Fuses that matter.

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.

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

"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......

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

Al,

I agree with your first thought on the testing of the many and various garden variety type fuses. It could very well be that one or two are made to a higher standard, have the same benefit as the high end type, and still be priced cheaply.

I do take a different position on the amount of anecdotal evidence. I believe that if one were to add up all the 'professional' reviews with the ones from this site alone, there would be a big pile of evidence that they do work. I would consider that significant until I have an equal (or approaching) pile of evidence by those who have tried it and not heard an improvement, and that appears to be the missing piece here.

As for Bryons experience, I've already noted elsewhere that his system could very well be of such a higher level of resolving power that the difference he'd heard wouldn't be apparent. I also recall Bryon stating that he couldn't really discern a difference and it was a toss up, but that could have been in another situation and not the one you refer to.

Also, along those lines, i've mentioned that I got not as big a result with what I consider a better made amp compared to the big results I got with a lesser quality amp (Burson PI-160 vs Classic 6.1).

I just can't deny what I'm hearing. Bryon hears something different. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree until more negative anecdotal evidence builds up.

All the best,
Nonoise