Chuck has it right. Fuses can change the tonal direction of a system enough that your system may become be too detailed and resolving for your particular tastes. Conversely, other high end fuses can tip the tonal character to the warm side. The bottom line is they do impact the overall tonal balance and sound of our systems in a noticeable manner. I have heard it over and over. I use upgraded fuses to dial in my system’s tonal balance to my liking. They impact the resulting sound much like cabling can. So yes, some would call this impact dramatic. It certainly can be dramatic for audiophiles that intimately know the sound of their rigs and find these sonic and tonal changes important. Small changes to an audiophile can be dramatic in terms overall music enjoyment.
Fuses are simply another part in the power supply of our gear. I hear changes in sound quality when upgrading IEC sockets, wire, caps, inductors and diodes all located in the power supply. Parts matter folks. The blades in our IECs make a difference even though they are only an inch or so long. Same with diodes, resistors and certainly fuses. Most easy to understand and hear for those who build, mod, swap, listen and intentionally want to learn about parts and their influence on sound.
Perhaps these nuances are not important to you? That is fine for you and the topic of fuses should be of no interest to you then. Not sure why some folks want to make it unimportant to others who are just different from you? The sonic impact of fuses is undeniable based on user, actual user, reviews and testimonies. Overwhelming, near universal enjoyment of what these fuses bring sonically, with so very few outliers not hearing the sonic impact. So very few. The aggregate experience of music and gear lovers has already proven fuses have a sonic impact. The crowd of doubters who have not experimented and still say “no way” is rather hard to take serious. They just don’t know.
Fuses are simply another part in the power supply of our gear. I hear changes in sound quality when upgrading IEC sockets, wire, caps, inductors and diodes all located in the power supply. Parts matter folks. The blades in our IECs make a difference even though they are only an inch or so long. Same with diodes, resistors and certainly fuses. Most easy to understand and hear for those who build, mod, swap, listen and intentionally want to learn about parts and their influence on sound.
Perhaps these nuances are not important to you? That is fine for you and the topic of fuses should be of no interest to you then. Not sure why some folks want to make it unimportant to others who are just different from you? The sonic impact of fuses is undeniable based on user, actual user, reviews and testimonies. Overwhelming, near universal enjoyment of what these fuses bring sonically, with so very few outliers not hearing the sonic impact. So very few. The aggregate experience of music and gear lovers has already proven fuses have a sonic impact. The crowd of doubters who have not experimented and still say “no way” is rather hard to take serious. They just don’t know.