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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.
tbg
tbg OP
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Knghifi, get the WA-Quantum Chips for your Supremes.
tmsorosk
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This past weekend a group of music loving friends and I were listening to my music maker and got discussing the Supreme fuses I'd install a few months back.We decided to take all the fuses out and replace them with the factory ones. We didn't remove the ones from the amp as there very difficult to change. The preamp, DAC and CD player were changed back. It was only a short time before we all agreed that the rhythm and drive had been reduced. The debate is over for us forever.
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nonoise
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I have an uncle who is a retired deputy DA with a 98% conviction record. His mentor told him that he should be able to convict on circumstantial evidence alone. Anything else is advantageous but not necessary.

There is enough anecdotal evidence around for any naysayer who hasn't tried a high end fuse to readily accept the fact that we do hear a difference. It just may take an undertaking on the order of the discovery of the Higgs Boson to document the difference we hear. I, for one, don't feel that's necessary.

Try it for yourself as only your ears are the final arbiter.

All the best,
Nonoise
hasse
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"The latest fuse on the block are those by Synergistic Research. They sound quite different than the HiFi Tuning Supremes"
Tbg, in what way are the Synergistic fuses different from the HiFi Tuning?
Wonder if they would be a better choice than the Supremes for the Maggie 3.7......
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almarg
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07-23-12: Nonoise
There is enough anecdotal evidence around for any naysayer who hasn't tried a high end fuse to readily accept the fact that we do hear a difference.
True. But, as I suggested earlier, how do we know that comparable differences would not occur if an extensive and thorough comparison were performed among several different inexpensive garden-variety fuses? Especially given that the technical explanations for the alleged benefits of expensive fuses are not well established, at least in a manner that withstands quantitative scrutiny, as I indicated in some of my earlier posts in this thread.

There would seem to be no significant anecdotal evidence regarding that possibility. And note that in the meticulous and disciplined comparison that was performed by Bryon, who IMO is one of our most credible, intelligent, and open-minded members, the stock fuse was found to be preferable to one of the expensive fuses.

Best regards,
-- Al
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