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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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wolf_garcia
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"I suspect that having thousands of happy customers, you know, real audiophiles, is more of a heavenly thing."

I can only assume that geoffkait is implying that snake oil is fine for thousands of happy "real audiophile" customers, and that is something I actually agree with. I even used his "copy whatever was said before your latest comment" technique…man…I'm turning into geoffkait…where are my bags of magic stones! NURSE!

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dlcockrum
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Very valuable information as always, ptss and wolf. Thank you.

Dave
mitch2
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I get suspicious and a little anxious when people start trying to separate the "real audiophiles" from the "not-real (fake?) audiophiles."
What if I don’t make the cut? Will I need a new uniform? Will I be forced to start listening to my music on a portable player.....or Walkman? Yikes! Is there a "real audiophile" refresher course? Do "real audiophiles" need to meet an annual quota of PDHs to maintain eligibility? Can "real audiophiles" maintain their status by purchasing one tweak per year...per quarter...who has the rule book?
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georgehifi
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+1 Wolf and PTSS.

It's just a hand full of these shills that are conning the gullible to spend >$100 on a 50c mains fuse.
  
None of these shills have yet been able to post a link to the manufactures of these ($$) fuses, that states the "unbelievable voodoo improvements" that can be achieved that they say their getting. Let alone the directional ability they also say they have.

The gullible also have to ask themselves, why don't the top equipment manufactures use these $$ fuses if they're so good, and advertise they do for even better sound of their mega dollar audio equipment.

Then there's the technical proof, that can't be pointed to to say otherwise.    

Cheers George   
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mapman
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I’m a real audiophile. Vet me extremely and see.
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