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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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Geoffkait: "the old copper wire bypass trick probably actually isn’t up to snuff anymore. Not to mention the unpleasant sound resulting from soldering the copper wire."

geoff at MD

To which George replied,

"Your kidding right???

What do you think the yards of traces under your circuit boards are made of??? Copper!!!"

You’re opening with that? A Strawman argument?  We’re not talking about the copper traces or about any copper wire anywhere. We're talking about the fuse bypass. Let's keep things simple. We’re just comparing a modern aftermarket Fuse like the ones we’ve been discussing with a copper wire bypass. After all that was YOUR claim - that a straight wire bypass would outperform an aftermarket fuse.  And I just gave you plenty of reasons why a modern fuse will outperform the copper wire bypass. In fact, now that you bring it up, I’m all in favor of maintaining correct directionality for all copper wiring EVERYWHERE in the system - circuit boards, internal wiring of speakers, transformers, of course interconnects and speaker cables but also capacitors, resistors, etc. All wire is directional. Not just fuses. Hel-looo!

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Would someone pass the Jalapeno peppers.  I want to put one on my cheese Enchilada.  

In the meantime ... the abundant amounts of  Graphene now living in my audio system is mighty tasty. :-)
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mapman
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Everyone have a nice weekend and enjoy your stuff, copper and all.
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After all that was YOUR claim - that a straight wire bypass would outperform an aftermarket fuse.


Technically YES, if one is a technician and a betting man you would put your money on the "temporary" 10mm piece of copper wire everytime, unless one is a voodoo’ist then your a believer that pigs can fly. That’s why this sort of thing is not getting any reco in the "Tech Talk" forum and should not be given it as well. Unless these fuses are resistive, capacitive, or inductive in nature, then there are grounds for a technical discussion on them, and if they are any of these then they can only be detrimental to performance in the power supply chain.


Cheers George

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Just installed the two T800mAL SR Black fuses into my Sony XA-5400ES deck. I tried them both ways and everything got better when with the arrows facing the front of the unit.

Playing John Hiatt's Crossing Muddy Waters and I have to say, the jump factor, even with these, cold out of the post box, is really something. The string work between guitar and mandolin sounds more acoustic and more alive, immediately with these babies in place. Can't wait for John's voice to come in.

Time to punch the burn clock! Burn babies, burn!

What a great way to start the weekend.

Cheers!

Happy Listening!
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