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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?
oregonpapa
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charles1dad
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It's funny how you buy a recording due to the featured or lead musician and inevitably discover other musicians previously unknown to you.  This has happened to me on numerous occasions purchasing jazz recordings over the years.  As familiar as I am with this genre it still occurs,  obviously a reflection of the depth of talent that exists. 

The Starker and Sebok collaboration is so pleasing to me that I'm going to seek out recordings featuring Gyorgy Sebok. In doing so I'll likely discover others as well.  That's fine with me. 
Charles 
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charles1dad
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To Al and others who are classical music listeners,  I've discovered pianists Ivan Moravec  and Tatiana Nikolyeva during my forays into this genre a few years ago.   Anyone familiar with these two? I really enjoy both .
Charles 
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At the risk of being repetitive and/or argumentative all Mercury Living Presence CDs are in reverse polarity.  That's out of phase to you civilians.
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Hi Charles,

Ivan Moravec was certainly among the great pianists, especially when it comes to his interpretations of the works of Chopin. I have about a half dozen of his recordings for solo piano that were issued on high quality cassettes several decades ago, on the Connoisseur In Sync Label. All are wonderful! I’m not sure if they were subsequently issued on CD, or if CDs that may have been issued are still available.

I’m not familiar with the recordings of Ms. Nikolyeva.

Regarding the Starker/Sebok Bach recording I mentioned earlier, here is a link to it in LP form ($78 in "used/very good" condition!), and here is a YouTube link presenting two of the three sonatas it contains. I can’t seem to find a CD version, however.

Best regards,
-- Al

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Synergistic fuses are significantly inferior to BUSSMAN and LITTELFUSE products; from my investigations. They are not even reliably rated! Shocking potential...
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