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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
glupson
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"To Fuse or Not to Fuse... That is the question!"
This may, in fact, be a wrong forum to discuss that. NASS annual meetings may be better.
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geoffkait
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Actually, Steve Lacy breezed through the 400 degree experiment with ease. None the worse for wear from what I recall. Well, except for the twitching. Cleared up his asthma, though. That was around 1968, the experiment probably resulted from the fatal Apollo 1 fire that killed three astronauts. That was in 1967. But I’m just guessing,
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ieales
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the post stated the input impedance of a power transformer to be 100 ohms. That would not be correct, certainly for large transformers and that does not take into account the reflected impedance of the output circuitry.
Correct.
Line voltage is 117VAC, primary idle current ≈ 1.2A. Z = V / I for simplicity.
Primary L = 85mH, R ≈ 0.6Ω. Z ≈ 32.05Ω @ 60Hz. Somewhat different with 5 loaded secondaries.
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glupson
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"Actually, Steve Lacy breezed through the 400 degree experiment with ease."
In that case, he must have been a very cool guy.

Coincidentally, I usually bake pizza for 25 minutes at 400 Fahrenheit. Seems very hot from outside, or when I reach in.
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