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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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knghifi
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nyame36 posts04-02-2016 7:02pmBefore this thread comes to an end I would like to personally thank Oregonpapa for starting probably the most informative, stimulating, and 
 successful posts I have yet seen on these forums. He has provided an economical upgrade path for thousands of audiophiles. But this thread has done something even more important: It has opened up the minds of many.
Thank you very much

The thread can't end until I share results of my 7 SR BLACKS.   Preamp upgrade is done and VAC scheduled to ship next week.  They ran out of signal transformers so was delayed.  After ~100 hours of breaking in, replacing 7 fuses all at once so will be interesting.   

I have success with SR HFTs and later replaced with Audio Magic Bells.   The new UEF Panels look interesting and probably next tweak.  Like I said before, it pays to be stupid and just trust my senses if a tweak works instead of handcuffed by a slide ruler.




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davidpritchard
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knghifi:

Indeed the newest acoustic treatment - the UEF Panels have my interest. They are being demonstrating at the audio show in Chicago in two weeks.

My system became progressively better with each Black fuse and then an interesting type of total system harmony when it reach 100% Black.

I look forward to the amp upgrade impressions and the fuse impressions.

David Pritchard
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jond
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@charles1dad  a question as I know you also own a Yamamoto YDA-1, actually two questions. Did you put a SR fuse in it and if so I assume positive results? And where exactly is the fuse located on the unit? Thanks!
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charles1dad
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Hello Jond,
I replaced the stock fuse with the SR Quantum20  over 3 years ago with good result. That fuse was replaced by the Black fuse with definitely further improvement.  The fuse is located on the rear panel at the IEC  plug site. It requires a 3 amp slo blo small size. À very worthy tweak for the Yamamoto. 
Charles, 
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karmapolice
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Hi,

I had the red fuse and now the black great stuffs on both of my systems.

the synergistic dealer was unsure that my secondary system CD player Oppo 105 had a fuse that was easily accessible or worthwhile to upgrade....anyone had success with fuse change on the Oppo 105?
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