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?
128x128oregonpapa

Showing 4 responses by gakman

So I found this thread a while back, spent some spare time reading through it and since already having first hand experience with power cords and wall receptacle changes I had to give the SR black fuse a try. Ordered one for my power amplifier from highend-electronics on March 7th installed it and left the amp on for about 80 hours, I must say quite impressed with the improvements. Even though there are a number of areas of improvement I was most happy with the increased micro dynamics, for me its mostly the fine details that make music so enjoyable.
After that I had to get one for my phono stage, that being a Fosgate Signature that I have spent significant time finding a tube compliment that sounds good to me in my system. Out went those tubes in went tubes of no consequence, installed the black fuse, powered it up for over 80 hours then put my listening tubes back in and fired it back up, this was yesterday and I am just amazed at the overall improvement.
Count me in as a believer in the SR black fuse!
Next up is a black for my Classe CT-SSP, I am sure it will make a difference, a power cord and receptacle change made a significant improvement. I will post my thoughts after this happens.
Thanks to everyone here,for making me aware of this wonderful and cost effective opportunity to greatly improve the enjoyment of listening to music on my home system. I truly think that trying to achieve a similar improvement with equipment upgrades would be very expensive, out of my reach at any rate.
Thank you oregonpapa for starting this thread and for your continuing interaction, I really got a good laugh from your popcorn post!
Gary

So after hearing the amazing improvement from the two black fuses (power amp and phono stage) in my system, I decided to jump on the free fuse with purchase of the black power cord offer.
Arrived on Friday 4/8, quickly installed black fuse into my Classe CT-SSP, had a long listening session on Sunday evening, again very impressed with the results. I recently bought the CD by Halie Loren titled Stages, I thought that it sounded somewhat veiled (maybe because recorded live) but listening on Sunday it was a different CD.
To say I am impressed with the black fuses is an understatement, and this newest one wasn't even through with burn in.
I will share my thoughts about the black power cord on oregonpapa's  power cord thread.
Gary
"I will repeat for the umpty umpth time that fuses are Not part of the signal path and have zero...and I mean zero...effect on the signal when performing properly. Zero."

OK wolf_garcia, if one were to use that logic then it would seem to me that the use of after market power cords would also have "zero...and I mean zero...effect on the signal"

But I don't think anyone here would claim that power cords don't make a difference, even you. So why is it not possible for the fuse that passes the same power as the power cord does to have no possibility of changing the sound we hear?

Just wondering,
Gary

That's quite alright grannyring, guess I need to figure out how to separate the quote of another person from the rest of my post.
Gary