Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses.

" Stop being engineers, real scientists would be finding out why there is a direction".

No dude, there's no science at all -- math is savvy and sufficient enough to conclude and judge. Forget the math, just use trivial elementary school arithmetic -- of course if you're savvy enough to do that.

Adding/Subtracting 5-digit arbitrary numbers without using calculator AND/OR paper-pen trains memory and logic.

When smart people seemingly speak before thinking there is often some agenda at play.

Stop being engineers, real scientists would be finding out why there is a direction.

Well Geoff is supposedly a theoretical physicist and gave an explanation until someone comes up with something better.

There is supposedly this thing called math involved that can be used to communicate how theory works to the engineers that will actually make something useful. Like Einstein did to communicate his theories to those who eventually ended up making the bomb. Theoretical physics sounds cool but not an excuse to just make things up and sell them as real or meaningful. I’ll just put my trust in the good EEs current understanding especially having already wasted time trying to hear a difference.

Meanwhile its the engineers that take the best accepted "theories" and actually make things that work. So just take that for what’s it’s worth all. Like Atmasphere said (paraphrasing) "no good engineering without good science to support it".

I have no doubt about boutique fuses being better than stock simply from my own experience. What I never got my head around was directionality. I really didn't want to participate in this thread but it occurred to me that I had to replace more than a few fuses in my Marantz Reference components (about 6 or 7) and the odds that I put them in correctly, all oriented in the right manner, the first time around, are nigh well near impossible.

Back then directionality was not as hot topic as it is now. I just made sure they were all facing the same direction using whatever it was that was inscribed on the casing. 

The sound I have right now is wonderful and though tempting at times (due to threads like this) I'd never tamper with them again.

All the best,
Nonoise

I do hope jsbach will give a sonic report on how his new fuses sound and if he heard a difference in the direction they are installed.

I personally enjoy evaluating and trying new products. I do not hesitate to return them if they do not improve my system's sound. I also give the seller my observations on the changes I noticed. I have found most of the seller's to appreciate the feedback. 

Maybe Australian audiophiles are more insecure than audiophiles raised in Texas. There is always someone in line at the return counter at the Walmarts in Texas!

David Pritchard