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

Ok.. I think I understand that no fuse is better than a cheap fuse. And a good fuse is better than a cheap fuse. But is no fuse better than the best fuse?

One person on Audiogon said that he achieved better sound by using a Blue fuse over no fuse. I guess my question is... Do these new, high dollar fuses just allow the current to flow better with solid protection or do they actually due to quantum physics or something, actually improve upon the signal by eliminating errant bad electrons and thereby actually improving the music over no fuse at all?

I gots to know!


captaindidactic
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oregonpapa
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  • You should probably take a gander at the SR Black fuse and Cerious Cables Graphene Cables. Not to mention PERFECT PATH GRAPHENE contact enhancer. I thought Frank would be all over this one. Wait till ya get a load of the Audio Magic Beeswax fuse. I can hardly wait. šŸ¤—

Yep. And the Blue and Orange fuses as well. Just don't ask me how it works.Ā  I Don't care how ... I only know that it does.Ā  How's that for a scientific analysis? *lol*

Frank
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ieales

Littelfuse spec 5A 250v Slo-Blo 21.4mĪ©
Measured 22mĪ© with precision supply and resistor divider @ ā‰ˆ115mA

Measured R after 10 minutes at each current.
0.55A 31mĪ©
1.10A 31mĪ©
2.20A 31mĪ©

Power Transformer input Z ā‰ˆ100Ī©. Fuse is 0.023% of input Z.

Please explain how ZERO change in fuse characteristics can rob low level detail.

Crappy holders in harsh environments can create ugly artifacts. Ditto poor quality or wrong characteristic holders or fuses.
šŸ‘

This says it all, "if" you voodooist fusers can understand

Good work for the effort measuring


And if you want to change your old crusty fuses that may have seen too many turn on cycles (pics attached), then do it with the same $1 fuse, not the BS $150 SR boutique ones, as they will sound the same and age just as fast.

Pics of fast and slow blo fuses that have seen too many turn on cycles over a couple of years.
https://ibb.co/PzWvzwr (left to right over time aging)
https://ibb.co/17Tvy6t (right to left over time aging)


Cheers George
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geoffkait
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Frank please donā€™t use the words science or scientific as some people might get very upset. School, as a kid, my mother would say, ā€œYou should enjoy it. One day youā€™ll have to work for a living.ā€ No, I wonā€™t, ma. Iā€™m going to me a comedian. šŸ¤”
boxer12
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roberttcan,
Do you work for Thermotron? That is a great company & one I'm very familiar with (I live in the area). We had one of their chambers in our R&D facility for years. It served us well.Ā 
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geoffkait
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Speaking of thermal chambers, a friend of mine who worked at Wright Patt AFB in Dayton, Ohio volunteered to see how long he could make it in a thermal chamber at 400 deg. F. He was in street clothes in the chamber for 25 minutes, no big deal. I worked at W-P in a pink building with no windows.
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