Quick and free fuse tweak


I read about this once but tonight I tried it and was very impressed with the result. More pling from piano, more thwak from slapped acoustic bass, increased detail and space around performers.

Wrap a short piece of cream-colored masking tape once around the glass portion of a regular AC power fuse making sure not to touch the metal caps. I left a millimeter gap.
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@threeeasypayments I updated post. I have a bag of fuses and tried it with and without on the phono preamp. Definite improvement like a rightness about the sound. Sounds faster.
Resonance damping! Maybe there will soon be a fuse damper by Herbies. I wonder if ASC WallDamp is too thick, and will inhibit the air-cooling of the glass envelope? Or if such cooling is even a concern? Better not ask Roger Modjeski ;-) .
It's surprising what low cost tweaks work well. I recently bought a box full of cardboard egg boxes and glued them to every inch of the ceiling in my lounge (5.6m x 7.5m x 2.6m). The difference is unbelievable,  much more detailed cymbals and percussion.
I have been applying blue painters tape to fuses for years, and have spoken about it here, on fuse and tweak threads. It is exactly what bdp24 has indicated. Reducing resonance. If you are brave, you can " lift " your power transformers from the chassis of any component, and place a layer of rubber, cork, or anything else with damping properties ( I have even used mouse pads ), with amazing results, with superior sq. Every transformer creates vibration, and this tweak is amazing. I am surprised so many companies do not do this in their designs. Enjoy ! MrD.
Many transformers are sold by the manufacturers of the product, with rubber like pads.

in the case of toroidals, a top and bottom pad. with the mounting plate and bolt.

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And, in the older days, ie, mid to early 80’s... pioneer, jvc, etc..quite commonly used rubber mount isolated transformer platforms.

Even in all the mid fi gear. Seriously. copper plated screws, the works.

You could open up a mid-late 80’s POS pioneer rack system integrated..and find that exact thing inside of it. I wish I took a photo of it.

I just dismembered one last month to raid it for a few parts. You’d not get $20 for it on Craigslist...but..open it up...and there it is. Double rubber mount isolated platform and large copper plated screws and shouldered mounts for the transformer.

What we called mid fi back then is hi-fi extremism today.

The wankers and haters have no freaking clue sometimes...These companies are not stupid and they know it is worthwhile to do these things, in some scenarios. Important. Critical, even. Billion dollar companies that squeeze nickels as a way of life...and they did this obviously expensive stuff -like breathing. So there is something to it, for sure. 

What the haters will say is that they did it in order to avoid electromagnetic hum induction. Which is true in one way, but it's not the whole story.