This is an interesting thread and very entertaining to boot.
What occurred to me after plodding half way through was that it reminded me of a debate I once heard between a believer and an atheist. At one point the atheist got quite upset because he just couldn't convince the believer that a Higher Power couldn't exist. Eventually, the atheist started exuding a very hateful diatribe. It occurred to me at that point that he was spouting hate against a God that he claimed didn't exist.
Okay, with the above said, as most of you know, I'm a real advocate of the SR Black fuses. They have literally transformed my audio system.
Here's my disclaimer ... I have NO technical training in electronics. When it comes to math, I have a hard time with simple arithmetic. I am so old that I'm still amazed that airplanes can fly without propellers. HOWEVER, I DO KNOW WHAT I HEAR.
I've been in the audio hobby for almost 50 years. I've had a crap-load of different equipment in the system over these years. It has ranged from simple receivers to Ralph's OTL amps ... to my current all ARC system. Its ranged from a simple Altec horn speaker for a mono system, to huge electrostatic panels. .I've been through the modified Dynas and the other vintage electronics. I know when the sound is improved, or when its degraded. If you asked me WHY something works or doesn't work, I haven't a clue. And guess what ... I don't care. I'm in it for the music .. and the music only. The upgrades only get me closer to the music .. and that's the ONLY thing I care about.
Here's what I do know ... fuse upgrades make a significant difference. I went from stock fuses to HiFi Tuning fuses ... and the sound improved. From there, I went to the SR Red fuses ... and the sound improved in a MAJOR way. From there, I went to the SR Black fuses ... and the improvement over the SR Red fuses was mind blowing.
After the two SR Black fuses in the CD Player were broken in, I took one out and placed it in my phono stage to replace the SR Red fuse that was in there. The first thing I noticed was that the sound was diffused, like the system was out of phase. So ... I reversed the fuse and wallah! ... back came the focus and the musicality I had before.
So, for all of you "non-believers" out there, you will never convince me that the fuses are not directional, or that fuse upgrades can't make a difference. And why you naysayers rail with so much negativity against fuses that you say won't work, or are not dimensional, is beyond me.
Oh yea of little faith. :-)
