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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naunc0:

My Marantz SACD player has 5 rail fuses which I replaced one at a time. I heard a progressive improvement after each fuse location was updated.
So I definitely hear an improvement after replacing rail fuses.

One approach to your situation that requires 4 fuses is to take advantage of the sale of Synergistic Research SR-20 and Synergistic Research Red fuses just announced at highend - electronics Inc. They have an ad here on Audiogon under tweaks. The SR-20 are $29.95 and the Red fuses are $34.95. Be sure to determine if your 10 amp fast blow fuses are small (5 x 20 mm ) , or large (6.3 x 32 mm) .  They may not have all sizes available. Perhaps the Cable Company,  New Hope, Penn. is also having a sale.

I do think both of the fuses will improve your amp over the stock fuses.

David Pritchard
There is a difference between dissing a product and attacking a person. The person is not the topic. Attacks on them accomplish nothing. Just bully tactics and technically a foul on this site.  
I know this isn't fuse related, but it's Synergistic Research related...has anyone compared the Synergistic Research UEF Black Duplex to the Furutech GTX-D NCF (R) outlet? 

If not, can those that have compared the Black to the regular GTX-D describe the differences?

Thank you!