Fuses that matter.

Thanks Kijanki, Al, and Mapman. I appreciate your support throughout this largely absurd endeavor.

05-18-12: Almarg
One piece of data that I think might be worthwhile appending to your report would be what your line voltage is, for the conditions under which you ran the tests (time of day, things turned off, etc.).

That's a good idea, Al. I will test it and report back.

05-18-12: Tmsorosk
...too bad you weren't able to test the High Fi tuning Supreme fuses, they really did make a difference and you don't need to listen very closely like you do with other fuse comparisons.

NOOOO!!!! You are tempting me to buy YET ANOTHER fuse! I don't know if I can bring myself to do it. Am I really that stupid? Maybe. It's additionally tempting because the Hifi Supreme fuses are designed in collaboration with Mundorf, and I've been very happy with the Mundorf caps (both Supreme and Silver/oil) I've used in the crossovers I built for my speakers. Hmm.

05-18-12: Geoffkait
...whatever happened to the word Terrific you used when you couldn't resist replacing the fuse in the preamp a few days ago? I was all set for a rave review.

My expectations were the same as yours, Geoff. The Isoclean fuse WAS perceptibly better than the stock fuse, but not by as large a margin as I was expecting, given my experience the other day. Don't know what to make of that.

I still say wait a few days and re-evaluate the sound after the power cords break back in.

I agree that long term listening often reveals things that you can't hear during A/B tests. But I can't bring myself to devote a week to testing each fuse. I must try to have some semblance of a life. :-)

Bryon

Bryon,

Next go round try the liquid fuses that i have seen advertised here of late.

Just be sure to not spring a leak.

If you can't hear much difference with that one then i would punt for sure. I would expect a sound that is more, how to describe, well liquid. Duh!

Or not. :-)

Liquid fuses. Cause that's what I want next to my electricity -- liquid.

Wait a second. Just looked them up. Audio Magic's liquid fuses also get their proprietary "NANO Stream Treatment." Impressive.

But not as impressive as my proprietary "PICO Stream Treatment," which I'm offering for the Dark Energy Electron Regulator. You see, NANO is 10 to the minus 9. PICO is 10 to the minus 12. That makes my treatment 1000 times more effective. It's simple math.

bc

Byron,
A semblance of a life? How could you possibly get on with your life when there are more fuses to test? What happend to that steely determination?lol.

BTW you mentioned mundorf caps. I like the silver in oils and the silver gold in oil too, but you must try the duelund caps... Image density, naturalness and depth all await you in droves! Forget a life, decend further into the audiophile madness. Life can wait.

Hey Chad - Believe me, I dream of Duelund caps. But wow are they pricey. If I could just stop buying fuses, I'd be well on my way!

bc