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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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georgehifi
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The trolls are cackling with delight.
And the voodoo'ist are preaching with zero facts.

Cheers George
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dlcockrum
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The thread was getting a little slow, so I posted a brief question about the fuses to Al. Within minutes, here comes the gang running to pounce.

I feel like the Pied Piper luring the rats. Didn't even need a pipe.

Dave 
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oregonpapa OP
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And the cellos sound so damned good. 
fleschler
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Kedoades, you can obtain Elliott’s recommendation at Synergistic Research. I had to move from a 5 to an 8 amp slo-blo fuse due to the immense size of my custom amp’s capacitors. He recommended the same as rated size fast blow fuses for my solid state 1978 Yamaha receiver and ADS speakers (for the tweeters). He also recommended a 4 amp instead of 3 amp standard slo-blo fuse for my Dynaco Stereo 70 (modified) which is a tube amp. So, it is equipment dependent as to using the same size versus larger size fuse. The fuses on both amps changed the sound 100% for the better-superb after 150 hours of use.

Yes, the trolls are out tonight.  I don't care for the definitive reason(s) for the SR fuses *and duplex outlets) making my amps creating sound in my listening rooms that are so superlative versus just very good, everyone who has heard the result can testify that they never heard a better sounding audio system.  I don't have SOTA equipment, but it's high end gear, wiring and tweaks (all my stillpoints, hallographs and isolation transformer). 

Why are these trolls so interested in our (high end) fuse users welfare?  
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