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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? 


jsbach1685
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geoffkait
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atmasphere
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06-03-2016 12:39pm
Geoffkait: Uh, problem is its not his experience,. Its just the old ivory tower academic type thing in action.

to which Atmasphere replied,

"No- its the willingness to acknowledge that people hear something (the 'ivory tower' type would have written it off as expectation bias or swamp gas), and then find out why."

Ah, so you've heard the difference in fuse contacts? Maybe you mean someone you know.  ;-)

wolf_garcia
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Cleaning the fuse contacts might make your fuse do its job a little better, and the otherwise magical effect a 4000% profit margin tiny wire (an SR black fuse for example) is certainly El Placebo a Mundo. Putting a $112 sandwich on your gear would likely do the same, but at least later you can eat the sandwich.
tbg
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Wolf_Garcia, you are wasting your time. I took EE cources and took enough more physics courses to get a major. I know physics has not totally mastered natures laws, so you cannot say there is no physical explanation in EE for why fuses would differ. But the expensive SR Black fuse are both expensive and work quite well. Today I'm going to change the direction of the five of them in my line stage and amp. I am going to go with the best sounding direction.
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charles1dad
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That 112 dollar sandwich may or may not taste good (for that price I hope it does). Taste good or not it won't improve the sound of an audio component. The good news is the SR Black fuses have improved sound quality for "many" experienced music lovers on this forum. Tbg  you're right, there are numerous observable phenomenon yet to be explained by our current knowledge of physics.
Charles,
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atmasphere
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Tbg  you're right, there are numerous observable phenomenon yet to be explained by our current knowledge of physics.
This is true, but if you've not tried to correlate that voltage drop across the fuse and its holder, you don't know if a simple explanation is the cause.

IOW assuming that what you hear is due to some sort of woo factor without trying a simple measurement is likely going to result in an incorrect conclusion.

  I know physics has not totally mastered natures laws, so you cannot say there is no physical explanation in EE for why fuses would differ.
This statement seems self-contradictory. Is this really what you meant to say??
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