trelja
“Now, as I’ve previously stated, I know of no high-end audio company that could perform the sort of testing to generate the hard numbers on why these fuses would grade out as superior. Or not. To that statement, how many folks claim they measured the resistance of each on their multimeters, and saw absolutely no difference? Sorry, but measuring this level of resistivity requires a lot more than your $13 or $13K meter, including things like the ability to create an ohmic contact. I’m confident specific groups within companies like Philips, Matsushita, Samsung, and Sony do possess the capabilities, and COULD perform such analysis. But so far, to my knowledge, none has shown any interest in doing so. @geoffkait routinely mentions NASA when it comes to fuses - my position is, if you have or know of tangible evidence on the sort of comparisons I’ve described, please point us to it. Until and unless I see that, we’re left only testing (actually, I do have a few ideas for testing we could try, such as A / B the voltage / current readings through the power supply) via listening, which I certainly don’t dismiss. But that’s clearly where so much of the disconnect between the two sides lies.”
>>>>>NASA was looking into advanced fuses twenty years ago, at a minimum. And more recently NASA is working with Littelfise to potentially develop even more advanced fuses. I posted links to both of those events somewhere along the line in the last couple months.
There should be some minimum of due diligence to investigate the current status and technology involved. Of course we also get an idea of what current high end fuse makers are doing since they don’t seem to be shy about sharing all the gory details. Of course there the HiFi Tuning measurements of various fuses and their directions. It’s also somewhat incorrect to characterize fuses as “expensive” since according to The Cable Company’s page on aftermarket fuses more than and many are circa $20. Of course if you want the best you’re probably going to have to cough up big bucks - and if you like the cut of the new Busman high end fuse’s jib that’s means $400. But in the light of almost twenty years of audiophile fuses and with the brisk sales of SR fuses especially it does seem a little odd to see all the vociferous comments.
