Synergistic Red Fuse ...

Al wrote,

"None of this will matter under normal operating conditions, btw. The only time the fuse will "see" the line voltage, and hence the only time the voltage rating will matter, is when a fault in the unit necessitates that the fuse blows. If the voltage rating is inadequate, relative to the line voltage, the fuse may not "open" properly, and may continue to conduct current. Or, conceivably, it may explode."

If a fuse were to explode, if in fact that’s possible, who knows? Maybe you’re right, let’s hope to heck it’s not one of those Audio Magic beeswax fuses as it would be very messy and hard to clean up all the beeswax. But seriously you'd think that with all the companies selling aftermarket fuses to a large number of audiophiles, one assumes, that somewhere along the line houses would be burning down or amplifiers exploding due to uninformed impulse buying.

geoff kait

Can any of you explain why an item such as a fuse, which breaks the signal path, has such an impact on sound?

I'm not poopooin' it, just asking?

My amp, McCormack DNA-225, upgrade to a, (SMC Ultra 15), had the Hi-Fi Tuning fuses oriented for sound by a machine they have, in-house, for sonics.

Imagine there were no fuse and the signal path was pure and consistent throughout. Now insert an inferior metal conductor into said path. It’s the ’weakest link in the chain’ argument on a smaller scale. That’s how I see it.

All the best,
Nonoise

 
slaw
1,130 posts
05-22-2016 2:11pm
"Can any of you explain why an item such as a fuse, which breaks the signal path, has such an impact on sound?"

For AC circuits the fuse is exposed to magnetic fields, RFI/EMI and vibration without benefit of shielding. The fuse doesn't break the signal path, it's part of the signal path. 

Yes, I can see that.

Having said that, why don't interconnects have a similar, instant, correlation? With interconnects, there is the obvious issues of break-in, the affect of insulation/dielectric, ... and so on.?