Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses.

Dear cleeds: the advantage of today is that you can get a much higher level in quality than before. But beside this you can get so much more different products and new brands than before.

In 2015 I met several people who spend a lot of money on audio and were nog happy at all what they received.

There are even highend brands owned by investment companies these days. Here you see that the quality is getting less. I will not use the names because then it will be removed again.

These brands are well known and my clients were very dissapointed in the quality these products gave.

In the last days I had contact with several clients of mine about fuses. I said: In the US many believe it is a scam. Many had to laugh.

I still believe that scepticism is being created by those products who are not worth the money. In audio most are......

"There are many reasons a test can yield negative results so one must take results from any test with a grain of salt."

 Agreed but, OTOH, many things we live with are subjected to testing from structural materials tests to make sure building materials meet their design requirements to crash tests for automobiles to air and water quality tests.  Some of the tests get things mostly right and others not so much.  With this audio stuff, it seems that testing has not "proven" anything, particularly as related to sound quality.  Sometimes the tests confirm why something sounds poor or good but other times there seems to be little correlation.  Maybe the tests are not always testing the correct parameters and/or maybe there are parameters that folks are unaware of, or for which there is no accurate testing equipment.

I will say that I did not know Randi inserted himself into the cable controversy or that he actually has a personal history with you and your products Geoff so I will chalk that up to "you learn something every day."  My knowledge of him was related to his paranormal abilities challenge.   Now I understand your response better.

Tests are better than words or theory alone when it comes to how things actually sound.

I just finished reading a blog post on economics where the author did a mea culpa for something he did many years ago as an example of "motivated reasoning". He chose to ignore the models at the time and went looking for something to validate his point. He failed, and became much more astute and rigid when it comes to using the models as they rarely diverge from actual reality (unless due to larger external factors not present in the modeling).

I would like to put forth an analogy here that posits that what models we have here (those who have tried and heard differences and improvements with fuses) are being overlooked by those who are motivated to ignore and refute them without resorting to the models for some firsthand, empirical experience.
 
The ad hominem attacks I've read here seem to back this up as frustration is the result of having nothing better to say or do to illustrate one's point, a point not based on actual, empirical experience.

Granted, the models are new despite being around for many years but it's really all we have to go on. I've yet to try and change direction of my fuses because it would be a daunting task and I'm simply not up to it. Besides, I'm very happy with the sound as it is with the HiFi Tuning fuses that I have. I can tell you, firsthand, that they did make a difference for the better. 

Not having any firsthand experience in changing fuse direction doesn't stop me from appreciating what others experience. It makes me scratch my head a bit but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

All the best,
Nonoise

Mitch wrote,

"I will say that I did not know Randi inserted himself into the cable controversy or that he actually has a personal history with you and your products Geoff so I will chalk that up to "you learn something every day." My knowledge of him was related to his paranormal abilities challenge. Now I understand your response better."

More good stuff. It was actually Michael Fremer of Stereophile who was going to take the Million Dollar Challenge and it was Pear cables that were the subject of the blind test. The person who was going to take the blind test for the Intelligent Chip was a customer of mine who went by the moniker Wellfed over on AA. Both negotiations broke down and the tests were never administered. Although someone else actually took the Chip test subsequently but flunked.  I’m pretty sure The Amazing Randi knew a good thing when he saw it and as the business of exposing dowsers and spoon benders and ghost chasers had run out of steam Randi probably thought, well, what better subject to go after than strange audiophile tweaks and super expensive cables? That’s pretty close to paranormal, no? Close enough for Government work, anyway.

ta ta,

Geoff Kait at Machina Dramatica