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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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I respect individuals that post on this forum regardless if you hear an improvement using the SR Black fuses or not.
What bothers me are the people that don't try the product and voice their opinion or the people that tried the product, did not hear a difference there for everyone else that heard a difference must be wrong.

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I trust Wolf when he says he heard nothing. I don't have any doubts about his listening capability.

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For the record so do I. If he heard no difference so be it. . I also trust the listening impressions of the multitude who report very positive findings, many who happen to be well seasoned members on audiogon. They represent every bit as much creditability without question.
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Paul McGowan of PS Audio has articles on their site that states since the fuse is the bottleneck of the entire .
So are all the fine circuit board tracks that lead to and from the fuse and every thing else. why not rip them out too and turn them around the other way, and cryo them while your at it.

Cheers George
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Someone wrote: Paul McGowan of PS Audio has articles on their site that states since the fuse is the bottleneck of the entire.

and Georgehifi responded,

So are all the fine circuit board tracks that lead to and from the fuse and every thing else. why not rip them out too and turn them around the other way, and cryo them while your at it.

Whoa! What! That would actually not be such a bad observation except for one small detail. The fine circuit board tracks are not drawn through a die like wire, including the wire in fuses. Therefore they ARE NOT directional. On the other hand all the internal wring in electronics, in capacitors, transformers and speakers and wire in cables IS directional and should be oriented accordingly.

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