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? 


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Geoffkait wrote," You cannot extrapolate or generalize your negative results to make some grand statement such as, "I tried the fuse and didn’t hear anything, therefore it doesn’t work."

To which Mapman retorted,

"Well I did try reversing directions and heard nothing so yes I can."

I know you’d like to be the Lone Ranger in this but actually your test means nothing. Obviously it means a lot to you. Just not to anyone else. Negative results in any experiment can be easily explained any number of ways. Shall I expound on that thought?

Mapman had these afterthoughts,

"Don’t be scared......

You’ve done nothing but run your mouth."

Ouch! Very ouch! (One imagines it’s not much fun being an outlier.)

geoff kait
no goats no glory

PS for Atmasphere: time to catch up to the 21st century. A lot has happened in those 27 years. We have quantum chips and everything! ;-)


I know a person who works for a world know company. He was with some collegues in England at What Hifi. When they wanted 5 stars for their product they had to pay an amount of 4 digits.

At the end they didn’t pay and they got 3 stars. Tests often doesn’t garantee you anything.

The question is; when is a test objective and honest? I know many products with great reviews who were very poor. And also products with average reviews who were exeptional good.

I think you need a new and different way of perspective to judge audio products. And you know why?

Because they way it goes now in 10 years the audio market will decrease for sure.

It is not the question if it needs to change, but how because you cannot wait too long!


" uch!  Very ouch! (One imagines it's not much fun being an outlier.) "

You are not even that.   Just a cheap vendor who likes to run their mouth.
Mapman, yes I suppose I have a gift for word. You have a lot of posts, though, so you shouldn't feel too bad. I’m more into quality over quantity, myself. No offense intended. Let the twitching commence!

PS for Atmasphere: time to catch up to the 21st century. A lot has happened in those 27 years. We have quantum chips and everything! ;-)
Yes, the quantum chips are a hoax.