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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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ptss
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Let's get down to hard fact. 
It's all about "JIGGLING ATOMS" per Richard Feynman.
I'll drink to that.

"The absolute truths can come from anyone".

The Estonian composer Arvo Part had a 'breakthrough" moment
when one snowy morning he asked a street cleaner
"What should a composer do?"
The wise old street cleaner said simply
"Love every note"

Cheers to him-most humbly
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geoffkait
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ptss

"The absolute truths can come from anyone".

The Estonian composer Arvo Part had a 'breakthrough" moment
when one snowy morning he asked a street cleaner
"What should a composer do?"
The wise old street cleaner said simply
"Love every note"

Cheers to him-most humbly

I suspect Arvo Part probably misunderstood the street cleaner. What he actually said was, "Love every mote." Get it? Street cleaner. Mote.

😃

ptss
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Well geoffkait you certainly have a great brand of morning coffee.

I think you just hit see-sharp.
Cheers
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charles1dad
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Geoff,

Yes my expectation would be that a 119.00 dollar product should be superior to the 9.00 dollar product or why else would you spend the extra 110.00. What I recognize is that you don't know with any certainty until you actually compare via listening.


Rodman99999,

"good luck with that" You make an excellent point regarding expectation bias and open minded attitude. I just wanted to emphasize that this bias can work in the positive and negative realm and to equal degrees.

Charles

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nonoise
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My uncle was a very successful deputy D.A. (98% conviction record) and his mentor, Vincent Bugliosi, advised him to always convict with circumstantial evidence since sometimes, that's all you have to work with. Connect the dots, so to speak. I believe it's been nicely put so as to relate to the court of science as well. We have our theories to hold us until they're disproved. What cannot be defined/verified by direct evidence can be confirmed by the empirical.

All the best,
Nonoise
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