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
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.  
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Show a flat-earther a Mercator-projection map (Greenland as big as North America!) and he will say "see this is proof that the Earth is really flat". 
kosst_amojan
@nonoise
So, if I give you a good dose of LSD reality itself has now morphed into something else and the rest of humanity should be able to perceive that? The causal link between phenomenon in the universe and what you perceived them to be is very loose at best. There is no phenomenon in the universe know as blue. Blue is purely a construct of your perception based upon your biological reaction to electromagnetic radiation of a certain energy value. It’s highly debatable whether any two people experience that the same way. The color blind certainly don’t.

I don’t know what your jibber jabbering about now. But the scientific method involves observing a phenomenon. That’s why humans have five senses, including the sense of hearing. We were granted the keen sense of hearing as a defense for survival. Prehistoric man needed excellent hearing and vision to detect and observe predators close by. We can even integrate what we hear and see to obtain direction. If you have hearing problems you should consult a specialist. Obviously some folks are deaf and some are color blind. We obviously aren’t talking about them. One sense some humans were apparently not granted was the sense to come in out of the rain.
kosst_amojan
So, if I give you a good dose of LSD ...
That isn’t going to happen. Your arguments and illogic here are becoming pathetic.