Ever notice how arguments against fuses are all over the map? On one hand, fuses cannot impart a sound characteristic so aftermarket fuses can’t as well. But microscopic traces of dirt or it’s position in fuse holder (that can only hold it one way, consistently) can affect the sound.
There’s the argument that if a fuse can make a difference, then there’s something really wrong with the design of the amp. Then they go as far as to say that what’s upstream, after the fuse, is drawing too much current and it’s not something wrong with the amp but something normally occurring and the design calls for the hastened demise of the fuse. Who would design a piece of gear to do that?
Any modern, properly designed piece of gear should never do that. There are amps out there that are going on decades in age that have the same fuse in them. The bad and poorly designed ones blow through fuses and should be avoided.
For those who have those badly designed amps, have you noticed a change in sound as the fuses wear down, and right before they blow? As often as you change those fuses, you should be familiar with the timing.
Just curious.
It’s starting to sound like I’ll use whatever argument I can conjure, backed with my expertise in other, related matters, to shade my argument and, like one particular person, I’ll add in my boring slide show that comes with everything I post about fuses, leading one to surmise that some form of O.C.D. is at work.
All the best,
Nonoise
There’s the argument that if a fuse can make a difference, then there’s something really wrong with the design of the amp. Then they go as far as to say that what’s upstream, after the fuse, is drawing too much current and it’s not something wrong with the amp but something normally occurring and the design calls for the hastened demise of the fuse. Who would design a piece of gear to do that?
Any modern, properly designed piece of gear should never do that. There are amps out there that are going on decades in age that have the same fuse in them. The bad and poorly designed ones blow through fuses and should be avoided.
For those who have those badly designed amps, have you noticed a change in sound as the fuses wear down, and right before they blow? As often as you change those fuses, you should be familiar with the timing.
Just curious.
It’s starting to sound like I’ll use whatever argument I can conjure, backed with my expertise in other, related matters, to shade my argument and, like one particular person, I’ll add in my boring slide show that comes with everything I post about fuses, leading one to surmise that some form of O.C.D. is at work.
All the best,
Nonoise