Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses.


There are 4 fuses in my Odyssey Stratos amp. I recently returned some AMR fuses because they rolled off the highs and lows a little too much for me. Mids were excellent though. Anyway, I'm getting ready to try the Hi-Fi Tuning Classic Gold fuses, as they are on clearance now for $10/ea. Are they any good? However, I have read that they are a directional fuse? Can anyone confirm this? If that is the case, does anyone know the current flow for the Odyssey Stratos? Or, does anyone know how figure out current flow by opening up the top and looking at the circuitry? 


jsbach1685
Well I guess if one is a theoretical physicist one can propose pretty much anything they want.  After all it's all, you know, theoretical.   Some might even buy into the theory.   Funny how these things work.  

Also so I feel slighted a bit in that I don't expect others won't hear something just because I didn't yet some expect most all will because they and others think they do.  All that despite the fact that even the most knowledgeable EEs on this sight have clearly expressed their views which normally get a lot of traction but cannot convince some that the benefits may not be as predictable as some think.   I guess the 30 day guarantee makes it safe but really how many are going to bother to return something that at worse causes no harm?

just saying.  Too much hype with these fuses in any case IMHO.  

Na, not hype, but a great marketing ploy to suck in the gullible, and the odds are 50% of them won't do the 30 money back thing due to the embarrassment for maybe not being able to "hear" the "magic" difference. It's called suggestive selling with a shame clause.


Cheers George .  

Mapman wrote,

"Well I guess if one is a theoretical physicist one can propose pretty much anything they want. After all it’s all, you know, theoretical. Some might even buy into the theory. Funny how these things work.

Also so I feel slighted a bit in that I don’t expect others won’t hear something just because I didn’t yet some expect most all will because they and others think they do. All that despite the fact that even the most knowledgeable EEs on this sight have clearly expressed their views which normally get a lot of traction..."

Actually the whole directionality thing is probably more of a physics issue than a EE issue, which is probably why we cannot seem to get any explanations from EEs. I have been involved with the atomic physics of crystals for eons. One need look no further than my Brillaint Pebbles, the first comprehensive application of mineral crystals to high end audio and I won’t get into the paper I presented in school at the national AIAA conference on the design of a low thrust rocket engine for interplanetary travel that employed metal crystals bombarded by high energy Xenon ions to develop a net thrust from atoms sputtered from the metal surface. Ergo, for the metal conductor of cables, you know, what with the crystal lattice strictest that get deformed when the wire is drawn through the final die, and of fuses, the directionality they exhibit is acually a physics issue more than a EE one.

George’s latest input duly noted. I appreciate all the angst nevertheless, guys.

Geoff Kait
machina dynamica
no goats no glory

TO: jsbach1685
I installed 4 synergistic research red fuses in my Odyssey Khartago
extreme and the results were awesome. Each fuse cost about $90.00. This
has been the most cost effective modification I have ever made without having to use my soldering iron. It is my intention to call Klaus and tell him to offer these fuses as on option on new units. He should also put them in demo units at shows so that everyone can hear the true potential of his amps. Synergistic research has recently started selling black fuses (with
even better sound) for $120 each and I will be be upgrading to these black fuses soon.  Have a look at "synergistic red fuse" in the Amp and Preamp forum. I have no connection with Synergistic research and the only reason I am making this post is that I am a fan of Odyssey power amps.
Good luck


Wow!  Well hot dog those must be some truly brilliant pebbles even if you must say so yourself! 💥