We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses


LOL, I'll bet I gotcha on that Title! ;)  BTW, I put this thread under "Tech Talk" category as it involves the system physically, not tangentially. 

More seriously, two question survey:

1. Do you think designer fuses are A) a Gift to audiophiles, or B) Snake Oil 

2. Have you ever tried them?  Yes or No

In the tradition of such questions on Agon, I'll weigh in as we go along... 
Feel free to discuss and rant all you wish, but I would like to see clear answers to the questions. :) 
douglas_schroeder
Kosst, I will explain that your description of aftermarket fuses is misapplied, as your other descriptions of the effects of aftermarket fuses wherein you discount them. You conclude that they can do nothing exceptional, so obviously you think aftermarket fuses are superfluous. 

Well, you're wrong. Aftermarket fuses are not sucker bait, but a purposeful change to effectively alter the sound. A fine HiFi component should readily reveal any such changes. Any component which would mask such things is junk. If you made an amp that was insensitive to aftermarket fuses I would consider it a horrid design. 


To further support douglas schoeder's point, I have experienced scenarios where the quality of components directly affects the ability to "hear" the real signal.  This was very apparent when I was comparing two different DACs.  Using somewhat lower quality interconnect cables, we could not really hear any differences between the two DACs.  However, when we upgraded to highly superior cables (i.e. solid-core OCC silver), it was made very apparent that there were significant differences in sound quality between the two DACs.