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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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jetter
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Hey wolf, totally an oversight I forgot to mention:
"And the bad bad guy with tons of experience in the real world, who tried to keep it real, wolf." 
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geoffkait
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Gee, I was wondering when Double Blind Testing would raise it's ugly head. And lookie who raised it, the guy who doesn't understand what the word "sweet" means in audio terminology. The Wolfman. Of course everyone knows by now raising the spectre of Double Blind Tests is the last resort of the died in the wool pseudo skeptic. When all else fails casually drop the hint that Double Blind Tests would certainly win the day for the pseudo skepics. As if.
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lloydc
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I tried fancy fuses, and thought I heard an improvement. When I put back glass Littlefuses, some time later, I heard no difference. The conclusions were obvious; I'm with Wolfie, Al and others.

Presumably, every person on this thread has experimented with fuses for themselves, and come to their own personal conclusions.  Just like with wires.  

 Every pair of ears, room, system and component varies.  Systems even change with the time of day and warmup time. Too many variables. We can share experiences and opinions and advice, but with audio, "explanations" are only occasionally meaningful or confirmable.  

So, what is there to dispute? 
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charles1dad
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Hi George  (jetter),
That’s an  excellent  ( and humorous) summary of what's taken place here. It has certainly been fun.
Charles 
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geoffkait
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Thanks just the same Lloydc, but I think it wise to throw your negative results out along with Wolfman and Mapman. Just like negative results with cables. They’re just outliers in the overall scheme of things and can be ignored. No offense to you personally.  Hey, speaking of Mapman, whatever has become of him?

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