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Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses.

There are 4 fuses in my Odyssey Stratos amp. I recently returned some AMR fuses because they rolled off the highs and lows a little too much for me. Mids were excellent though. Anyway, I'm getting ready to try the Hi-Fi Tuning Classic Gold fuses, as they are on clearance now for $10/ea. Are they any good? However, I have read that they are a directional fuse? Can anyone confirm this? If that is the case, does anyone know the current flow for the Odyssey Stratos? Or, does anyone know how figure out current flow by opening up the top and looking at the circuitry? 


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wolf_Garcia

I recently removed my power amp fuse (cleaned the contact area) and when I put it back I forgot which direction it had been in, thus ruining my shot at trying to hear a difference…I will not remove it again soon as I don’t like to move my 50 lb tube amp around…I just have to sit there and listen and wonder…are the electrons moving properly?


Doesn’t matter Wolf, as the flow changes direction 60 x a second in the USA (60hz). And 50 x times a second here in Australia (50hz).

That’s why it’s called AC (alternating current) this is why "fuse direction" is all a load of voodoo BS.

http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/ac.htm#.VyMcFLlJm70


Cheers George

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Thank you Georgelofi.
Bo bo and geoffkait - the fool-ers - may reconsider?
Doubtful though for "fools rush in; but seldom change their 'stance' (we can't refer to minds that don't exist-can we?? Maybe we can in this fantasyland )" . I feel you referenced a most appropriate article--but I'm sure rebuts will follow. Nice work.
analogluvr
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Did you guys read Bo's post on the maxiimus??!!  If this thread wasn't ridiculous enough that takes it to a whole new level. And I can just hear the believers already "if you haven't heard it you don't have an opinion". Well I don't have to hit my thumb with a hammer to know that it's going to hurt. It's called common sense and apparently is not that common. 
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Analogluvr, I read it and my reaction was similar to yours.  It almost seemed like a satire of audiophile tweaks.

Regards,
-- Al
 
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I suspect the benchmark for Uber Skeptics and Tweakaphobes is whether you laughed so hard that milk squirted out of your mouth. 

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