Gustard sells a $25 fuse for their dacs, etc. I don't know if they'd make much difference, but i guess it can't hurt. I've got one in my dac, but I pretty much popped it in and forgot about it. Never did any critical listening to see if it helped.
Aftermarket fuse to tame a bright system?
Been reading all the interesting posts here, I've recently switched over to Audioquest silver interconnects and speaker cables, the improvement is easy to hear over OCC copper - lower noise floor, more clarity, greater transient snap, larger soundstage etc.... BUT.
I would say my system still has body, but the top end is now bright/harsh. Could an aftermarket fuse tame this, so that I can still retain the clarity and other benefits of silver? I'm concerned that this potential solution may make my system more dynamic, and potentially give it a U or V shape sound profile - which is definitely what I don't want.
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@gavin1977 Anti-cables Lvel 5.3 XLR Interconnects "Design Concept: Typical interconnect cables usually have a signal wire surrounded with a thick plastic dielectric material, which is then surrounded by the ground conductor to shield it from EMI/RFI noise, and then more plastic dielectric material. This typical approach has the usual drawbacks of accumulating a lot of dielectric effect distortion, and an accumulation of shunting capacitance. The ANTICABLES Analog XLR Interconnects use a different approach. Since air is a near perfect dielectric, no extra insulation dielectric material (beyond the thin white and red coating) is used, and the wires are suspended in free air. Eliminating dielectric effect distortion is what allows these interconnects to sound like music, (not a cable)."
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@gavin1977 I bought a used pure silver cable (Apature Accusound BL-4) that I found on eBay. I replaced the Harmonic Technology cable with it and it has added some additional detail, but not overly bright. After listening to the Harmonic Technology cable with a bigger variety of music, I noticed that some songs sounded great, but others were duller than I had remembered. The silver cable between my amp and preamp with a DH Labs Air Matrix between my dac and preamp seems to be a good compromise. I tried a DH Labs Air Matrix between my amp and preamp with another of them between my dac and preamp, but the silver cable seems to work better. I apologize if I mislead you. I think the Harmonic Technology cable would be good if a person's system was on the bright side of neutral. |
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