Synergistic Red Fuse ...

Frankmlsstl656 posts03-14-2017 3:21amin the spirit of this thread, I thought I should warn people to NOT mark directionality on their fuses. The ink or sticker could confuse the electrons, drawing them off-center. The same is true of handling fuses with your bare fingers -- deposited oils from the skin could cause the same problems!jetter305 posts03-14-2017 3:49amIts also important to have the fuse installed by a virgin with no impure thoughts.

+1 To all.

"The fuse element must not be damaged by minor harmless surges of current, and must not oxidise or change its behaviour after possibly years of service."

On a serious note, what these guys are hearing is an old fuse changed for a new one as this fuse manufacturer stated, and you don’t have to spend $100, just get another new 10 cent one, and a good idea to clean the fuse clamps.

Cheers George

Cleaning the fuse holder and fuse ends is a great idea. No doubt. Remember however,  no matter how well you clean a lower quality fuse it will never sound as good a a top quality fuse. You can clean that Radio Shack wire and connector for hours, but it still won't sound as good as Duelund wire with Furutech connectors. This is a great thread and in the end we will all learn more. 

Oregonpapa…I have no need to ramble on about my music preferences in this forum as that is simply tedious and really none of anyone's concern, although I do enjoy direct to disc recordings of Norwegian Mumblecore Death Folk at 78 RPM, and the recording of the dust left on paper in the 1840s by that French guy. I again simply state that I've been into high end audio to varying degrees since the mid 1960s, have been a successful working musician, and currently mix live concerts regularly with musicians as diverse as the Baltimore Consort, Anat Cohen, Julian Lage, Jeremy Pelt, Richie Havens (still dead, but an absolute fave and sweet guy), and many many others. This doesn't make me more of an expert on hifi gear, but it boosts my fragile ego to mention theses things. Also I want to be paid by Jolida but they seem to be oblivious to my promotion of them…damn…wake up Jolida! I agree with shadorne and george (mondo rational) hifi…if a simple fuse makes any difference in your gear there's A. Something wrong with your gear, or B. You have a ripe imagination and/or perhaps a loose fuse connection (as mentioned previously by Atmasphere with the informed  eloquence we've come to expect from that guy, who I now want to get a preamp from after he shamed me into wanting a tube front end).

a top quality fuse.

A top quality >$100 fuse may sound better than an aged fuse as stated, but so will a new 10 cent fuse, as switch on surge currents carbonise, stretch and sag the filament and change it’s characteristics over time with an old fuse. So just install a new 10 cent fuse and save >$100.  

"The fuse element must not be damaged by minor harmless surges of current, and must not oxidise or change its behaviour after possibly years of service."

Cheers George

Interesting procedure oregonpapa;
" I changes the fuses one at a time just to be able to grade the improvement each one made. I started out with the amp thinking that it would affect the signal from everything that came before it."  Must certainly agree with you there.....