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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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tzh21y
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Not sure I know what you mean about the direction.  

Anyways,  this is really incredible, a little scary.  Transformational to say the least.  The effortless flow of the music through redbook CDs is astounding.  I can't imagine how these would affect the rest of my system.  By far the best value on audio I have ever had in my system.  

Oregoapapa, what you said is right on the mark exactly.  Bass goes much deeper than before in a good way.
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tzh21y
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05-05-2016 5:45pm
Not sure I know what you mean about the direction.

Never mind. It's OK.

tzh21y
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Tell me and I will look
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mapman
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Op my main point is one can predict how a fuse might sound in another system better or worse based on what they've heard or others say but they cannot know. There is a difference.   The prediction could turn out to be right or not for many reasons.   But you don't know.   No one does for sure.  

Just saying. .  Applies to all things audio not specifically just fuses, even things that are much better understood how it works like matching impedance
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charles1dad
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In my experience,  three different systems  (mine and two friends) all with quite similar improvements. Couple that with the high % of good results reported on this thread,  very sucessful tweak for the vast majority. So it seems fair to say for most users a positive result, for a few users that wasn't the case. Tzh21y is the latest success story. ☺☺
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