Ok.. I think I understand that no fuse is better than a cheap fuse. And a good fuse is better than a cheap fuse. But is no fuse better than the best fuse?
One person on Audiogon said that he achieved better sound by using a Blue fuse over no fuse. I guess my question is... Do these new, high dollar fuses just allow the current to flow better with solid protection or do they actually due to quantum physics or something, actually improve upon the signal by eliminating errant bad electrons and thereby actually improving the music over no fuse at all?
It doesn’t matter one iota, but I think jea48 is deserving of a little respect here.
Actually, it does matter, and I couldn’t agree more. I’m absolutely confounded that jea48 thinks I’ve said anything negative about him in this thread. Really.
I’m inclined to think there’s a misunderstanding here and and I’m happy to help clear it up, if I can.
So, to @jea48 : What exactly is it that I’ve written that has prompted your claim that I’ve engaged in "personal attack" on you? Because I have no clue. Somewhere, in the back-and-forth and back-and-forth in this thread, it looks like some confusion has resulted. I’m not blaming you, but please help me out here. Let’s clear this up.
I have no skin in the game, simply have been lurking and reading, but perhaps I can clear this up from what I read on the other thread. I did not read anything about jea48 wanting to set up a room, but cleeds say below to roberttcan that he has encouraged this activity but received luke-warm reception and appears amenable is this thread to the concept. Politics aside, it sounds like a fun audiophile activity with some comfortable chairs and a glass of wine.
You
just assume I have never done these tests. I have, and more ... I am
not under any illusion that all the typical measurements done fully
characterize an amplifier. It is one of the reasons why I designed a
specific piece of test equipment for a customer ... IF the direction of a
cable, independent of a shield is as plain as the nose on my face, then
surely it is dead easy to replicate this, blind tested?
Here
we go again with a call for blind testing, an exercise that is of very
limited value - if any at all - to the typical audiophile. I just don’t
understand why those who call for such tests don’t conduct their own,
and then share results with the group.
I’ve also suggested that
the blind testing advocates organize such a test and recruit subjects
from Audiogon. It could be interesting to have such a test session at an
audio show, for example. (Caution! Results of such tests can be
surprising - and even demoralizing!) When I’ve offered such suggestions
in the past, I’m met with orders to do it myself, or required to put up
money in a wager, or have an agreement with lawyers regarding the test.
To
be clear, I think the results of these tests are not always what they
seem, and I question the ability of these tests to correspond to what we
actually experience as listeners and audiophiles. But they have their
place.
Perhaps the problem is that it is not a simple matter to
conduct such a scientifically valid, controlled double-blind listening
test. And if it’s not properly conducted, a test obviously has no value
at all.
I am willing to test on any system you wish to configure ...
Let's
see if the group can agree about what that system might look like. Then
you could try to assemble something comparable at one of the major
audio shows, and invite Audiogon readers and others in to participate.
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