Synergistic Research Orange Fuses

@geoffkait  Serious question. If a stock fuse is in a component (in the wrong direction) for hundreds of hours of usage, will it exhibit directionality upsides when reversed? Thanks.

geoffkait, I did notice an improvement between the Black fuse and the Blue fuse. I have a very revealing system and can hear everything from my digital sources. I'm not so sure the differences would be as noticeable in my Scott FM  tube tuner or my ASR Mini Basis Exclusive phono amp.

The only way a fuse can sound better, if it replaces old crusty one that seen too many switch on surges over time, doesn’t have to be $200 fuse, should be $2 same one but new, and the same result will happen

Purely for the sake of the argument, imagine for a moment this were true. Imagine a world in which new fuses sound wonderful while old fuses age and sound awful.

In this imaginary world, it seems to me, people would notice. I mean, they sure notice how much better the Orange fuses sound. So of course they would notice how much better every new fuse sounds. Being audiophiles they would tell their friends. Or even if they tried to keep it secret, to be able to buy for $2 a fuse that makes as awesome improvement as a Synergistic fuse, word would get out. 

But no. According to Cheers George we live in a world where not only does every $2 fuse sound just as good as the Synergistic Orange, but also somehow in this imaginary world its such a big secret only Cheers George knows about it.

Is this one seriously imaginary world, or what??

That's it. Done with purely for the sake of argument world of imagination. We now return you to the real world.

Keep in mind that when the Scott 350A was designed, ca. 1961, AC line voltages were typically several volts lower than they usually are these days.  So to whatever extent sonic differences between fuses may result from differences in resistance and hence voltage drop, lower fuse resistance may result in worse sound from that component, not better sound.

Just a thought.  Regards,
-- Al

Yes. I actually did that with stock fuses that had been in the system for several years. Some were already in the right direction already, some weren’t. HiFi Tuning originally believed that fuses broke in correctly no matter which direction they were inserted. They later realized that was not true. That’s when their fuses started having diode symbols on them. 🔚