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
Having gone from HiFi Supremes with the WA chips to AMR golds, I was quite pleased as I've noticed before.
Interesting that Gbmcleod feels that the Supremes may have some bass limiting traits.

Interesting, because on another thread I posted that I found my Steelhead to be a bit thin sounding and was looking for some mods.
Well that was with the Supremes in my amps and in the Manley.

I don't feel that the Steelhead lacks weight since I installed the AMR fuses.
Next is to take the WA chips off the Supremes and apply them to the AMRs in the amps.

As a side note, The Lightspeed Attenuator has also added more flesh to my phono replay.I now alternately play cd and vinyl into it and use the fixed output from the Steelhead eliminating it's volume control.

If the chips further improve my sound, I don't think I have much else to do.
Thanks for the insight, Lacee. I believe that, different though all of our systems are, some things have traits that are inherent in the design. A mini-monitor, for example, will have, of necessity, a lack of lower bass, and nothing can put that back into it. It's not wrong in any way, it just can't reproduce the "authority" of a low bass sound. Law of physics and all that.
I can't wait for the 5 amp fuses that go into the PS Audio Power Plant. Just changing that one fuse should immediately let me know if, indeed the HiFi Tuning devices denude the system of bass, which, again, i hadn't noticed, but mostly due to the several changes that happened in my system at once. Given how strongly the SR fuses (with, again, WA Quantum chips on the fuses) make the presentation come to life, I could no longer say that the Arcam DVD 27 is "hard"-sounding, although it doesn't match the Ring DAC in the '23 model, as well as the delicacy. But this isn't about components.
I will have the AMRs by the end of the week Friday, and I will be absolutely fascinated to see how the sound - and music - changes. But I could survive on the SR fuses, damn it. I mean, I sure didn't want to spend $133 just 14 months after having discovered the HiFi Supremes, but that's what I'm doing. And if the AMRs are even better, well, this will once again be a hobby that doesn't require deep pockets to get significant improvements! And for that alone, I will be grateful!
Gbmcleod, I should have added that the Synergistic Research Quantums with the WA Quantum fuse Chip is still the best.