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
Mr. Perfectpathtech

That may have been like the original Cascade product that went on gray and stayed that color. The new Cascade goes on purple and drys black. I feel the original and new perform slightly different..I too have painted all my subs and bookshelf speakers as well a my former SC4’s. Makes a huge difference. If you do a pair of speakers on their insides you need to keep track of how much is used in each one. You do this to maintain a balance. While this product is drawn into the wooden material it also disrupts certain wave types that travel on these surfaces when fully cured like concrete containing super fine aggregate. I found this product link for some that may wish to mix their own..ceramic spheres like Geoff some times speaks of and may well be used in the products you and I have both used in the past.  There are many more. Tom .http://www.hytechsales.com/insulating_paint_additives.html

AVM love that stuff as well 2005 was my intro to it, knee jerk reaction was, I am not painting that on my electronics period, was coaxed into tying it on fuses first, was so taken back with its performance, dove right in. Not cheap $2000 a liter, but nothing compares. Anything since is chasing his ground breaking work. 90% of what he produces is already  sold
to medical equipment manufactures. That should quiet the naysayers.
I do personally know the owner became good friends over the years.
Ceramics is an excellent natural resonator, I.e., energy dissipator; I use ceramics in at least two products. I use glass microbeads in another product ((iso stand) but the application is quite different from ceramics inasmuch as the glass microbeads are loose like sand, only more uh, slippery than sand. I’m also a big fan of the DH Diamond hardness ceramic cones. I won’t even mention The Ceramique speakers by Kharma. And we’ve all seen the advisability of ceramic body fuses on these very threads.
Tom (Theaudiotweak), thank you for the comprehensive response to my previous post.

Best regards,
-- Al
 
almarg:
To some of the other recent posters: Regarding "I am there" vs. "they are here," the following thread from 2010 may be of interest, in which there was an extensive and particularly intelligent discussion of exactly that question:

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/quot-they-are-here-quot-vs-quot-you-are-there-quot
That was an interesting read. Some good points, some wrong, some missing. Thanks for posting the link!


oregonpapa:
Jay ...

What is the difference between transporting the recording venue into your listening room, or you being transported into the recording venue?

I'm getting sound out of percussion instruments that are unbelievable.

Frank

As far as accuracy goes, the bad would be that you are hearing the sound of your room - or some jumbled mess - in addition to the recording venue. The worst would be if you're only hearing your room, outside of audio with the greatest amount of reverb. If you are being transported to the recording venue, you should not hear your room, as any room reverb should be enforcing the reverb of the recording.