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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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audiolabyrinth
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Hi knghifi,  as you know,  I own the furutech gtx-rhodium outlet's,  please keep me informed here of your impressions of the new furutech NCF gtx-rhodium outlet's. 
knghifi
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Knghifi, I don't blame you for taking the plunge.  Knowing how good the Red fuses are, why resist the very probable further improvement with the Black fuses? If my sound becomes any more realistic, the next time I play Carmen McRae I'm going to invite her to stick around for dinner when she's done singing LOL!
Charles,


Shipping pre to VAC for SE upgrade in March so will get fuses after it returns and breaks in.

Knghifi. Did you place 6.3a 250v fuses in the ref 250 as per Warren Gehl?


Yes.  According to user manual, each mono can draw up to 10 Amp so 7 Amp can draw above rating for x amount of time before blowing.   Amps is on a dedicated 20 amp line.   Not going to work if fast blo ...  I think best chance for 6.3 amp to blow if a short from output tube blowing.  No big deal ... just replace the fuse.
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audiolabyrinth
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Knghifi, I’ve got some very positive feedback from my friend sksos1, Steven, on the new NCF furutech connectors, he is very impressed, Steven said that the wpo’s have not started shipping from Japan yet, when they do knghifi, I’m buying them from Steven, his company is called, sound of silence, yes, the very same maker of vibraplane air isolation platform’s for audio.
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I ordered a BLACK from The Cable Company. Should have it in less than two weeks. This will go into a Modwright Oppo 9.0 power supply. I don't plan to replace the RED in my amp. Will post my thoughts on the BLACK whenever it gets here.

gwalt
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Knighifi:

You won't regret the VAC upgrade to SE but mine took maybe 200 hours of break-in but worth it in the long run. I have ordered the AM beeswax for the VAC to compare to the SR RED in it now. The front end should tell some story on the backend with flavor to balance the system without going nuts with everything. These fuses are bargain flavor balancers and SR sure has changers a plenty. OMG what next?

gwalt

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