QUALITY AND SECURITY OF "LITTELFUSE" PRODUCTS

Mapman wrote,

"I was given a Synergistic Red Fuse to try. I tried reversing directions. Did not hear a difference. So by geoff’s logic that means there IS NONE. What a joke!"

There is an exception to every rule. Of course, there are any number of perfectly good reasons why you didn’t hear a difference. Shall we explore what those are? ;-)

Geoff,

Rational and Logical comes to mind :-)

Good Listening

Peter 

Peter wrote,

"Geoff, Rational and Logical comes to mind."

Thanks, Peter. I frequently see those three words used together.

Geoff

Regarding the anecdotal reports Geoff refers to, such as those provided by various A’gon members in the current SR fuse thread, those are the one reason for which my mind remains somewhat open on this issue. Particularly given that some of those reports emanate from sources I consider to be particularly credible, such as Charles1dad among a few others.

Al, I suspect the reason they hear a difference is due to the fact that the equipment has to be powered down (and thus also has to warm up) in order to change the fuse. I would not be at all surprised to find out that even though the fuse is now 'correctly' installed, reversing it and listening again would get the same result- as long as an open mind was doing the listening.

Ralph, yes, that is very conceivable to me, even in the cases of the most astute and sincere listeners. As you’ve probably seen, I’ve mentioned in many past threads how easy it is in audio to attribute a perceived change to the wrong variable. And even if steps are taken to assure that comparisons are made under equal states of warmup, just the fact that power has been cycled could conceivably result in perceptible differences, especially if the component includes significant digital circuitry. We all know how the behavior of a computer can often change when it is rebooted, usually for the better. And unlike a computer the sonics of an audio component may additionally be susceptible to differences in the levels and characteristics of internally generated digital noise that might result from re-initialization of the circuitry.

Best regards,
-- Al