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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?
oregonpapa
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oregonpapa OP
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^^^

wolf ... people you don't trust? Like who, for example? The folks at highend-electronics are completely trustworthy. Highly recommended.

The break-in time for me with the Black fuses came at around 70 hours ... not hundreds of hours.

You don't need to re-fuse your entire system to hear what the Black fuse does. Just replace one fuse in one component. You'll hear certain improvements right away ... but the most significant results will be attained after the 70 hours. Do you have a CD player? If so, just put the fuse in there and run it on repeat 24/7 for three days, then take a listen. 

It really doesn't matter HOW SR treats the fuses, its the end results that count. Hey, I don't care if they scoured the Amazonian jungles to find the very Shaman who concocted the jungle juice that coats the fuses, or if they climbed to the higher regions of the Alps to find the fairy that has the magic dust that's sprinkled over the fuses. It doesn't matter. Only the music matters. 

With a 30 day return policy, how can you go wrong???
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nonoise
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Wolf, that was the most humorless post I've ever seen from you. 
:-)

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charles1dad
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Frank (Oregonpapa ),
You have genuine good intentions no doubt,  but why waste your time on the skeptical few ? Your thread has reached ànd enlightened many who have expressed joy and gratitude for these superb fuses. If someone is unconvinced and set in their ways regarding a product that they have no familiarity with, why bother?  Listening is the final arbitrator. 
Charles, 
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mapman
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Fancy fuses are obviously not for everyone. Is there something wrong with that?

Not everyone who bites apparently gets the same results. Some more, some less, some negative some none perhaps.

To me its not reasonable to gloss things over and think that everyone will play the game and will get the same results. Look I tried and the music I am most familiar with still sounds pretty much the same. So I should wait a hundred hours of burn in time for that magical transformation to occur? One better be prepared to get that in before the 30 days is up for sure.

Just saying. YMMV as they say.





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