Not quite sokogear. You can hear something and not know what to measure. Such was the issue with TIM (transient intermodulation distortion) back in the 70's. If you hear something real there is a measurement to explain it. That does not necessarily mean that measurement is known or has been developed.
@lewm, if I were to hear something I did not like and did not have the tools to figure out the problem and fix it, I would be greatly troubled. So much so that I have spent considerable money on gear to test and work on my system. You have to admit that is money well spent in comparison to that spent on fuses and cable elevators.
I should have been more specific about what I said because you are right to disagree with my statement which in thinking about it is only true for people who can separate themselves from the psychological aspects of hearing. A lot of what people hear is purely psychological and as such is unmeasurable. The people you hear talking about remarkable improvements (always remarkable) in sonic quality with fuses and cable elevators are being mislead subversively by their own selves. I love the term "lay instinct" Just because something seems to make sense (to the uneducated mind) does not make it true. Appealing to lay instinct is called marketing.
I am not as kind as you. There is no circumstance in which a power fuse is going to make a sonic difference other than blowing. Between the power cord and the audio circuitry you have (in decent equipment) a very well regulated power supply. A slight change in impedance in a power fuse will do absolutely nothing to the power supplies output and you know this for a fact. Sorry to have heated up this subject but I was just using it as an example.
@lewm, if I were to hear something I did not like and did not have the tools to figure out the problem and fix it, I would be greatly troubled. So much so that I have spent considerable money on gear to test and work on my system. You have to admit that is money well spent in comparison to that spent on fuses and cable elevators.
I should have been more specific about what I said because you are right to disagree with my statement which in thinking about it is only true for people who can separate themselves from the psychological aspects of hearing. A lot of what people hear is purely psychological and as such is unmeasurable. The people you hear talking about remarkable improvements (always remarkable) in sonic quality with fuses and cable elevators are being mislead subversively by their own selves. I love the term "lay instinct" Just because something seems to make sense (to the uneducated mind) does not make it true. Appealing to lay instinct is called marketing.
I am not as kind as you. There is no circumstance in which a power fuse is going to make a sonic difference other than blowing. Between the power cord and the audio circuitry you have (in decent equipment) a very well regulated power supply. A slight change in impedance in a power fuse will do absolutely nothing to the power supplies output and you know this for a fact. Sorry to have heated up this subject but I was just using it as an example.