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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?
oregonpapa

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benzman
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If you Buy the new black PC you receive a SR Black fuse for free.

Same for the Red

Nice Deal.

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benzman
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Talk about giving a mouse a cookie!!

 I started by placing a Red in a 9.9 Modwright power supply. Nice bump but wasn't really realized until my buddy brought over his 9.9 and it was a significant improvement when comparing side by side.

Then a couple Reds in in a Aurender N100s music player. Slight improvement, nothing earth shattering. 

Then the blacks were introduced so I put one in a Mccormack pre and right around the magic 100 hr mark everything kicked in. So much more body to the music and defined bass.

The Kismet Monos have a total of 8 rail fuses so that wasn't going to happen. I tried to score the HiFi  Silverstar but they were all sold out so picked up the Golds for 9.95 each. Definite improvement but then one of our fellow Audiogoner's was upgrading his Kismets from the Reds to the  Blacks..... I  should have his Reds in a few days and all broken in.

I got a new Odyssey Candela pre tonight so installed a Black in that, figured may as well break in everything together.

Before I took the McCormack out of the chain, I switched the fuse around. I must of had the proper orientation the first time as it took all of 3 minutes to switch it back. You will definitely know when you have it right!!  

  These little tweaks is what makes this hobby so exciting and keeps it fresh. I don't even want to tell you about USB clean up and LPS power supplies..... that's for another day.

Enjoy your night,

Russ   

        

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