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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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davidpritchard
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For those who do not have a replaceable fuse (ala the Oppo 95), this is a good place to try a WA Quantum chip on the soldered fuse. It's benefit is not of the same magnitude as a Synergistic Research Black fuse, but it may be better than the stock fuse. It was on my Marantz SA11-S1. The Marantz SA11-S2  has a replaceable fuse and was helped by the Black fuse.

David Pritchard
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jond
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@charles1dad  is there some trick to removing the fuse in the Yamamoto? I pulled the fuse compartment out the first fuse, closest to me popped right out but I assume that is the spare? I cannot seem to get the second fuse to come out, is there some trick here I am missing? Thanks!
rockyboy
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Back to a basic question - regarding my monos, if I can only afford to replace either the speaker fuse or the power fuse, which is the one to replace?

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audiolabyrinth
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Good to read the thread is returning to good balance here,  I enjoy keeping up with the positive post. 
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charles1dad
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Hi Jond,
When you pull the fuse tray out there are two fuses. The outer one is the spare and the innermost fuse is the functional one. I placed the Black fuse in the normal reading i.e. left to right position. 
Charles, 

Keith, 
When you consider the enormous number of posts on this thread,  the positive ones are an overwhelming majority. Actually there's been only a minute number of negatives, which is to be expected. I personally don't consider Al one of the negatives. He has healthy skepticism but refrains from insults or put  down comments. He doesn't question the subjective findings of the many seasoned listeners here that he's familiar with. Al is the epitome of class IMHO.
Charles, 
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