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?
128x128oregonpapa
The point of the McCormack comments is he clearly recognized the significant improvement in sound quality with use of premium fuses in place of the stock fuse. No one suggested he was specifically referring to the SR fuses.

The derogatory and very personal comments towards Frank (Oregonpapa ) are childish and completely unwarranted. I don’t understand such bitterness and vitriol expressed due to a difference of opinion on the merits of SR fuses/products This is bizarre.
Charles,
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Labtec   7.13.2016

"Synergistic Research use great actual electronic devices from companies like Berkeley, Soulution, and Magico...then throw in their tweaks to make it seems like they are somehow the reason for great sound."

 Now Mr. Labtech, it seems reasonable to me that Synergistic Research would wish to display their products with high quality equipment. I don,t see
anything wrong with that. Did you expect them to display their tweaks with a BOSE RADIO?

Well, as a matter of fact, they did use a BOSE RADIO to display their tweaks at RMAF 2013. Here is what Stereophile magazine had to say:

"My initial impression, with everything in the system, was that despite the radio's glaring limitations, the room-filling size and depth of the soundstage were pretty amazing. As Denny (President of Synergistic Research)
progressively removed the HFTs he had positioned around the room (including two at the front and back of the radio)  xxxxxxxxx the sound stage shrank, bass lost impact, and music became localized in the radio, and most important, the listening experience became less compelling. Having that I wish I could have heard this experiment on a far more refined system."

Labtec you had a great opportunity at Newport to hear the Synergistic Research tweaks in some of the most refined equipment in existence.  BUT YOU BLEW THE OPPORTUNITY.

Here is a very different take at what happened at Newport. This review is by one of my favorite and most trusted reviewer. 

"SR was demonstrating in a HUGE room, the largest at the SHOW. The holographic imaging was spectacular. When they moved the SR products out of the room, and disconnected others, the image became small flat movie screen like you'd see at the smaller movie theaters. When the products were moved back into the room and everything reconnected, it became like a huge, 3-D presentation at a good IMAX theater"

This latter review was written, not for gain or money, but as a note to some of his friends who were unable to attend the show. This man is a  real gentleman, who is very respectful of other people, even those with opinions that differ from his.  Ladies and Gentlemen give it up for OREGONPAPA. 

Here is some good advice. This thread has been read by thousands of
people who have now read all the palpable nonsense you have written in two separate posts. You stand naked under bright lights for all to see. Your unprovoked derogatory personal remarks directed at Oregonpapa is disgraceful, crude, mean, and WRONG.

The only good thing to come out of this wretched affair is that several hundred thousand people now know, not who you are, but what you are.