We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses


LOL, I'll bet I gotcha on that Title! ;)  BTW, I put this thread under "Tech Talk" category as it involves the system physically, not tangentially. 

More seriously, two question survey:

1. Do you think designer fuses are A) a Gift to audiophiles, or B) Snake Oil 

2. Have you ever tried them?  Yes or No

In the tradition of such questions on Agon, I'll weigh in as we go along... 
Feel free to discuss and rant all you wish, but I would like to see clear answers to the questions. :) 
douglas_schroeder
Again, that doesn't account for what can be done, and heard, as a result of tweaking
Changing fuses is not tweaking, which real tweaks are measurable one way or another, it’s snake oil nothing more nothing less.

The only reason a fuse can be better as said before, is if it’s seen too many turn on surge cycles (below), then it behaves a bit like a light globes filaments.
It bends too many times because of the turn on surges, hardens, then carbons up.
Have you ever noticed how bright a new globe seems compared to the one that just blew even though they’re the same wattage, and they always blow at turn on, because of the turn on surge.


A slow-blo fuse "ageing" right to left
https://peakpinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fuse-8312-640x426.jpg

A fast-blo fuse "ageing" left to right
https://i.stack.imgur.com/0uqWX.jpg%20

Cheers George

Cheers George
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This is the best one.
’m asking anyone who knows if it’s possible to buy a sheet of graphene and cut it to size to fit around a fuse and get some, if not most, of the benefits of a SR Black fuse. I read something over at audio circle where someone is selling small sheets of the stuff to wrap around fuses but I can’t find the original thread.

All the best,
Nonoise

No this ones even better.
What I've noticed a lot is the surreal quality there now is to percussion, be it with stick, brush, hand and the drum, box, or instrument used to receive the blow or strike. I swear it seems like I can tell if an opening is facing or turned away from the mike and subtle movements of the instrument or positioning and changes with hand placements. It seems to be consistent with the room echo and decay manner that accompany it. Talk about "seeing into" a performance.

All the best,
Nonoise


You can do better than that, consult your doll, seeing you have no electronic engineering knowledge.

http://live105.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/voodoo-dolls-wallpaper.jpg

Cheers George
Georgie Boy, you've must have spent a couple of hours scouring for those.
👍 Good boy!

That last one must have really gotten to you. Hell, good for me. 👍

I never said I had "electronic engineering knowledge" or training but how would it disqualify me from appreciating my gear? You, on the other hand, appear to know all there is to and yet your cries are getting fainter, your world getting darker. 

Are you actually implying that you can't tell if a performer is turning or facing away from a mike? What's it like being able to build an amp and not be good at it? To not make something with enough resolution to almost recreate an event? I'm sure it measures well but maybe you need some new schematics.

Oh, and there were a few others who thought the very same thing as I did when graphene was first discussed so don't forget to look them up as well and berate them while you're on a tear. You can't let all that pent up energy go to waste. It can give you the shakes (adrenaline and all).

I just tweak off the shelf gear and get great results. 😂😂😂

Maybe you need a refresher course or it could be you simply don't have good hearing. Despite good rote memory and those "electronic engineering" skills, they simply can't make up for your poor results. 

You need to get a life, Georgie Boy, and concentrate on something other than me. You're so easy to analyze but it would be too cruel for me to dissect you. I know you need to do this as it's safe in the virtual world and you suffer no real consequences save for making a fool of yourself but, what the hell Georgie Boy, knock your socks off, go back, and spend more hours ferreting out past quotes and don't forget to take your meds.

All the best,
Nonoise
Georgie Boy, you've must have spent a couple of hours scouring for those.
👍 Good boy!
Na! didn't take long at all, many of your posts are full of snake oil those were just a teeny weeny sample. Are you sure you and Geoff are joined at the hip.

I never said I had "electronic engineering knowledge" or training
That's very obvious.

Cheers George