Synergistic Red Fuse ...

Much has been made of the SR fuses being able to make ANY piece of gear sound better, and SR demonstrated this by using one in a little Bose radio thing and claimed to improve it, so asking me to open my private world with pics of my listening room is just another weak stab at my credibility and privacy which I tend to want to protect (maybe not my credibility as that is subjective, and likely too late for much of this crowd)…I can say that my system obviously uses components I like, tubes and otherwise, and works for my tastes, just like anybody else’s. In my test of the SR black fuses I used my well sorted home system to test the things as I wouldn’t risk my pro gear in a live sound situation since the SR fuses do seem to blow much more easily than other fuses I’ve used. Regarding the little "transducer" gizmos, I’m unlikely to borrow any of those or spend the time (and the $7) it would take to make some for myself, and my life long professional and personal experience of understanding acoustics to some degree informs my opinion (bias?) that these things are just silly. I will say again that the SR business model is brilliant: Simply design items whose technology regarding development and use is never explained in actual technical terms, place them in a market that accepts unproven or rationally and scientifically tested accessories, and charge a boatload of money for this stuff to give it perceived value. Damn…where’s my Dremmel tool...

Mapman & Wolfie ...

I'll chime in here, but first, why all of the negative input? If the SR products don't work for you, for whatever reason (assuming that you've actually tried them), let it go already. For the rest of us, we have created what amounts to magic music machines. 

On the stock fuses:  All of my ARC equipment came with the stock fuses supplied by the factory. Over time, I changed them out for the HiFi Tuning fuses. That was an improvement and worth the cost of entry.

Then I replaced the HiFi Tuning fuse in the REF-75se ... and that's what originally started this thread from day one. Little by little, all of the HiFi Tuning fuses were changed out with the SR RED fuses. Every fuse change offered a substantial improvement. Again, worth the cost of entry. 

A couple of months after completing the system with the RED fuses, SR came out with the BLACK fuses. I tried one. Wow! Night and day over the RED fuses.

Now, with the exception of one fuse in the analog section of my CD player, the entire system sports SR Black fuses. For the difference in cost between the RED and BLACK's. Its well worth the change. I'd do it again in a heart beat. 

There is  no way I would want to go back to stock fuses, or any of the other fuses mentioned above. Its just no contest. 

With every SR product I've tried, from fuses, to HFT's and on to their power cords, its been not just a substantial improvement, but a system changing event. My system today, compared to a year ago is WAY beyond where I ever thought it would go. And believe me, it was no slouch a year ago either. 

And by the way, I'm using new top of the line bi-wired speaker cables and a couple of IC's from Von Gaylord Audio that are finally broken in. They are fantastic. The designer, Ray Leung, is a genius. Look for a new thread in the Cable Forum soon to come. 

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Mapman ...

If you notice, I addressed my last post to both you and Wolfie.  A variety of opinions are welcome here as they should be. What I reject are the personal attacks and I will defend against them. Remember Labtec's last post?  Nuff said there,. 

With that said, if you guys can come up with any "scientific" reasons why these tweaks don't work, have at it.

I'd be especially interested in hearing Wolfie's explanation of how he obtained the magic powers to hear what some of these tweaks do without ever experiencing them. Man, talk about super hearing. The guy's simply amazing. :-)

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Wolf has indicated multiple times to various degrees of detail that he did experience the Black Fuse.

The science behind fuses has also been covered pretty extensively in this thread by Almarg, Atmasphere and others who most would regard as highly expert electrical engineers.

So lots of things beyond mere opinion for a reader to soak in here in order to draw their own conclusions.