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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David,

    My preamp is a tweaked-up AH TP 2.0 and amps are older VAC Auricle Musicblocs with Penta KT88SC  for power and Psvane 12au7 drivers. I have several speakers: AZ Adagio, Reference 3a MMC and Dulcet monitors. Cables are a mix of high end companies. This is the first SR product I've had in my system since experimenting with an early model of their speaker cables back in 2002.
For those of you still playing vinyl, here's one that my friend Robert brought over last night ... Its demo quality and thanks to the grain-less nature of the system brought about by the SR Black fuses, the musicians and vocalists are in the room.  This is one that you'd want to throw on the turntable to impress your "all digital" audiophile friends. Be sure to get a really clean stereo copy.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-New-Christy-Minstrels-sing-and-play-Cowboys-And-Indians-Condition-VG-VG-...
 
And another great stereo album that I pulled out of the female vocalist vault last night was this one ... simply amazing sound and voice:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DORIS-DAY-WHAT-EVERY-GIRL-SHOULD-KNOW-STEREO-LP-/250659121405?hash=item3a5c7...

And for those who know how good vinyl can sound in mono, we listened this as well:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CL-968-six-eye-Jo-Stafford-Once-Over-Lightly-w-Art-Van-Damme-Quintet-/152049...

Art Van Damme plays jazz accordion. Don't laugh, he's great. Both he and Jo Stafford are in the room. 

These SR Black fuses are bringing out the very best in the vinyl collection. Honestly, we just sit there in amazement. Even on vocal records, the instruments played by the backup musicians are dead nutz on tonally.  

Take care ...
I’m happy to report that I received several of the SR Black fuses on Friday.
I didn’t have time to install any of them until this morning.
In my main system I replaced the SR Red fuse in my Yamamoto Dac with an SR Black fuse and due to my impatience I replaced the stock fuse in my Allnic L-3000 preamp with the SR Black fuse.
I immediately heard deeper bass, a more articulate and natural sound of music along with improved imaging and a wider, deeper sound stage.
In my main system I use a loom of High Fidelity products (interconnects, digital cable, speaker cables and power cords).

I look forward to the replacement of standard fuses with the SR Black in my second system, in the following: (Yamamoto Dac and Allnic T-1500 Integrated 300B amp).
I’ll get to that in a day or so. I'm anxiously waiting to hear what the break in period will do for improvement.

oregonpapa; I'm looking forward to it!
I already hear great improvement this morning in my main system.
I added the SR Black Fuses last night to my Yamamoto Dac and Allnic T-1500 Integrated 300B amp in my secondary system and could not believe the improvement as soon as I powered the system up. And it sounded darn good before I ever added the SR Black Fuses!
This is one of those tweeks one has to hear for themselves to believe!