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

Appeal to bandwagon.

Let me know how that homeopathic cancer treatment works (huge apologies if you actually have cancer, this is an analogy, not a personal attack of that nature). Sales in the U.S. alone of Homeopathy products that do exactly nothing is near $450 Million. Far more than audio cables and fuses.

Do you know how many residential customers in the U.S. get sucked into buying over-priced whole home PFC products (nothing more than capacitors in a box) because someone convinced them they would save huge money on their electricity bills ... even though all residential in the US is billed for real-power only?

Is that 100,000 figure from Ted Denney?  If so, I am skeptical of that number. He also claims $10 million/year in sales. I am sure you have seen his factory tour videos? Relatively small staff and not high priced professionals. Almost no expensive equipment to pay for (so what is the real R&D overhead). Given the manufacturing margins, at $10 mil/year, they should be generating serious cash flow. Ted does not live a serious cash flow life.


geoffkait17,729 posts10-25-2019 6:14pm100,000 fancy fuses sold to date so it looks like it’s you against the world Mr. Smarty Pants 👖and looking into my crystal ball I you can probably add at least another 50,000 for the new 🍊 fuse. Snooze, you lose. 😴 By the way you didn’t interpret the data correctly. Your humble narrator did, though. 🤗 Be that as it may, as I said there really isn’t any debate any more. But you’re welcome to carry on.🕺🏻 You aren’t the only stubborn mossback in town.

The number of 100,000 fancy fuses is a composite across the top three fuse companies. I prefer not to divulge my sources. You need to work on your batting average. 

- your humble narrator and consummate Audio Insider

It is not only WHAT You said, it is YOUR EXACT WORDS

geoffkait17,730 posts10-25-2019 6:53pmThere you go again putting words in my mouth, Mr. Marty Pants 👖. I never said any such thing. Maybe you should try keeping a log. In fact what I said somewhere along the line is that energy is a scalar quantity, which means it has no direction. Follow?

- geoffkait's exact words below. Cut and pasted from his post

"You can ignore the current traveling in the direction away from the speakers, I.e., toward the wall, since that direction of current flow is not (rpt not) audible. The only direction that’s audible for any wire is the one toward the speakers. It is the speakers that ultimately produce the sound you hear. So, it’s the “quality” of the current traveling toward the speakers that is the issue. That’s why fuses sound better in one direction, worse in the other direction in AC circuits and DC circuits. As Old Blue Eyes sez, that’s life. "

Uh, those aren’t even close to my words, Mr. Wiki. Current is not energy. They don’t even have the same units. Hel-loo! Why do you insist on putting words in my mouth? You realize that’s an illogical argument, don’t you?

Oh look, more of YOUR exact words saying exactly the same thing ... 

geoffkait17,732 posts10-19-2019 4:18pm
ieales440 posts10-19-2019 3:26pmFrom SR:

Electricity should flow from the left to the right when you view the fuse.

A/C current changes direction every cycle. The supreme idiocy of the statement: what if I view end on??? 


>>>>While that’s true, and for virtually all cables and power cords - the current alternates. 🔛 But you can ignore 😳 the current when it’s traveling in the direction toward the wall outlet. 🔜  The only direction we care about is the one that drives the speakers. That’s the direction that is audible.