"Audiophile" fuses. A comparison.

Ptss, I have tried most of the audiophile fuses out there. Most of the time I could not hear any real difference. On some occasions when there was a difference I did not like what I heard. When I could hear a difference for the better it was subtle at best.

HOWEVER, the one fuse that was not subtle and had a huge improvement for the price/improvement ratio was the new RED fuse by Synergistic Research. It IS the real deal IMHO.

Now ideally you replace the fuse/s inside your equipment if they have any inside ones vs the ones on the outside by your power inlet. That is where you will get the most improvement.

The best part is they come with a money back guarantee.

Good luck.

I believe that's what we call an outlier, when you have difficulty hearing a fuse or whatever. That's why it's often an excellent idea to cast out outliers.

Geoffkait, not sure what your post is trying to say. Can you please clairify.

I think Geoff is trying to say that since your experience lies outside of (an outlier) than what he believes is typical, it should be discounted. At least by anyone else. It's a way of dismissing a data point that is at variance with your hypothesis without having to explain the divergent data. It could be the result of an equipment failure, operator error, or a faulty hypothesis. In the case of something as subjective as hearing a difference between line fuses, I'm not sure where it gets you. If the listener thinks the fuses improve his experience and wants to use "audiophile grade" fuses, or magic dots, or little pieces of tin foil on his CDs, god bless.

Hifial, there are many reasons why folks sometimes get no results or even results that hurt the sound with fuses or almost any audio device or component you can think of. While that is evidence there might be some issue with the fuse or device or component it is only one data point. All of the evidence must be assembled and plotted on a graph to build a case for whether the item under test is for real. Without such more complete evidence it is not a good idea to draw conclusions or make generalizations regrading the effectiveness of the thing since there are quite a few reasons why a person might not get the positive results he was perhaps looking for, including inserting the fuse in the wrong direction, to name one. To claim that everyone will obtain the same results is a little bit premature. Most audiophile fuse manufacturers have been been thoroughly vetted in the press and on audio forums, so there's actually little doubt about their effectiveness, generally speaking.