Fuses that matter.

Taking a look at that virtual system leads me to think that even though there is a large screen TV between the speakers and windows behind the listener and one to the side, this is pretty much a standard room, give or take, that one must deal with and to make the best of. Every listeners room is different and actually no better unless one can afford a dedicated room, optimized for listening.

From my own experience, I realized the differences in fuses without addressing the large screen TV between my speakers, not to mention having no treatment behind me (save for a large sectional where I sit and a bare wall with no treatment) and a whole wall of windows to my immediate right so there is something else at play here.

Yes, addressing reflections would help any system but I don't see how they would conflict or overshadow the results of changing fuses as the results were of a different nature, and magnitude, at least for me.

All the best,
Nonoise

And the magnitude of difference heard within a reflective pinball machine would be more or less...or none at all. If you knew how to listen thru all of that maybe one, would be able to decipher the audio code. Ask the Pin Ball Wizard he may know. The difference of these fuse types is not subtle..no more than my dismissal of those who partake here and say there is no basis for difference or that they are unable to hear any. That's their findings..Looking thru a optically challenged Hubble telescope only reflects the glare not the substance. Tom

I understand you point but I simply don't agree with it and the analogy of the pinball machine- it's simply too absurd. I don't have bat ears and the difference was immediately apparent.

Given the treatment that has been done before the wall receptacle (which has already been addressed), the effects of the fuses can be greatly lessened.

I also pointed out, earlier, that two different integrateds I have had vastly different results: a rather large one with one unit and a very small one with another. I think one was simply a better made unit (same fuse types).

Add the quality of a well made unit and the quality of the power before the wall and it's easy to see how much less the benefits of a fuse can be. It's still there but not as much as in some other applications. Now compound things with directionality in an already resolving system and all bets are off, at least to my ears with my system.

I know I hear a difference and I have no doubts whatsoever what Bryon hears due to what I just said.

All the best,
Nonoise

See me, feel me, touch me.. whats that say about auditory response...nothing. But those are the other means by which we hear and communicate. When a violinist puts the instrument to their chin are they hearing only with their ears or are they sensing the music thru their bones and their skull? When we listen to music in the field how do we absorb that vibrational influence? Thru our flesh and bones. Perhaps means some people may be physically absent when they listen. Tom

I agree that we sometimes neglect the fact that we hear through our skin, cartilage, and bone in order to complete the 'picture', if you will. That was never the subject of this thread though it can come into play if it were operating at the same level of a change of fuses. It isn't.

If we were to somehow limit our hearing to just what enters the ears (like a microphone), the changing of a fuse wouldn't be appreciated any less (or more) than if all the additional membranes were working with them.

I believe it's on another level.

It's a nuance that can't be measured but heard and appreciated. Like changing a cap or resistor. The volume doesn't change, the measurements don't change, it's the flavor, tone, air and focus.

I'd like to see what measured differences there would be, on paper, before and after a change of fuse(s) compared to what we actually hear. I'd bet that the measurements would be the same but we would hear an actual difference.

Or I'm completely wet.

All the best,
Nonoise