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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?
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Ozzy:
For me the Black fuse in the QOL unit sounded best inserted with the "S" towards the rear of the unit and the printed "R" towards the front of the unit.
Not as big of a change as other locations in most ways, but important in ways difficult to describe but easy to experience.

Remember there is a breakin.Big Time.  I leave the QOL unit on 24/7. It takes a week to stabilize.

David Pritchard






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What happened to mapman's last two posts?????
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Same orientation (S to the rear) with the Bryston BDP-2 in my experience. 


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mapman; we're waiting???

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I posted yesterday eve and it was apparently deleted within the hour.

I spent a fair amount of time last night carefully comparing and writing the results just to have it deleted.

The fuse was fine but I can't say I  heard any clear difference either way.

After a deleted post sharing honest results. I'm not very inclined to invest more time with this at this point.  Makes me wonder what's going on with censorship of these forums.




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