Fuses that matter.

06-06-12: Talk2me
Any professional comparison reviews?

My fuse experiment, described here, gave me an opportunity to compare fuses. At this point, I've tried 4 types of fuses in 3 pieces of equipment...

Meridian preamp: stock, Hifi Tuning Silverstar, Isoclean
Pass amp: stock, Hifi Tuning Silverstar, Furutech
Parasound Halo amp: stock, Furutech

In ONE case I heard a similarity between two fuses of the same type when used in two different pieces of equipment, and that was the Hifi Tuning Silverstars. When installed in the Meridian preamp and the Pass amp, the Silverstars had the result of making things sound "phasey," as I described in my experiment.

Having said that, I suspect that the audible characteristics of fuses are largely extrinsic, and therefore variable from component to component and system to system. Admittedly, that is a speculation.

Bryon

Bryoncunningham, I admire your eagerness but think this is largely fruitless as there are too many fuses and too many components. It is a lot like fuse direction, I have found that many components show little sense of fuse direction and some great differences.

Let's see, how many aftermarket fuses are there, including all the various Hi Fi Tuning fuses? Let's say seven for the purposes of argument. How many fuses does the average system contain? Allowing for 5-7 days for break-in, a proper comparative test of fuses should wrap up a "professional reviewer" for a good long while, about one year. And that's assuming that there is one type of fuse that is superior to all others in all installations - speakers, amps, etc. as Tgb points out that might very well not be the case. Then the number of test goes up astronomically. Let's say an average system contains 7 fuses. Now, I suspect there are some statisticians here who can do the calculation for how many tests would be required for 7 types of fuses and 7 fuse installations. And how long it would take. A hundred years?

Cheerio

So many fuses, so little time.

The same applies to amps, cables, transports, you name it. Yet it didn't stop me from trying at least one and from what I heard in my system, I made the right choice. :-)

Daunting as it is made to look, the proof is in the listening. All other considerations and views are just conjecture, doomed to become conventional wisdom, and in this hobby, conventional wisdom can keep one from fully realizing the potential of ones system.

All the best,
Nonoise

Ah yes, "Conventional Wisdom." About the time of the steam locomotive's invention; scientists determined that the human body could only withstand about a 35MPH maximum speed. It's only been lately, that scientists understood how Bumblebees could generate enough lift to fly:(http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/March00/APS_Wang.hrs.html) Imagine how bland a world, without these on pizza or pasta: (http://www.tomatogardeningguru.com/history.html)