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Something For The Fuse Guys ...

There are fuses, and then, there are fuses. 

I'm evaluating some prototype fuses that I received in the mail three days ago. 

Over the past few years, I've used fuses from five different manufacturers. The last three were the Red, Black and Blue fuses from Synergistic Research. Each one incrementally improved the sound of my system. My favorite so far was the SR Blue. 

The prototype fuses being evaluated presently raises the SQ beyond all of the others mentioned above. The major improvement to my ears is better tonal accuracy. Instruments and voices are more life-like. The noise is reduced allowing for a more solid 3-D presentation with the musicians more solidly presented on the sound stage. Overall, more information is fleshed out of CDs and LPs. 

The manufacturer, the price and the name of the prototype fuses will come later. I don't have the information thus far. My understanding is, if all works out, the release date is to be mid-October. 

Stay tuned ... 

Frank
oregonpapa
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nonoise
11,226 posts
 
If one were to go through all these fuse threads, they'd espy a glaringly overlooked matter. The naysayers say a fuse has no effect on the sound of an amp and that it's just there for safety reasons.

They also say that the sound differences heard can be attributed to some microscopic piece of dirt and that simply removing and reinserting the fuse will result in different surface contact and that that is the reason an amp will sound different. 

Full stop.  
 
If the fuse is sacrificial and has no impact whatsoever on the sound of an amp, how can a piece of dirt or different surface contact result in a change of sound? 

All the best,
Nonoise
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geoffkait
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Excellent, excellent...

besides, we know that a bit of dirt or oxidation OR some imperfection of the fuse holder cannot be the real explanations since the correct fuse direction is repeatable and transferable. Hel-loo! Naysayers are like the Greek dudes seeing shadows on the walls of cave and imagining what the shadows actually are. 
roberttcan
248 posts
 
Did a journal search on your name. I came up with exactly 0 peer reviewed articles published by you george ... hmmm.

p.s. AES conference papers are not peer reviewed, AES journal articles are. The AES which has been around since the 40s and the journal are not a pay to publish group. The survive just fine on member dues.



geoffkait17,658 posts10-23-2019 1:31pmYeah, the peer review process. What a scam that is? Give me a break! 
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geoffkait
23,365 posts
 
I think I already answered your question. Don’t get too hung up. 😬 In the town

I’m from the roads don’t end at the edge of town. It’s not like Pleasantville, where you’re from. There are some places that the road doesn’t go in a circle. There are some places where the road keeps going. Where I come from I don’t need anyone’s approval. 

rodman99999
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"........but when someone brings up a group, made of up actual audio researchers, experts, and others who are viewed by their peers as experts, that that group is suddenly of "no value"."                                            Perhaps: expectation bias and peer pressure?    Oh, wait: those guys(the Naysayer Cadre) are COMPLETELY impartial(snort of derision).    Or- is it possible, that there’s been a panel, selected from a completely random pool of music lovers, that have never met or compared notes, as relates to their listening preferences/biases?    And: had their aural acuity tested, prior to listening?    I’d be mildly interested in the results myself, were that the case!

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