Moon, Hair original Broadway soundtrack (one of my favorite bass guitar rock performances).   Now some opera on RCA Red Seal.  Awesome.   Squeezebox touch on random play so getting a nice random sample of my music library to listen to. 
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Seal it in my heart and mind.  Johnny Cash performing before me on solo guitar.  Is he talking about the fuse?  🙏

Les Mis soundtrack now. Meh.  Never my favorite recording  but doing fine.  
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Santa Clog.  Klezmer anyone?   Rough Guide series seldom disappoints.   Very nice.  Trench town rock by bob Marley.  Wailers on harmony vocals I think coming through nicely.  Bass line holding together nicely.  Fuses seem up to the task along with all the rest. 
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Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini from Somewhere in Time soundtrack.  Very average recording but did not seem to matter. 

Temptations cant  get next to you.    A little closed in but convincing nonetheless. 

Soundstage is wall to wall about 22 feet or so and totally detached from speakers.    But that's par for the course for the Ohm F5s in my largest listening room which also happens to be L shaped. 

Im just listening and not mucking with changing fuses.  The red guy is in there sans quantum sticker thingy. 


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Astro lounge by smashmouth.  Sounds very good.   Visi d'art from Tosca.  check.  Jet by PM and Wings.   A track I know well.    Not hearing anything radically different but sounds great as usual.  
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