Surprised by Synergistic Red Fuse on Source for 99

I have liked some Synergistic products and my Mono Amps already have the previous Synergistic Quantum fuse in it. When I had my PS Audio Perfectwave DAC MKII and Transport I tried the Hifi Tuning fuses and found them to be a slight improvement. Later I put the then new Synergistic Quantum fuses in both the DAC and Transport in place of the HiFi Tuning fuses. Again there was a slight improvement. Neither made an easy to notice improvement. Besides those I tried a few others over the years. Some you could not tell any difference.

Along comes the NEW Red Fuse. I figured why not give it a shot. They have a 30 day trial. So I contacted my Amp manufacture and asked him to order me a set and if he could please install them.

Please keep in mind that my Mono Amps sound great. I an very happy with how they sound from top to bottom. And have no plans to change.

I really expected to hear either no difference or barely any. I thought I would have to strain and really concentrate to hear any, if any, difference. I realized that since the amps had been transported and opened that they would need some time to settle once back in my system. So i played some music through them for a couple of hours while I left the house and did some errands.

BOY! Was I surprised. There was a top to bottom improvement and it was EASY to hear the difference.

I have been asked by several people, some of whom own the same Amps, how I would describe the change. I have ONE word that comes right to mind.

REFINEMENT

You name it and it was better. Seriously!

I do not know how they did it but they made a great sounding amp sound better all over. With just a FUSE.

This is one of the best returns in audio I have ever got on my money.

I would love to install them in my Meitner MA1 DAC but it is made so only Meitner can open it, as far as I can tell.

I can not guarantee that you will experience the same but Synergistic does.

Regardless what you may believe about whether fuses could make a difference this is a no brainier. You get a 30 day money back trial to see and it is not costly if it works.

I highly recommend them, and it is the first fuse I can say that about.

Now if I can just figure out a way to get it in my Meitner MA1 DAC...

Lewinskih01 - My Amps only has internal fuses. Same as my Meitner MA1 DAC and the PS Audio DAC and transport.

I own the Merrill Audio Veritas monos.

The RED Fuses IMHO and limited experience with just the Amps are NOT subtle, for just a fuse. They were easier to hear the improvement then many other tweaks I have tried, many with no or barely any improvement.

Replace the internal fuse for the best gain.

Like I said, I hope to one day put them in my Meitner DAC, also only internal.

By the way, I have never had a fuse blow and do not no any of my Audiophile buddies who had one blow so if I was you I would not give it much thought. And that is what they are there for anyway. KNOCK ON WOOD!!

Charles1dad - The RED is So much better the the Quantum. 30 day money back, nothing to loose.

I must say I found the RED fuse more of an improvement then the Cardas Caps. Not that the Caps did not help.