Fuses that matter.

I got more HiFi Tuning Supreme fuses in. The only one I have installed so far went into a prototype dac where I had an IsoClean fuse that had been Tesla coil treated by SR and painted by me with AVM. The result is typical. The sound stage became more realistic and the transients sharper. The other two will go into one of my preamps and into my phono stage.

Hi Wolf - I tried them forwards, sdrawkcab, miɿɿoɿɘb, uʍop ǝpısdn, and ndsıpǝ poʍu ɐup qɐɔʞʍɐɹps.

Hi Al - I agree it would be interesting to test a number of different cheap fuses. If my listening tests are valid, then there is an audible difference among at least some fuses. But like cables, more expensive doesn't always mean better.

Bryon

Nothing beats a "realistic" soundstage. However, if my soundstage became more realistic my agoraphobia (not to be confused with "angoraphobia", an irrational fear of certain sweaters) would set in, and nobody wants that. To test fuses, I think you need 2 absolutely identical systems, or at least 2 identical pieces of gear with and without the "special" fuses. Then have somebody switch them without you knowing and allow for break-in time, perhaps allowing time for a visit to your therapist to help you with the compulsive side of your hobby/fetish ...there ya go!

In MF Shunyata Triton review, Caelin Gabriel invented the DTCD Analyzer that can measure anything that conducts current. He found even fuses measure differently. So theoretically fuses should sound differently in a component but like everything else, it's a function of the component.

In the PS Audio PerfectWave DAC II upgrade, fuses are one of changes. If all fuses sound the same, why bother changing the fuses? I'll let y'all draw your own conclusions.

Knghifi, you are probably right, but who is going to have a stable of fuses lying around and the patience to try each of five fuses in each component to see. I suspect to that there is an interaction between what fuse is in one device and what is in another in your system. This is then further complicated by devices with multiple fuses within them.

Basically, I change one fuse in one component and wait some time for it to settle. Sometimes I have the patience to go back to the original fuse. I can say that I thought the Supreme in the dac had a bigger benefit than those in the amps, but hey that may be the cumulative effect of the fuses.

Wolf_garcia, as the old southern adage goes, "throw me into that briar patch."