McIntosh fuse changeout to make better sound

Lame. If you can't hear a difference just come out and say you can't hear a difference. If you can hear a difference and just don't think its worth the money then go ahead and say that. Either way is perfectly fine and allows you to maintain moral integrity. What you cannot do is what you are trying to do, pretend you are able to hear without ever taking a stand. You're criticizing using only the worst innuendo without ever taking a position, other than faking superiority. Which is vile. Just so you know.

I wonder which is more vile;
faking superiority, or being under the delusion that you actually are.....

@jhills, I never claimed a startling difference and I’ve never advocated spending $147 on a fuse. What I have heard are more akin to tonal shifts, attenuated highs, an out of phase characteristic to the sound, etc. They were, however, significant enough that I kept on researching (something most audiophiles do) until I found the best fuse for my needs, never having to spend more than about $50 bucks per fuse.

And, again, if a fuse’s job is just to protect and has no effect on the sound, then some small speck or mote on the contacts wouldn’t have an effect on the sound. Either the fuse works or it fails, by design, and stops any current.

If that speck or mote has an effect on the sound, then a fuse with much better conductivity would, as well. Both ways argue better conductivity.

All I can and will say, from now on, is: until you try it for yourself, you’re arguing in bad faith.

All the best,
Nonoise

WOW millercarbon - sorry to bruise your tender ego.

Still, I’ll stick with the opinions and sound advise of those on here who actually build audio components (not $5K IC cables and power cords or $150.00 fuses and outlet covers) and the opinions of those who spent their lives in the studios and stages to make and produce the music we enjoy....Jim

Better conductivity is not a guaranteed path to better sound. Consistent conductivity may be.