kosst - I was an attorney (Southwestern 79') and for 32 years, a commercial real estate appraiser. I had to extract from the collected data an opinion of value or utility of the property (highest and best use). I consider my former profession to be a blend of science and art (as does the national Foundation for Real Estate Appraisal). One can be a great collector of data and have an inability to extract the results without both education and a artful skill.
I consider audio reproduction the same way.
Especially, Synergistic Research products. My SR audio provider and the two engineers at SR who I converse with unequivocally state that some of their products require an "artful" posititioning to achieve a beneficial audio effect. These include their room treatments in particular.
As to SR duplexes and fuses, installed correctly, they are quite obvious in their audio reproduction benefit. As one schooled in empirical thought, I find that SR duplexes and fuses are obviously superior to standard (low cost and typical) duplexes and fuses used for any and all electrical functioning purposes they are manufactured for. I also greatly benefit from the SR HFT products allowing me relieve my walls of all sorts of absorption and diffusion paneling.
The most obvious reason why the SR fuse is superior (or a circuit breaker) to a standard cheap fuse is that they conduct electricity better through a larger surface area (and possibly due to better/efficient contact materials). The circuit breaker in my friends amp certainly has a larger conductor than the standard 5 amp fuse. It sounds superior to the cheap fuse and sounds about the same as an SR blue fuse.
I consider audio reproduction the same way.
Especially, Synergistic Research products. My SR audio provider and the two engineers at SR who I converse with unequivocally state that some of their products require an "artful" posititioning to achieve a beneficial audio effect. These include their room treatments in particular.
As to SR duplexes and fuses, installed correctly, they are quite obvious in their audio reproduction benefit. As one schooled in empirical thought, I find that SR duplexes and fuses are obviously superior to standard (low cost and typical) duplexes and fuses used for any and all electrical functioning purposes they are manufactured for. I also greatly benefit from the SR HFT products allowing me relieve my walls of all sorts of absorption and diffusion paneling.
The most obvious reason why the SR fuse is superior (or a circuit breaker) to a standard cheap fuse is that they conduct electricity better through a larger surface area (and possibly due to better/efficient contact materials). The circuit breaker in my friends amp certainly has a larger conductor than the standard 5 amp fuse. It sounds superior to the cheap fuse and sounds about the same as an SR blue fuse.