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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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geoffkait
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Must be the Snowball Effect. HiFi Tuning and Isoclean fuses ( the ones with the little arrows on them) have been around what at least 12 years. Probably closer to 20. I propose some enterprising person perform a proper review of the "top five" aftermarket fuses. That shouldn’t take long.

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I'll do that and be happy to compare any of the contenders to a N52  cryo'd magnet that has a mu-metal collar around its center. Even add to the lineup a cryo'd copper rod cut and polished to size. And your right that shouldn't take long. Tom
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One can’t help wondering, Tom, how long it would take for a solid copper rod to break in, 600 hours? One assumes you're going to have the solid copper rod quantum tunneled, no?  If it were me is probably use a solid silver rod and wrap it in 3M anti EMI/RFI stuff.
theaudiotweak
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Don't know how long. I know to discern the difference on sound quality takes only an instant. I use one of the two I mentioned but both are very good. Don't try this at home or in a tree house in the sky. On one the direction is innate. I have not tried silver. The affects from cryo are permanent (ask NASA) and can be seen under an electron microscope.. each additional treatment   further enhances the alignment. Is the tunneling permanent and can the affects of this treatment be seen as to how it affects the material structure? Tom
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I originally had stock fuses (of course) in my ARC gear. I replaced all of the stock fuses with HiFi Tuning fuses and thought I was done. That's what I compared the SR RED fuses with. Results? Night and day. Then, I replaced the two SR RED fuses in the CD player with two SR BLACK fuses. Again, a night and day improvement. The rest of the SR RED fuses in the system will be replaced with the BLACK fuses as well. 
To say that I'm a fan is an understatement. 

Nope, I haven't tried them all ... and I don't feel the need to at this point. One of the folks posting in this thread was going to try a Bees wax fuse. Unless I missed it, he hasn't posted the results yet. 

On the solid copper rods in place of fuses: Be sure the fire insurance on your house is up to day. Just sayin' ...

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