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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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Hifiman5, 
Absolutely right. There's much mutual admiration amongst  top tier musicians. However these very talented folks ultimately want to express themselves with their "own" sound. Particularly in jazz the art and skill of improvising affords the opportunity to be unique. 

Now are musicians  influenced by other players? Yes! Do they want to blatantly copy another?  I would say no. 
Charles 
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Well, Friday Night Lights are burning once again. Yep, I'm talkin' high school football. Our local team is the real deal this year. Two games down and we have outscored our opponents 98 - 28 ... and their scores have come in the fourth quarter when we have the second string guys in there. Our quarterback, in his senior year, is playing at the college level. The guy throws rockets and his long ball is dead on the money.  The stands are jammed with standing room only if you don't get there early. If you haven't been to a high school game for years, try to go. These kids are playing at the college level of 20 years ago. I think I've only missed about five games over the past 20 years or so. Such fun.  We have a group of old codgers like myself who meet up at the games. We carpool to the "away" games as well. Hey ... Seniors get in free too. Cheapest show in town. :-)

Frank 
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Frank:
Friday night football is great. Night games, open stadiums, and fun food to eat. It is serious stuff here in Las Cruces New Mexico !
If I can't make it to a game, I listen to it on a restored 1935 big Philco AM radio. For me High School Football sounds best on the static filled AM waves.

Just bought a wonderful used Mactone push pull 300B tube amp. With the original fuse replaced with a Synergistic Research Black fuse, the soundstage is competing nicely with my Art Audio PX-25 amp.                    
David Pritchard




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Hi, David ...

Nice to see you posting here again. Hopefully it will be on a regular basis now. Your input is way to valuable to be lost to us.Hope all is well with your Mom. 

Frank
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jafreeman
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Hi Frank, sounds like you are doing well now.  Didn't you say a couple months ago you were auditioning a top-secret tweak that you were going to reveal someday?
I just updated my REL Strata III's with 4A SR Blacks in the mains, a bit over the stock 3.15A.  Right out of the box, the entire system is more relaxed.  RELs are known to lift the whole presentation because they take the entire signal right off the speaker terminals. Sound crazy?  I like the sound of these fuses--now have nine spread around the system.       
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