It probably goes without saying, but I'll say anyway that I am in total agreement with what I consider to be Bryon's exceptionally incisive, precise, and clear analyses and comments.
Furthermore, I consider his finding of sonic differences between the fuses he has tried to be more persuasive than most such claims, given his careful and thorough methodology, his clearly unbiased and open-minded approach, and his precise description and qualification of the results.
On another note:
1)If indeed AC line fuses in audio components can result in perceptible sonic differences, and
2)Given that parties on both sides of the issue (me and TBG, for example) mutually recognize that those differences defy technical explanation and understanding, and
3)Given that most and perhaps nearly all reported fuse comparisons seem to be between the stock fuse and one or more expensive fuses,
what basis is there to assume that a comparison among a variety of INEXPENSIVE garden-variety fuses would not result in a perception of comparable differences, with the winner of the comparison perhaps being subjectively as good as any of the expensive fuses? I see no such basis or rationale from a technical standpoint, and I see no such basis in any of the nearly 400 posts that have appeared in this thread so far.
Bryon's finding that the stock fuse was preferred in two different components to one of the expensive fuses that were tried gives added legitimacy to that question.
Personally, I have no interest in taking the time to perform that experiment. But would one of those who has advocated the superiority of expensive fuses vs. stock fuses care to give it a try?
Regards,
-- Al
Furthermore, I consider his finding of sonic differences between the fuses he has tried to be more persuasive than most such claims, given his careful and thorough methodology, his clearly unbiased and open-minded approach, and his precise description and qualification of the results.
On another note:
1)If indeed AC line fuses in audio components can result in perceptible sonic differences, and
2)Given that parties on both sides of the issue (me and TBG, for example) mutually recognize that those differences defy technical explanation and understanding, and
3)Given that most and perhaps nearly all reported fuse comparisons seem to be between the stock fuse and one or more expensive fuses,
what basis is there to assume that a comparison among a variety of INEXPENSIVE garden-variety fuses would not result in a perception of comparable differences, with the winner of the comparison perhaps being subjectively as good as any of the expensive fuses? I see no such basis or rationale from a technical standpoint, and I see no such basis in any of the nearly 400 posts that have appeared in this thread so far.
Bryon's finding that the stock fuse was preferred in two different components to one of the expensive fuses that were tried gives added legitimacy to that question.
Personally, I have no interest in taking the time to perform that experiment. But would one of those who has advocated the superiority of expensive fuses vs. stock fuses care to give it a try?
Regards,
-- Al