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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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David, I'm looking forward to your thoughts regarding the Black outlets!

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oregon papa:

What outlets of outlet are you presently using? My three systems -two loudspeaker systems and one dedicated headphone system all have 5 outlets on each circuit. No way to have dedicated lines. Today each system is multiple Synergistic Research Teslaplex outlets with one or two Furutech GTX-R on the same circuit. 

With the black outlets I will put one on a headphone circuit and one on the system with the Terasonic single driver. I will leave the horn system alone to be the "control".

All the outlets are mounted to the Oyaide aluminum frame with carbon faceplates.

I am a real turtle when it comes to evaluating system changes. So no every 30 minute updates, but I do try to be thorough, and objective. And I do not hesitate to send products back that do not make a significant improvement.

The most important themes from this thread to me are:

Do not be scared to try products.
Send products back that are not worth it.
The same product may not help my system but might be perfect for your system.
Get over being scared to open an audio device even if just to look inside.
After a new device is added to a system and settled in, do not forget to consider fine tuning speaker toe in orthe location of footers under components.
The human listens with his brain not his ears. The ears are only acoustic transducers. Therefore a large emotional impact  of an audio system change might measure very small or large .

Satisfying listening to all.

David Pritchard
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David ...

I'm using an older Oyaide outlet that I bought at the CES around 7 or 8 years ago. The distributor was having a 2 for 1 sale at his booth.  So, I have one that my AC filter plugs into and another that's used for the 73 inch rear projection Mitsubishi TV. 
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oregonpapa:

I am confident that you will hear significant differences between the Furutech GTX-R, Synergistic Research Teslaplex, and the newest Synergistic Research Black wall outlet when compared to your present outlet.


David Pritchard

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Seriously I wonder has anyone ever heard a room done up with synergistic research stuff at a show?   Do other rooms manage to compete or sound better in people's assessment?   How do they demonstrate the effects of their stuff?   Can they switch it in and out for comparison the good old fashioned way somehow?

Does Syn research do Capital Audiofest?   I hope to get there this year maybe and am interested to see and hear how this stuff all works. 
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