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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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nyame:

I don't have that one. I do also have I Remember Miles and You're My Thrill. Thanks for another good 'un to check out!
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ptss:  

You asked:  "  Does anyone think I missed anything,really.."

My answer is an emphatic yes.  I believe that when the Creator was handing out humility and sensitivity, you, for whatever reason, were not in the room.  

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nyame
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I upgraded my pre-amp, without incident, 9 hours ago, with the black fuse.

I played a couple of songs from Patricia Barber's "Modern Cool" SACD and the bass has now begun to firm up.

Things are looking up !
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Monk is Picasso, Klee, Pollack all rolled into one gleaming, delightful, attention grabbing musician.  Even when I toss on records I've listened to a hundred times before I find myself guessing where his next strike will be,  or hitting the rewind button to zero in on a phrase that continues to stun me. I know every single note that Led Zeppelin played verbatim, but nothing surprises me now or then. Monk still grabs my attention, almost every tune is new each time I play it. 


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nyame:
Tomorrow evening - Wednesday, I believe the preamp will be in a relaxed state and the music will have the wonderful qualities of better flow, more detail, less fatigue, and more emotional involvement . This will become it's maximum at the 100 to 150 hour mark. Somewhere along the line your brain will quit analysing the changes and just hear more meaningful music.

Well with the Black fuses and Black outlets in place, I am listening to really old Jazz. Vivaldi - 1725!  Yep it is all there in a two CD set  of his trio Sonatas with continuo. Starts with a formal very strict phrase and then slowly but surely tears it up, and puts it back together with at times frantic and vitueostic playing. Is that a very young Jerry Lee Lewis I hear on the harpsichord :)

With the fuses and outlets in place I now can clearly hear the emotion the harpsichord and lute are adding to the three solo instruments. Before it was like listening to Cream with Jack Bruce playing an unplugged electric bass.

Antonio Vivaldi - Trio Sonatas Op. 1: CPO records

Begona Olavide - Salterio: MA Recordings (MA recordings are recorded using only two mikes and only acoustic instruments. Sold direct.
This is Spanish - Moorish music. Both of these two CD have a knockout version of "LA Follia".  Real tear the house down music.

David Pritchard

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