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.
tbg
Good test, good method, good attitude, good system, good to know.

I realize subjective nature of this test but my ears and my gear are not better than yours while we're not subjectively evaluating change if there is none (or almost none). Great job!
Very nicely done, Bryon. Your disciplined and thorough methodology, and your carefully stated description of the results, in my mind makes your conclusions more persuasive than just about any other fuse comparison I can recall seeing.

And as far as the conclusions themselves are concerned, as you probably suspect I don't find anything about them to be surprising.

One piece of data that I think might be worthwhile appending to your report would be what your line voltage is, for the conditions under which you ran the tests (time of day, things turned off, etc.). While unlikely, it seems conceivable to me that if future reports by others were to include that information some sort of correlation might become apparent.

Best,
-- Al
Bryoncunningham, to bad you weren't able to test the High Fi tuning Supreme fuses, they really did make a difference and you don't need to listen very closely like you do with other fuse comparisons. I've tried most, It's the first one I would indorse.
Bryon, whatever happened to the word Terrific you used when you couldn't resist replacing the fuse in the preamp a few days ago? I was all set for a rave review. :-(. I still say wait a few days and re-evaluate the sound after the power cords break back in.

Geoff