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?
oregonpapa

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In my system and I have tried them all . The Hifi tuning Supreme in the Black case brought out the best resolution. The SR are still very good more warm balance . The Hifi tuning Supreme slightly warm but give it up to 100 hours to 
fully settle in if possible just let play. The difference is in low level resolution 
and at lower volumes that is where the extra information shines. I have spent 100s of hours comparing . The Audio Magic very good more warm use  honey 
or something similar and want over $150 each way yo much money.
parts connecxion Canada has had fuse sales up to 20% off, and discontinued older models worth seeking out. Over 50% off.. nothing is set in stone 
remember the standard fuse resistance index is almost 8x that of a Silver conductor.  SN research do a lot of BS also and I owned everything like the new 
tungsten Element cables .all these active spaghetti wires totally not necessary 
and to offer a upgrade wall wart plug for each cable . $400 each .i had 16 cables.
pure marketing .PT Barnum said it best ,there is a Sucker born every day .I owned a Audio store for 10 years inEurope and have se it all in ways to part with your hard earned moneys.
tube USA sell  Synergistic up to 25% off with purchase they get 55% off.Sound cable  engineering is most important .0-or single crystal Copper,or Silver actually does bring sonic benifit 
and quietness across the board vs standard 4-9s Copper.go to Neotech look at grain structuring .only 3 companies make and a high % companies use this Shunyata, Analysis plus, Acoustic zen,Zenwave  and many others.high quality connectors also count ,thinner is better less RF possibilities. I had to clear the air ,just look for solid engineering 
not  so Called breakthroughs - bells and whistles !! 
Advise on the Synergistic research Black fuses , recommendations .
due to standard fuses with a variance of over 15%  many times the very accurate 1% or less Premium fuse will pop. Recommend to go up one size bigger
and still be very stable  and runin time 48 hr to Start runin ,200 hours to full resolution  . These coating are very  stable but demand  lots of use to stabilize.
I was reading onThe Fuses purpose ,and upgrade .

first off when a piece of electronics is designed there is built in at very minimum 
on Any Quality piece of at least 20% overhead in electrical draw. To cover brown outs ,power surges. Your Fuse say 3 Amp I a standard steel fuse can vary over 15% before it pops. This is why Boutique Hiend fuses  sometimes pop .
reason being they are Very accurate typically within 1%.this is why rule of thumb
you get next size up 3.25,3.5 amp and make sure your U get correct Size
Fast blow, or T- timed = slowblow  .Big difference  between the two  it says on 
the fuse cap ,get a magnifier if need be . Very expensive fuse to blow.
I just spoke with one of thd designers at Synergistic.  He said these black fuses 
Just yo get 85%vit takes about 100 hours ,dacs evrn more ,thr more current draw 
The faster the runin. Up to 300 hours to fully runjn ,mainly because the Graphene 
Is 1,000s of times more densemble yhen Copper or Silver. These are facts 
As usual trickle down technology Nasa has been using for years .
Originally developed in its basic stste in the U.K late 1940s as technology allows 
3d printing ,and  world's most lightest But super strong substance Super computers are now using its ultra speed capabilities.  I started with the dac
then whole system well worth the money spent.
To Granny ring. I have spent 20 years realizing and upgrading stock parts gor premium ones . Trust me I have argued with amplifier mfg telling me a stock power cord will fo nothing it is just the metal burging in , or a capacitor is s capacitor. I just spent the last two weeks putting 200 hours on these new Synergistic Black fuses  with several guys over 2 times the cheap steel fuses were put back in then thd Black fuses in proper direction normally pointing back to ftont  these fuses thd engineers said 300 hours because of thd treatment and Graphene is multitudes more dense then Copper . I could not be happier. 
And before that changed the coupling caps throughout my system 
VH OIMP caps ,snd Jupiter Copper foil caps ,  and when doing Loudspeakers get your capacitors matched to under 1% for all .the Path audio resistors are the 
Most accurate by far mine were matched with 1/2 of 1%. You most certainly can here the timing accuracy as well as phase. Any company charging $10k plus and putting Solen in is s Disgrace.  My Salk Bud Fried  Speakers come with Solen but 
Jim let's you havd whatever you want.  The Duelund Cast the best, but way over priced . The Jupiter Copper foil are better then the standard Duelund in my experiences. Jantzen Copper inductors  ard excellent and decent Salk use Jantzen and mills resistors which are very respectable. Even Teflon solo crystal Copper wire makes a difference as well as connectors,  Bybee makes a great kit for improving the sonics also. My tech builds custom dual mono Pass lab 1at watt amps, and DHT preamplifiers.  This way you build top quality and you the buyer 
Has full control of the parts quality going into your unit  ascwrl, as the case  and powDer coated finish.  If any of your guys are thinking  about a amp or preamp or anything else Email me I would be happy to help.😎🎷🎸🎻