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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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ronrags:

Thank you for the reminder to experiment with speaker toe- in after putting in better performing fuses such as the Synergistic Research Black fuses.

Also experiment with small changes in the position of the footers under the equipment.

The speaker and footer changes  can sometimes really improve the system's sound. Even after a "small" change like a fuse.

David Pritchard
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ronrags
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oregonpapa:

I'm currently using SR Tesla Accelerator interconnects and speaker cables. For power cables I'm using SR Copper Element for my tube integrated amp and PS Audio cables for my DAC, music server and universal player. I plan to purchase the Black cables since the Black fuses are now broken-in.
tzh21y
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I actually think it makes a lot of sense that the fuse is important as it is.  The best way would be no fuse at all but can't do that.  So considering all power comes through that fuse, before i spend 1000 dollars on a power cord, I should probably take a look at the power fuse..
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^^^ ronrags ...

Nice!  SR has some really innovative new products. I'm looking forward to the upcoming Newport show where I hope to meet several Agon members in person.  Anyone besides Bob and David going? If so, we could set a specific time to meet in the SR room sometime on Saturday afternoon.  It would be interesting to observe SR's entire presentation. 

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"actually think it makes a lot of sense that the fuse is important as it is. The best way would be no fuse at all but can’t do that. So considering all power comes through that fuse, before i spend 1000 dollars on a power cord, I should probably take a look at the power fuse.."

Not to be repetitive but some reasons why the fuse is actually critical include but are not limited to it’s exposed to RFI, it’s exposed to vibration, it’s exposed to magnetic fields, it’s a conductor, thus purer and/or better metal conductors and end caps are audible. For starters I would specify 5 nines silver or 7 nines copper for the fuse wire, end caps and the fuse holder. It's not rocket science, folks.

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