Fuses that matter.

Meditation or medication???

Bryon said,

"Then I decided to clean and apply Progold to every contact in the system, including the contacts on the power cords and IEC inlets. Now THAT was audible."

Well, I hate to judge before all the facts are in but I suppose there is some possibility that the unclean contacts masked the results of the fuse tests.

:-)

That occurred to me, Geoff. But that ambiguity is present in EVERY listening test. In other words, when you fail to hear a difference during an A/B, there are ALWAYS three possible interpretations...

1. There is no difference between A and B.
2. The system is not sufficiently resolving to hear the difference between A and B.
3. Your brain is not sufficiently resolving to hear the difference between A and B.

If your A/B testing is limited to a single system, then it is literally impossible to know which interpretation is correct. The only way around this is to (a) change an element of your system and test again, or (b) listen to the reports of others who have performed similar tests on their systems. I tend to do both.

But I dread the idea of another fuse test. I think I will just leave in the fancy fuses. After all, they look pretty.

Bryon

Bryon said, "That occurred to me, Geoff. But that ambiguity is present in EVERY listening test.

That's weird...all the reviews of Hi Fi Tuning and Isoclean Fuses in all of the major audio magazines are anything but ambiguous. For example, below find the conclusion of the Stereo Times review of Hi Fi Tuning fuses:

Conclusion
My time spent with both, the Ultra Systems HiFi-Tuning Fuses and Supreme Fuses over the years has equated to a audio life-changing experience. It’s impossible to tell if you will experience the same effects that I have since all systems are different, and my taste in music may be different from yours. However, I have not heard of anyone who’s tried these fuses utter anything but high praise. All I have heard were accolades expressing pure amazement as to how their systems have transformed with more focus, clarity, enhanced soundstage and transparency to die for.

Ok, first off, that quote from Stereo Times stretches the limits of credibility. "Transparency to die for"? Really? Come on.

Second, your interpretation of my last post is odd, to put it politely. I was NOT saying that the results of every fuse listening test are ambiguous. I was saying that there is ambiguity present in every A/B listening test WHEN YOU ARE UNABLE TO DISCERN A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A AND B.

If that was not obvious from the sentence you quoted, it should have been obvious from the very next sentence...

In other words, WHEN YOU FAIL TO HEAR A DIFFERENCE DURING AN A/B, there are always three possible interpretations... [emphasis added]

I suspect, of all the people following this thread, your uncharitable interpretation of my post is unique. That should tell you something.

Oh, and one other thing. Your mischaracterization of my comments falls into a category you have a particular affection for...

It is a Straw Man.

Bryon