Synergistic Red Fuse ...

There is a lot of "Group Think" going on here in this "inner sanctum". If you can get so much for one pound of money, you can get twice as much for two pounds of money, is one example.

Since group think is responsible for a high rate of death during that time of year when the prevailing thought among lemmings is to jump off a cliff, I am not an advocate of "Group Think".

I spent a lot of time, effort, and truly taxed my brain to learn what I know about electronics, but now I can just throw it all out like dirty dishwater, because they have more adds (lies) in "Stereophile", especially regarding cable and fuses than you can shake a stick at, that make a flat out lie of all those electronic formulas I learned.

Now "group think" is trying to justify 100K amps, speakers, and cables; fuses are next.  I would part with the left small part of my anatomy to be any kind of "Audiophile manufacturer" today. When you combine group think, and "snob appeal", the sky is not the limit for prices.

Funny thing about what we learn in schools and books. Most of it is conventional wisdom and methods assumed to be the gospel. The older and more curious and innovative I become the more I realize that we have much before us that expands what we may have read and learned in the past. Question everything and experiment and experience for ourselves. 

^^^ I think it best that we keep in mind here that its really about the music. Does a tweak or an equipment upgrade get you closer to the actual event or does it not?

How many of us posting here have been so taken by a piece of music being played on our car's FM radio that we've pulled over to write the name of the artist/performance down, then headed directly to the record store to buy it?  

Either one's audio system is emotionally involving from a musical standpoint or it isn't. Cost doesn't seem to have that much to do with it as far as I'm concerned. 

Frank

The mods need to take a look at this.

Isn’t it funny that whenever legitimacy or safety issues are bought up about fuses, they get swamped by non off topic posts about the latest cd/music, fm radio, books etc etc to hide those issues from the gullible who just might purchase a fuse.

Take those post to the correct forum/s "MUSIC" ect and let the gullible fuse purchasers seen the "legitimacy or safety issues" to make up their own minds.

Cheers george

Speaking of emotional involvement, my system has taken a leap in this area with the latest change I've made. I swapped out the Crimson Audio interconnects between my DAC and pre for Cerious Technolgies Graphene Extremes. I thought the Crimsons were pretty darn good for the money, but the GEs, at the same price, easily surpassed them. The "realness" of voices & instruments is almost scary. That, combined with a much better sense of the air and space around them, draws me further into the music.

One of the best things about the GE ICs is that they are affordable for most anyone who is serious about enjoying their music.