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
I had previosly seen this thread but already knew of the SR Black fuse and bought four of them. I loved them but wondered if those on this thread thought the reds were better. Obviously I see now that this was not true.

But I see now that there is now a further is of whether everything matters. I think is is true. In the last four years, the realism of my system has jumped greatly. SR Black fuses are one ingredient, but others include Zilplex tesonant devices, Star Sound racks, platforms, and Audio Points, BMC Aradia speakers, BMC MCCI phono stage, NAP's H-cat preamp X 10 preamp X-10 preamp and especially X-10 MkIV amp, Archiving Vinyl's AVM music server and awesome AVARI DAC, and especially,the High Fidelity Cables Pro series ICs, PCs, and speaker Speaker wires, TriPoint's Troy Signature grounding unit with SE grounding wires, and, of course the SRBlack fuses.

I can honestly say that I have removed each of these and found a loss of realism. I am one happy man.

Good to hear, tbg. It was more than 4 years ago that I heard your system and it sounded great to me then. I am still enjoying the Hollographs and the Sound Anchors stands and my Apogee friends love the DIY Helmholz resonators

Best wishes and Happy New Year,
DaveĀ 
So if I were to take the dive and replace all of my fuses with SR Black, should I get one rating higher than the rating of my fuses. I would be pretty upset if all of my fuses started blowing.

The VHAudio buy-2-get-1-free deal is really tempting me to take the plunge!


Yes you better move up in amperage as they seem to have a tendency to blow if matching the current fuse in place