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Fuses that matter.

I have tried six different fuses, including some that were claimed to not be directional. I have long used the IsoClean fuses as the best I have heard. No longer! I just got two 10 amp slow-blows WiFi Tuning Supreme fuses that really cost too much but do make a major difference in my sound. I still don't understand how a fuse or its direction can alter sound reproduction for the better, but they do and the Supreme is indeed! I hear more detail in the recordings giving me a more holographic image. I also hear more of the top and bottom ends. If only you could buy them for a couple of bucks each.
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mapman
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How about listening both with hands cupped behind the ear and without in each case?

That's the cheapest and consistently best tweak that I know of! :-)

Also just to be sure, you have no financial interest in expensive audiophile fuses/tweaks right?

Seriously, that would be a killer for me. When I launch my funky fuse business, my 100% pure unbiased opinions will be shot right down the drain I fear.

Funky fuses. $$$$$$$s!
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kijanki
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Bryon, be sure to turn OFF and UNPLUG! Do test with preamp (regulated supplies) as well. Good luck.
bryoncunningham
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05-16-12: Mapman
Also just to be sure, you have no financial interest in expensive audiophile fuses/tweaks right?
Me? No. But my wife does. Her financial interest is that I stop buying them.
05-16-12: Kijanki
Bryon, be sure to turn OFF and UNPLUG! Do test with preamp (regulated supplies) as well.
I just received an Isoclean fuse for the preamp, so I will be A/B'ing the preamp as well as the amp.

In my earlier tests, I've been turning the amp off, but not unplugging it. Am I asking to get fried?

bc
bryoncunningham
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To add some fuel to the fire...

I found at least one amp designed by a well regarded manufacturer that includes fancy fuses: Spectron's Musician III Mk2.

Spectron's Senior Engineer, Simon Thacher, weighed in on the value of fancy fuses a while back, right here on A'gon...
It is my firm opinion that HiFi Tuning fuses are very synergistic with our amplifiers, Spectron Musician III SE. For my ears they clearly and without any question remove "gray noise" across the Spectron from high frequencies to low - making sound much more "liquid" and involving.

FWIW.
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mapman
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"Me? No. But my wife does. Her financial interest is that I stop buying them."

Bryon, you are too funny!

"For my ears they clearly and without any question remove "gray noise" across the Spectron from high frequencies to low - making sound much more "liquid" and involving."

Well fuses are not supposed to act as filters I think, but whatever.

I like any fuse that any particular qualified designer recommends for their gear.

Its when I have to decide for myself or when tweak mongers tell me what works or not that I tend to think twice.
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