Millercarbon, the problem for me is that I have a background in electronics, and I know not so much the specific explanations, but that there is an explanation. There is always one or one forthcoming. Is it a physical phenomenon or a psycho-acoustic one? Is it something few of us in the forum are qualified to understand? Maybe only a few engineers at Synergistic know? Perhaps they came back from the future with a new compound. We know silver conducts better than gold. We know about surface conductivity and long crystals in copper wire. And we use that knowledge to make better sounding components. In the case of the fuse, they may be simply exploiting the fact that thin wires under tension vibrate and that the junctions in a fuse cause ionic collisions or whatever, and they are merely addressing these factors. And it is wonderful that they are. But, to the best if my knowledge, they are not forthcoming about the construction or the materials or the mechanism, and that makes me suspicious.
Furutech fuse
Back story. I find the prices of Synergistic fuses extortion. Like someone charging $100 for a cup of water in the desert. The product may have value as a tweak, the materials do not justify the price to me.
However, ever the tweaker, I succumbed to buying a $40 Furutech 20mm 4 amp fuse for my preamp.
It’s rhodium plated OFC.
I tried it in both directions. Yes, it sounded more coherent in one direction than the other. I ran it for about 10 hours.
I did not like the sound. Etched and dry with reduced bass. I swapped back the original.
However, ever the tweaker, I succumbed to buying a $40 Furutech 20mm 4 amp fuse for my preamp.
It’s rhodium plated OFC.
I tried it in both directions. Yes, it sounded more coherent in one direction than the other. I ran it for about 10 hours.
I did not like the sound. Etched and dry with reduced bass. I swapped back the original.
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