Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses.

Oregonpapa,

I have been doing this for a long time too. I will not presume to tell you what you hear, no more than you can tell me what I hear, or don’t hear.

Comparing whether one believes in the sonic improvement of a fuse with whether one believes in God is the type of thing that stirs the pot here. Particularly when you say,

And why you naysayers rail with so much negativity

I don’t think you will find "so much negativity" in my posts, just a challenge to those who hear such an improvement to really try it for yourselves in a controlled manner.....maybe you have already done that but I have not yet seen a post here from anyone who has. Geoff’s immediate response about controlled blind testing rearing "it’s ugly head" the "Amazing Randi" and trying to "scare the fuse affectionados into submission" is as negative as anything I posted. Even so, I find Geoff’s posts semi-humorous and consider our back and forth to be friendly banter. To proclaim that all who do not believe in the transformational effects of an audiophile fuse are "railing with negativity" is both not accurate and not helpful.

bo1972 " ... Audio has become a monopolistic world, this makes people sceptical, it is understandable."

You must be joking. There's never been more high quality choices available to audiophiles than there are today. I realize that you think that "over 95% of all products in audio shops are not worth the money," but obviously there are many who don't agree. It certainly is not a monopolistic market.

Mitch wrote,

"Geoff’s immediate response about controlled blind testing rearing "it’s ugly head" the "Amazing Randi" and trying to "scare the fuse affectionados into submission" is as negative as anything I posted."

I realize my comments can be perceived as negative but actually I’m only trying to be helpful and uh, positive. The reason I made the statement that controlled blind testing raised it’s ugly head is simply because many skeptics use blind testing as sort of the arbiter of controversial tweaks like fuses, as if blind testing will PROOVE that the controversial tweak in question - like a fuse - doesn’t work as advertised. The reality is that no tests not even blind tests, in and of themselves, can PROOVE that the thing in question doesn’t work as advertised. Any test, blind test or whatever, is only a data point to be considered along with other tests. There are many reasons a test can yield negative results so one must take results from any test with a grain of salt.

The reason I mentioned The Amazing Randi is because (1) at one time he offered a Million Dollars to anyone who can hear the difference between really expensive audiophile cables and cheap audio cables, (2) he offered a Million Dollars to anyone who could pass the controlled blind test for the Intelligent Chip, and (3) because your humble scribe was the subject of five of The Amazing Randi’s diatribes published in his weekly Nesletter; it was probably the Intelligent Chip and the Clever Little Clock and the Teleportation Tweak that got him all wound up.

See, it’s all good. It’s all positive.

geoff kait
machina dynamica

One thing that has become crystal clear to me is that those who hear improvements brought about by the fuse upgrades enjoy a healthy sense of humor ... and those who don't ... don't. 

Carry on ...

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.  

oregonpapa, That's typical for most of US population and that's why fuse, hook-up speaker or component wire and other tweaks are so pricey. Not because they REALLY make difference, but because of inability of waging magnitudes of values and extremely poor math.