Fuses that matter.

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

A charge is always seeking ground even if it is thru a 32 gauge wire a hunk of lead or a hanging berry of sorbothane. The key is how long it will take that charge to get to the other side and how much of its original content arrives intact on that left side of the road. We sense this ..some do. You can see the influences of vibrational energy across the grounding plain of a electro mechanical device with the aid of a RTA.. it can be seen in the frequency response.

i stand semi-corrected as I haven't yet seen the differences in frequency responses before and after a change of fuses.....:-)

All the best,
Nonoise

I have not sourced or measured the variations across a fuse either nor have I attempted that measurement yet. I have measured the before and after responses of an audio chassis on different ground planes at the same distance at the same frequency and the same amplitude and there was a visual difference on a RTA. Would the reaction of a current passing thru a mono-filament be different or much different than that passing thru a tube regulator which is after the passage of a fuse/monofilament ? Tom

Hard to say as it's over my head. I believe someone already posted here a link to measurements that show a difference.

BTW, I have practically no technical expertise, yet alone a working knowledge of these things. Just my own ears and the curiosity that came with them.

All the best,
Nonoise