To Fuse or Not to Fuse... That is the question!

Why don't you buy something which sounds right -to your ears- straight from the beginning....
After purchase, I just want to listen and enjoy, no countless experiments, so called upgrades, trying out thousands of variables.....(even IF one of the thousand changes would sound better, I would not want to spend the time to find that change, and the related headache of trying to understand why it sounds different). I have limited time, so just want to enjoy music...
Believe me, the positive audible differences they possibly make will in general be much smaller than working on your room acoustics. I mean, if you really want to keep working on sound improvement, focus on getting the room acoustics right.

Anyway, I realize that the above is not the point of this thread and therefore a bit off topic... ;)

Tweaking and modifying plus the learning that comes with it is not for you Han_n. Some of us enjoy the process while others, like you, would not. People are different enjoying and being challenged by different things. I love DIY building and modifying as well as comparing the sonic results. What is tedious to one is relaxing and enjoyable to another.

Room acoustics are also important, but no more so than optimizing your gear and system to your own ears. They both work together...equally.

I love this quote from Michael Green taken from another thread here on Audiogon.  It applies to fuses and all things audio. 

“In regards to the variables and tuning, it’s nothing we should be even debating and once we get past the debating (talk) we will find ourselves in a new hobby of discovery. Discovery is the act of moving past assumptions. Discovery doesn’t have an ego to let go of that’s something we own ourselves. Something the variables have taught me is, I will always be the student. I might master a few things but I will never stop discovering more. “

Han_n, 

I was just like you for 30 years. I bought a nice system and loved it. But, it got old, the speakers needed re-foaming and my amps and preamp needed work. The stereo sat for a few years unplayed. I fired it up again and the CD player died. Decision time. Keep or fix. I decided to fix. 

While in repair, I hunted for a new CD player. I listened to many. I finally commented that I wish I could bring my system in and hear the different players on my system. He said I could! And since all my equipment was going to be in my vehicle all at the same time, I brought it in.

Long story short, my old stuff sounded just as good as a 50K system. I was very happy. I was using old RCA connectors. While I was there the owner asked me if I wanted to try changing just one set of RCA cables from my new CD player into the preamp. We changed only that one thing and the music changed Dramatically for the better. Imaging, depth, sweetness of sound. I couldn't believe it. I tried a total of 4 different RCA's and without knowing which one he was changing, I was able to after hearing all 4, tell him which one was which. 

That is how I got into tweaking. That first set of RCA's was the biggest leap. This stuff does make a difference.

Some of us(restless souls) experiment, learn and grow, our entire lives.   Others remain wherever they may be, feeling comfortable and safe in their castles of complacency.    I’d call it, "stuck"(a personal opinion).    But- long as they’re happy..........