No way! I couldn't do without it. I place one pill at the top corners of each speaker cabinet...it improves the cabinet rigidity. I'm surprised that a genius such as yourself didn't "discover" it first.
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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06-06-12: TbgI see. So I'm wasting my time experimenting with fuses. I wish I had thought of that. Wait a second. Aren't you the same guys who said... 05-12-12: TbgSo let me get this straight... 1. You guys say that people's opinions matter only if they experiment with fuses. 2. I experiment with fuses. 3. You guys say that it is a waste of time to experiment with fuses. Did I miss something? Let me check... No, I didn't. Can we just start referring to your position as The Double Bind? Gotta go. My Viagra is kicking in. Bryon |
Bryon wrote, "So let me get this straight... 1. You guys say that people's opinions matter only if they experiment with fuses." - Yes, otherwise it's just idle speculation. "2. I experiment with fuses." - Your opinion matters more than someone who hasn't experimented, but it is still an opinion. No one person's experiment is definitive, it's only a data point. We should consider your opinion along with all of the many other published experiments - and our own experiments. Simply because you are still sitting on the fence regarding fuses should not mean that anyone else should also be sitting on the fence. "3. You guys say it is a waste of time to experiment with fuses." - Strawman argument alert. I don't think anyone is saying that at all, at least not me. My "hundred years" comment was responding to another poster's inquiry regarding professional comparison tests of aftermarket fuses. I was pointing out the heroic effort that would be involved in such a comparison test, not that it would be a waste of time. |
06-08-12: GeoffkaitYou want to go down this road again? How many times are you going to suggest that Im strawmanning you? You have a bit of a fixation, don't you think? So far youve failed to substantiate ANY of your strawmanning accusations. And in an inspired but inadvertent act of irony, the posts in which you accuse me of strawmanning invariably contain a straw man OF ME. I've demonstrated that several times already. You really want to go through it again? I suppose you like the ride. Ok, here we go When you suggested that I was strawmanning you, it was in reference to my comment that You guys say it is a waste of time to experiment with fuses.I wrote that in direct response Tbg's comment that... 06-06-12: TbgThe phrase "largely fruitless" is of course a metaphor. Its synonymous with another metaphor a waste of time. So when I said that Tbgs comment amounted to saying that it's a waste of time to experiment with fuses, I was not strawmanning him. I was summarizing him. Q.E.D. That leaves me to address whether I was strawmanning you. Lets retrace our steps again. Tbg said that the reason I was wasting my time was that... ...there are TOO MANY fuses and too many components.In the very next post on the thread, you said... 06-06-12: GeoffkaitTbg says "too many fuses" and you say "how many fuses?" Anyone with a passing familiarity with conversational English would think that you were picking up where Tbg left off. With that in mind, you go on to say... 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?If that doesnt suggest that the comparative testing of fuses is a waste of time, then I need an MRI of my left temporal lobe to make sure that my language comprehension is still in tact. Are we to believe that you're suggesting that a hundred year comparative study of fuses is REASONABLE USE of time? Of course not. And if it's not a reasonable use of time, then it's a waste of time. Q.E.D. Need a sec. Deep breath... ahhh. That was tedious. Time for my favorite part: the part where, right in the same post where you falsely accuse me of strawmanning you, YOU STAWMAN ME. The straw man begins with your comment that... Your opinion matters more than someone who hasn't experimented, but it is still an opinion.I never said, or implied, that my opinion is anything other than an opinion. Here's what I said, for example, about fuse direction... 06-06-12: BryoncunninghamDoes that sound like I believe that my opinion is anything other than an opinion? No. The straw man continues with your comment that... No one person's experiment is definitive, it's only a data point. We should consider your opinion along with all of the many other published experiments - and our own experiments.I never said, or implied, that my experiment was definitive. Here's what I said... 05-18-12: BryoncunninghamDoes that sound like I was suggesting that my fuse experiment was definitive? No. The straw man is completed with your comment that... Simply because you are still sitting on the fence regarding fuses should not mean that anyone else should also be sitting on the fence.I never said, or implied, that anyone needs to share my point of view. In fact, I've gone out of my way to emphasize that it is merely a point of view, as in... 06-06-12: Bryoncunningham Q.E.D. And that concludes my latest Refutation and Reversal of your accusation of strawmanning. By my count, that is the third Refutation and Reversal on this subject. That should be enough for anybody. Why do you keep coming back to this Cycle of Abuse? Bryon |
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