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NEW PROTOTYPE FUSES COMING >>>

I’ve been asked to evaluate/beta test some new fuses that will be coming out soon. I should have them as soon as this coming Saturday.

At this point:

1. I cannot reveal the name of the manufacturer of the fuses.
2. I do not know what the retail price will be.
3. I do not know what the name of the fuse will be.

For comparison purposes, I have a full complement of SR Orange fuses that can be used throughout the system. I have one QSA Yellow fuse now being used in my ARC-PH8 phono stage, with another one to arrive soon to be used in my ARC REF-75se.

I’ll be comparing the SR Orange fuses, and the QSA fuses, with the new prototype fuses. I’ll also be using the ears of three of my well-seasoned audiophile friends, as well as my own to make the evaluations. These guys are all truth-tellers that I have full confidence in.

According to the manufacturer, these new fuses are real game-changers, so stay tuned.

Frank
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millercarbon ...

Thanks for your vote of confidence. I'm trying my best to report what I'm hearing as accurately as possible. My only goal here is to tweak my system to the Nth degree possible and then to share the results with the rest of the members here.

For the naysayers, there is no monetary reward. The reward comes at the end when the system sitting in my living room becomes transformed into this incredible magic music machine like it did tonight. I had a friend over, someone who knows my system very well, and the guy was flabbergasted by what he heard. Me too. 

Frank
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jafant ...

"I would be interested in reading about a Fuse-Shootout involving your ARC cd player."
I wish I could tell you. The CD-7se had a laser failure and I haven't used it in over a year. I'm using a modified Pioneer Elite DV-59AVi DVD player that I found in almost new condition. I had Grover Huffman do the modifications, and I have to say, I think it runs circles around the ARC unit. Grover is THE man. 

Frank
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Mighty impressive Frank especially in light of the prototype being new while QSA and SR have lots of hours. 
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oregonpapa   I think your posts on this are fiction.  I don't think you're testing fuses at all.  I think you just want to see which of us fantasists will suck it all in.
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I re-fuse to care about any of this nonsense.
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