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

"It's how the wire of the conductor is manufactured that determines it's sonic directionality".

"Obviously unless the cable manufacturer keeps track of the directionality of all wire the result will not be satisfactory".

"All wire is physically asymmetrical due to being pulled through the final die. That's what make (sic) the wire directional sonically".

"Make sense?'

To make sense, the maker of fuses claimed to be directional would have to have either:

1- Manufactured the wire used in his fuses (having control over the manufacturing would facilitate him keeping track of the directional properties of that wire. Do any of the audiophile fuse makers claim to manufacture the wire they use in their fuses?)

Or: 

2- Bought the wire they use in their fuses from a wire manufacturer who claims and guarantees directionality of the wire the fuse maker employs in his fuses.

If neither of the above two are claimed, how does the fuse maker determine the directionality of the wire he buys and uses in his tubes?

"Deny the possibility of phenomena for which no plausible explanations have been advanced".

No, I actually admit that possibility. But, if the above quotes are advanced as plausible explanations for the directionality of fuses, yet neither 1 nor 2 are the case, I fail to see how a fuse can be claimed to have been made with directional properties.

Gents,
I stuck my neck into the "Red Fuse" debate recently and it found it fruitless. This fuse "direction" debate is even more absurd. Lots of educated folks propound evidence that it is BS with AC current. All smart guys know that to be the case. Others, perhaps with an expectational bias, hear it differently and good for them and the boutique fuse marketers.

The point of my post to my erudite friends hereon, from whom I have leaned plenty (you know who you are) is that engaging GK in a rational argument about electrical circuit behavior is a fool's errand, just tiltin’ at windmills. You are trying to engage in a logical, rational discussion with him and it is impossible. He is on a different wave-length in all manner of his perception of reality and clearly loves to pull everybody’s chain who is thinking about anything that makes any sort of sense. I am scornful of his often successful attempts at making thoughtful and helpful posters take their eye off the ball, which is our enjoyment of music and the gear to do with, to engage in his ridiculously inane assertions. My best advice is not to engage the fellow as it is less productive than dealing with a petulant two-year old child who is having a "bad hair" day.  The big picture is that in the audio world, GK is as insignificant as the atoms he sees floating around on the surface of conductors.  I pity him as he brings nothing but vitriol to these discussions. We are all bigger than that. Cheers lads, Whitestix
Bdp24 wrote,

"To make sense, the maker of fuses claimed to be directional would have to have either:

1- Manufactured the wire used in his fuses (having control over the manufacturing would facilitate him keeping track of the directional properties of that wire. Do any of the audiophile fuse makers claim to manufacture the wire they use in their fuses?)"

Excellent, excellent! Did you just take some smart pills or something? Of course the fuse manufacturer would have to keep track of the wire in terms of the correct direction and ensure that the correct direction is maintained throughout the whole manufacturing process. It sounds complicated but it’s actually not and fuse manufacturers - just like cable manufacturers - have been doing just that twenty years. Hel-looo! PS the fuse manufacturers don’t actually have to manufacture the wire. All they would have to do is check for directionality when the big spool of wire arrives. Then the directionality of the wire for the rest of the entire spool is known. Of course, some fuse manufacturers might produce their own wire, who knows? But it wouldn’t matter, the methodology would be the same.



So there ARE (not shouting, but my 'puter doesn't offer italicization) bulk wire manufacturers (specifically the ones from whom the fuse makers claiming directionality get their wire) who offer direction-orientated wire, and indicate the "flow" direction of the wire on their spools? I don't suppose one such wire maker can be cited?