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The guru on fuses:

For two years, I have asked why and how fuses could possibly matter. All I got was arguments of faith, pro or con. I needed a real audio guru who actually knows. Here is a link from John Curl’s discussion on Parasound’s website. He engineered and designed some some great equipment, including some Mark Levinson gear, The Grateful Dead’s 30 plus McIntosh amp powered Wall of Sound, and his admittedly, somewhat price compromised Parasound designs. He discusses the electrical properties of standard fuses, showing how they are compromised. The entire article is quite enlightening, but to skip to the fuse section, go to the bottom half of page 6. https://www.parasound.com/pdfs/JCinterview.pdf

danvignau
theaudiotweak
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Fuses do affect performance.
When you replace an unstable resonant device a dangle dong contained  in a glass straw (description of a fuse) with a stable solid directional device, a magnet the increase in performance is incredible. Make your own comparison if you choose. Tom
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nonoise
11,226 posts
 
please take my advice and find a corner wall. It will really help your condition :)
See what I mean?


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georgehifi
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replace an unstable resonant device a dangle dong contained in a glass straw (description of an AC fuse) with a stable solid directional device
Really!! to which "device" are you referring to, that is "directional" < > in an AC mains voltage path?? A diode?

Cheers George
theaudiotweak
2,806 posts
 
A magnet has directionality built in and can follow the signal path in a circuit providing another enhancement. Tom
team212
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The old Fuse chestnut looms large agin--ha!

I tend to agree with George--the Bussmans/ Littlefuse etc do the job admirably .

The downside to the so called "Audiophile Fuses " that I"ve tried I gather most are Ceramic/composite filled, is they cannot accept the surges from some turn ons even at the correct rating.

Ones I've tried and they've failed more than once 

Synergistic Research--100 % fail rate especially with PSU's worst performers

AMR. Ditto above but easier on the wallet!

Hi Fi Tuning Supreme--50 % Fail rate

Furutech glory be!--100% OK-so far so good anyway.

Yes I feel we psych ourselves up to hear where our dosh has gone
when listening to the "Fuse"

Ah well we maybe are nutters!

T212


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