I make no claims that "you" ,you know who you are,can hear the differences that a DIY or HiFi fuse can make.
I only claim that I can hear the improved performance of the music.
What I DO claim, is complete acceptance of the claims of Peter Aczel ,going back to the mid 1970's, that fuses do indeed degrade the sound of whatever system they are used in.
Again, I re-iterate,go back to his earliest writings in the Audio Critic and you will see his observations on what bypassing the speaker protection fuses did.
I ,being of the ilk that would rather try it for myself before I pass judgement,did try the same fuse bypass way back in the mid 70's on my Amber stereo amp.
Then I did the same with every tube and solid state power amp, or fused speaker that I owned, and the list is longer than my arm.
Never once did I ever experience any calamities, or damage any gear.
Everytime, the system sounded better.
I used old speaker wire or Romex which cost me nothing.
It was cheap, and DIY, so that should garner some points with a few audiophiles I would think?
But besides being DIY and cheap, it worked.
Just like Peter Aczel said it would.
My ears weren't fooled by advertising hype, I wasn't biased because i had just sold the farm to buy the tweak and I also never saw anyone at THAT TIME say it wouldn't work.
It's only been in the last few years, since the same Peter Aczel made his infamous audio myths, that a new breed of audiophile has emerged on the horizon.
You see him on all the sites.
Always the same arguments ,so much in fact you would think it was the same soul!
He never tries any of the stuff others say work.
Yet he knows for sure that it can't.
How's that for magic hocus pocus abilities?
That trumps a golden ear any day of the week in my book.
He doesn't trust your ears or his, but he just knows that certain things can't work as claimed.
I always wonder, "what's in it for him?"
What's the satisfaction? Is it a sense of superiority that he is too smart to fall for such drivel as a fuse having any significance?
A fuse is a relatively insignificant little thing.Not much to it,it only serves one purpose and that is to blow it's self up.
And yet way back when in the 1970's, the author of the 10 great Audio Myths, felt this little bit of nothing, could indeed play a major role in the sound of the gear it was used in.
Some of the more esoteric gear dispense with fuses altogether for just this reason and use thermal protection.
Ah, and some folks think that fuses don't matter, because they just "know" that they don't.
The next time those folks who don't trust their ears buy any new music or gear, I have to wonder why they would ever do such a thing?
Surely ,if they "think" the new amp sounds better than the old,those thoughts are based on assumptions, hype, marketing and mystique, and have nothing to do with the sound.How could it?The ears lie!Or so they are telling us ,the folks who do rely on our ears to make or break a purchase.
If the ears lie, then why bother with room tuning, or room correction?
It would be a waste of money, and just more trickery.
Ah, but here you can measure the before and after difference of the treatment, and maybe just prove it to yourself that what your ears are telling you is the truth and not a lie.
I am sure you could also measure the before and after effects of a DIY or upgraded fuse.
And if that is how you want to spend your time in this hobby, measuring and debunking and not listening, then by all means have fun.
Personally, I'll be searching out more stuff like the HiFi fuses, and listening to the music, all the music.
