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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
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mapman
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"Perhaps sonic differences would even be found between multiple examples of supposedly identical fuses."

Good point (again)!

Hopefully, someone out there convinced expensive fuses are a good deal might listen this time.

As pointed out earlier, fuses are "Sacrificial" resistance devices. Their very purpose is to fail under certain circumstances. There is no rule that says the failure is a binary event. Intermediate states of degradation is likely. Periodic replacement with any good quality fuse of the proper specs may be a wise move if sound quality is suspect in some way.

Any fuse in good condition may sound similarly better compared to an older fuse, regardless of cost or how constructed. It all depends!

This is my last post about fuses! It's been real.....
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geoffkait
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Mapman wrote,

"This is my last post about fuses! It's been real....."

Thank goodness.

:-)
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audioman58
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I have taken the hifi tuning Supreme fuses and directly compared them in my system to the synergistic research fuses,they both are very good.
I have found the Hifituning fuses have great clarity and resolution without being bright, where the Synergistic fuses have very good balance but have more meat on them great presentation.this being the case .i went with what
I learned long ago,you want the absolute most resolution and detail going to your dac or cd player and preamp,that being said the Synergistic research fuses are a great match for the power amp .
The combination is excptional now.my ayon Skylla -2 dac preamp
Has 11 fuses and directional ,getting the layout from the company was a big plus.One thing needs to be mentioned .Ayon mentioned this to me
Steel fuses can vary more then 15 percent that is why if all possibly
I go up one size if possible from 500 ma to 650, 1A to 1.25. The 3.125
For he rectifier they even recommended to go to a 4A that is a big jump
For I cooked a 3.125 A fuse to the output tube on startup .i am sure others
Have encountered this.pretty expensive at over$50 bucks a pop.
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geoffkait
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.

The WA Quantum Chips from Germany come in a variety of, uh, formulations. One of the formulations is intended for fuses. In fact, the fuse type WA Quantum Chip will be incorporated into all Hi Fi Tuning fuses in the future.

Web site for WA Quantum Chip at:

http://www.kempelektroniks.com/Accessoires/WA-Quantum-Chips-(1).aspx
tbg OP
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Geoffkait, actually WA Quantum has fuses with their Chips on them. There is an interrelationship between WA Quantum and HiFi Tuning. The fuse chips have great benefit on all fuses I have tried. Indeed, the Chips work well in every application where I have tried them. Why they work I don't know, but work they most definitely do.
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