Fuses that matter.


I have tried six different fuses, including some that were claimed to not be directional. I have long used the IsoClean fuses as the best I have heard. No longer! I just got two 10 amp slow-blows WiFi Tuning Supreme fuses that really cost too much but do make a major difference in my sound. I still don't understand how a fuse or its direction can alter sound reproduction for the better, but they do and the Supreme is indeed! I hear more detail in the recordings giving me a more holographic image. I also hear more of the top and bottom ends. If only you could buy them for a couple of bucks each.
tbg
This is all ridiculous. The fuse leaked and the fuse blew. One thing may relate to the other but not necessarily. There is not much engineering in fuses. The filament needs to be sufficiently thin to blow with at the rated current. If it is slow blow there needs to be some heat absorption to allow for surge currents. In some fuses the filament is designed to be exposed to air and in others not.

ULs is a for profit company and, of course, sells its services. Having retesting of fuses would cost money as would certification of an audio component. This is why you don't see these labels on much audio equipment. Designers can roughly calculate what their circuit should draw and try a fuse with just above that value. They then can see if it works. If they blow many fuses, they go to a higher value, unless they find a problem with their circuit. Obviously too high a fuse value may allow overheating of the equipment and the potential for a fire or a safety issue.
Hi Guys,

The liquid I use acts like an insulator and will not dissipate heat like alot
of liquids. This liquid has been tested extensively and my fuses always
blow appox 1 sec sooner than a stock fuse, this I can live with. Mr. "
shamnanjr " should send the fuse back instead of continuing to whine.
good grief!.

Jerry

Personally I find the Synergistic Research fuses the most natural balanced fuses. I have tried 5 of the named brand ones either bought or tried through friends.They literally can take 200 hours to fully open up because of the solid Alloy end caps,type of composite metals ? Not disclosed . As far as direction The owner stated go with writing following the current flow.
Which I have done for years and seems to work out well.
Audioman58, I used to double check on rule of following the lettering as the current flow. In six trials that sounded better than the opposite. I will also note that I have always found the little WA fuse chips help the SR fuses if put on the center of the fuse. I have always found that treatment with the Tesla coil is better than cyrogenic treatment, but I have no idea whether they do the same thing.