George,
I wish I knew how to post links, but I don't. But if you google "PS Audio fuses" you'll find two articles written by Paul McGowan regarding fuses. One is simply titled "Fuses" dated 2/29/16 and the other titled "Lighting the Fuse" dated 12/15/11. I don't share this to be combative, but to offer links showing manufacturers stating their belief that fuses can make a positive sonic benefit. Decware does also. I shall find Steve Deckerts thoughts on them and post them.
Quotes from his "Fuses" article....
"Here's a subject that drives some people nuts, fuses." ( Ain't that a fact!)
" I first became aware of fuses and their sonic differences in the 1980's."
" The point of the story is simple. Fuses matter. But why should they matter in an AC circuit? I don't have a great answer handy."
Quotes from "Lighting the Fuse" article.....
" I can't explain why some fuses with the identical wire whisker size sound differant but they surely do- a lot different."
" If your equipment has an internal fuse, give some thought to upgrading it to a better sounding variety."
So while the head of PS Audio clearly believes fuses can make a positive sonic difference, he's at a loss to explain why. He looks at fuses as a necessary safety evil and talks about equipment sounding better without them....but isn't advocating not using them! He also mentions how after spending so much on power cords and improving our power that it is all bottlenecked by a quarter inch of a whisker wire. Looking at it that way maybe the fuse is more important to than we thought?
I wish I knew how to post links, but I don't. But if you google "PS Audio fuses" you'll find two articles written by Paul McGowan regarding fuses. One is simply titled "Fuses" dated 2/29/16 and the other titled "Lighting the Fuse" dated 12/15/11. I don't share this to be combative, but to offer links showing manufacturers stating their belief that fuses can make a positive sonic benefit. Decware does also. I shall find Steve Deckerts thoughts on them and post them.
Quotes from his "Fuses" article....
"Here's a subject that drives some people nuts, fuses." ( Ain't that a fact!)
" I first became aware of fuses and their sonic differences in the 1980's."
" The point of the story is simple. Fuses matter. But why should they matter in an AC circuit? I don't have a great answer handy."
Quotes from "Lighting the Fuse" article.....
" I can't explain why some fuses with the identical wire whisker size sound differant but they surely do- a lot different."
" If your equipment has an internal fuse, give some thought to upgrading it to a better sounding variety."
So while the head of PS Audio clearly believes fuses can make a positive sonic difference, he's at a loss to explain why. He looks at fuses as a necessary safety evil and talks about equipment sounding better without them....but isn't advocating not using them! He also mentions how after spending so much on power cords and improving our power that it is all bottlenecked by a quarter inch of a whisker wire. Looking at it that way maybe the fuse is more important to than we thought?
