Fuses that matter.

I'm with Lacee here. If it makes a difference it makes a difference. You can read the white paper later.

There is a curtain amount of "voicing" a system that comes from small tweaks which when all added together can bring a refinement you would otherwise have missed. Fuses are in this catagory to me along with power outlets.

The question is where to start? Tube amps & preamps are a no brainer for fuse replacement in my experience, as long as you have paid attention to cabling & power supply too.

Which manufacturer of fuse is another question. Hifi tuning are not a bad place to start.

05-21-12: Geoffkait
Hmmmm...one wonders if Bryon Cunningham installed some of the fuses incorrectly during his recent testing of aftermarket fuses. If so, that might explain his less than stellar results...

I could not have been clearer in my post on 5/18 that I did in fact test fuse direction during my experiment. In the METHOD section, I said...

--Fuse direction was noted during every swap.

-- 3 auditions of each fuse in each direction

And in my RESULTS section, I said...

I could not hear any differences when changing direction for any of the fuses. Make of that what you will. Bad system. Bad ears. Bad method. Bad attitude. I just didn't hear it.

That should clear that up. As far as your comment that...

I have lost faith in ANY tests of fuses unless the person performing the tests is already familiar with the difference in sound fuse direction makes...

...you can't possibly mean what that appears to mean, namely that, in order to hear differences among fuses, you must have ALREADY HEARD differences among fuses. That would mean that no one could possibly hear differences among fuses FOR THE FIRST TIME. That is dumb.

You've been accused of many things, Geoff, but being dumb isn't one of them. So you must have meant something else.

Bryon

Bryon, Ooops, I had forgotten you changed direction of the fuses.

Geoff

Bryon, Perhaps your hands were too slow to keep same direction 60 times a second?

>>You've been accused of many things, Geoff, but being dumb isn't one of them. <<

Au contraries.

That is precisely my opinion.