Synergistic Red Fuse ...

I think there is something that should be mentioned.  It's judgmental to talk negatively about people who may not think that buying 10 or 15 fuses is worth the sonic improvement and may experience "cognitive dissonance".  Some people may have more important things they value than to spend their hard earned on fuses.

And lets be real, soon there will be a SR platinum that "blows away" the SR blacks that "blows away" the SR reds that "blows away" whatever the one was before it.

I have been member of A'gon for longer than most, and have found this thread fascinating, thanks oregonpapa.  In the end, it is the believers versus the non believers.  The believers are well respected, but the non believers think they are perhaps experiencing at the worst mass hallucinations or at best the effects of cleaning their fuse holders.  While among the non believers are some of the most technically respected on this site, it is obvious to the believers that their systems are not resolving enough or their hearing not up to par to appreciate the improvements the fuses make.  And of course some of the more socially polite non believers whose name we will not mention (ALMARG) are allowed to present their cases with diplomatic immunity, others of not as polite stuture have been cast off the island.

May we all be happy and healthy in the New Year!

"It’s judgmental to talk negatively about people who may not think that buying 10 or 15 fuses is worth the sonic improvement and may experience "cognitive dissonance". Some people may have more important things they value than to spend their hard earned on fuses."

Well written post, jetter, and it is true that many important priorities in life take, or should take, priority over audio, fuses or otherwise.

Having gone back through this entire thread a few days ago, I recall no one, no not one "believer", criticizing anyone for not buying these fuses. What I did read ad nauseam was repeated personal attacks by those intent on ridiculing them that experienced success and were sharing their positive results (to be expected on an audio forum, no?), and doing their best to defend against the onslaught of personal attacks.

All but one or two of these attackers had never tried the fuses and were clearly only interested in using ridicule and viciousness to fuel their intentions to spoil the thread for everyone.

The detractors may have been invited or even urged off of the island, but in fact, chose to leave once their motives were evident and their tactics were unsuccessful, behavior typical of malevolent and contemptible bullies in all walks of life.

Best to you jetter and a Happy New Year to you as well,
Dave

dicockrum

Amen !

Best wishes to you dicockrum.

 Through technology I guess size does not matter! What I have said is I believe synergistic research has found a way to have that very thin wire act like a 14 gauge At least that is my thought. 

Bill (Grannyring), as you realize a given length of 14 gauge wire will have much lower resistance than the same length of thin fuse wire. However, the very short length of a fuse wire will result in very low resistance anyway, since the resistance of a conductor is directly proportional to length (as are inductance, capacitance, and many other wire and cable parameters and effects). Consequently the voltage drop across a fuse in an audio component will be a small fraction of a volt, and in many cases a very small fraction of a volt. That can be confirmed via some simple calculations based on the detailed technical specs that are provided for Littelfuse and Bussmann fuses.

It would seem expectable that there will be **some** circumstances under which loss of a small fraction of a volt in a fuse would have audible consequences, although not necessarily in the direction of causing the sonics to be worse. However, as I’ve previously said in this thread what seems unexplainable is that upgrading to a specific fuse would be found to be sonically beneficial with the high degree of consistency that has been reported, among components that are completely different in design, that perform completely different functions, that are used in very different systems, that are powered by AC having very different voltage and noise characteristics, and in DC as well as AC applications. That continues to be a mystery as far as I am concerned.

Best regards,
-- Al