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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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Allan,
Frank is a good person and has excellent taste in music. 

Frank,
The Jackson recordings "Second Nature" and "Opus deJazz " are just pure beautiful Bebop masterfully played.  Lucky Thompson,  Hank Jones,  Frank Weiss, Kenny Clarke etc. Playing along with him, this is first rate bop and blues.  I missed watching the NCAA basketball tournament tonight,  could not pull myself away from this music and these marvelous musicians this evening. 
Charles 
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Jond ...

You're right. My apologies. While audio is a major passion for me, so too is history and free market economics. Sometimes I lose myself and go off the deep end. Above was a case in point. Again .... sorry.

Charles ... 

Glad the CD's got there okay. There's some surprisingly amazing stuff in there. The Christmas jazz CD has highs that extend forever. 

Allan ...

Most of what I send to Charles is no longer obtainable ... and some of it never was. :-)  When it comes to music appreciation it seems that Charles and I are pretty much on the same page ... so it makes sharing fun. 

Frank
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Frank,
IMO Lucky Thompson and Harold Land are two superb Tenor saxophonists who were historically under appreciated.  These two men can flat out play!
Charles 
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Charles ...

Those two albums have been in my collection for so many years I can't remember where I got them. I used to take them around to audio stores to use as my references while auditioning equipment. As the system improved over the years, the two albums just kept getting better and better. Still quiet and very playable at this point too. The AT ART-9 really brings out the tenor playing. Some of these old mono recordings can really sound great. Hard to beat good bebop. :-)

Frank
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Allan ...

Yes, its just amazing the difference good wire makes in a system. All of these improvements and tweaks just seem to be accumulative in nature. Over the past two years I've changed out all of my wires. IC's, PC's and speaker wires. It made for a huge jump in sound quality like you just described.  I've read good things about the Cerious Technologies cables. 

Frank
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