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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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charles1dad
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Jafreeman,
yours is a very compelling post. You have written what some others are possibly suspicious of but are willing to give people with counter opinions and experiences the benefit of the doubt.

I am willing to take his comments at face value. All I can say is his outcome is vastly different from mine and leave it at that. Look at the number of  respected members of this forum who are very experience and credible listeners Who have reported excellent results with these particular fuses. Form your own conclusions.
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Those familiar with the breezy, witty, and often highly humorous writing style Wolf has manifested in a great many other threads here over the years should realize that the wording of his post about his experience with the SR fuses was entirely characteristic. Therefore I for one see nothing in that wording that would suggest any applicability of the cynical parsing it received above.

Regards,
-- Al
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^^^

At this point Al, wolf's material is getting a bit stale. He's like the stand-up comedian on stage in a nightclub who can't get a laugh because he keeps telling the same joke over and over.  

The crowd just booed the last comedian known as Mr. Labtec off of the stage who thought he was being funny by pissing all over the audience.

You'd think these guys would learn. 

At least, to  Mr. Wolf's credit, he's a likable person. He's really made me laugh with his previous performances, but ... that was in a different nightclub. :-)

Now, back to the music ...

Robert (Mr. Record) is coming over tonight for a listening session. I've been breaking in the Von Gaylord speaker cables and two of Von Gaylord's IC's. These cables are bringing a whole new sense of musicality to the system. I think Mr. Record is in for a very pleasant shock tonight. 

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geoffkait
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"Trolls frequently admire the cut of another troll’s jib." ~ old audiophile expression

Breezy and witty? Are you hot dogging me?

:-)
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mapman
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As with most cases where extreme views are expressed the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle. 

If if one wants to drop hundreds of dollars on fuses more power to them.  I'll never understand why but like anything in high end audio all that matters is satisfaction in the end for whatever reason real or otherwise. 


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