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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?
128x128oregonpapa
backgroundblur
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Thanks, Charles.  I envy wolf.  He is saving a lot of money :)

Mac, you ever visit LA, shoot me a line.  I make a mean burger, and have plenty of beer on tap.

Anyway, thanks to all of you.  As I said before, this thread has been of immense help.  Even if these fuses didn't work for me, I'm glad to see so many like minded people sharing their opinions.  It's been entertaining, informative, amusing, and made me feel connected to this hobby even more.

Thanks again,
Jason



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oregonpapa OP
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 Wolfie ...

I'll say it again for the umpteenth time ... I am a salesman and not an engineer. I do not care how the fuses work, only that they do. Its a mystery to me why you continue doubting in the face of all of the positive comments in this thread ... all 74 pages of it at this point.  I suggest that you call Ted Denny at SR and ask him how they work. He's the designer and the engineer and most likely has all of the technical jargon to satisfy your curiosity. 

Frank
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andynotadam
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I completely concur with backgroundblur's assessment of the Black fuses. So well said.

As I peck this out, I'm enjoying Bruce Cockburn's Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws AIFF CD rip. Enveloping. Stunning bass...
wolf_garcia
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I don't "continue doubting" as I did a comprehensive test after doubting, and verified what I suspected: Fuses don't, and should not, do anything but pass AC through them (in both directions which is what AC does) and melt if needed when  designed properly (properly in this case means rated to a standard, which SR fuses seemingly are not). If you think you hear any sonic improvements from 'em, it's imagined or from something else, although for many it seems "imagined" is clearly enough.
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jafreeman
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Listener testimony here continues to confirm the sonic benefits of installing SR Blacks in AC mains, rails and, in my case, Maggie 3.6R tweeter and midrange signal paths.  The conducting materials in the SR's are superior to the tiny filaments in ordinary fuses.  The evidence reported here over these past months, however anecdotal, has overwhelmed the insistence of the skeptics and outright deniers that we cannot be hearing what we are reporting.  
Wolf, you just revealed how your own expectation bias worked in your system--this time against hearing SR improvements.  You say you had doubt going in and you came out with nothing, a conclusion you hold as a basis for telling us we are imagining things.  You are simply not qualified in telling anyone what they are or are not experiencing; you can be right only in terms of your own experience.     

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