Quantum Science Audio Thread

Anybody ever upgrade their outlets?
I am curious about this.

@coralkong yes everything from Hubbel hospital grade to xx top secret cryo treated . Jump in !

High clamping force and metallurgy that stays oxide free plus cryo lead to good results for me. I keep several in my traveling system setup bag. 

@cerberus79
I rarely post anything here. I did so this time because I had direct experience on the topic and reported it in a factual and non judgmental fashion. My reward was to be called a lier by one member and told I was in the wrong hobby by another ( I have been in this hobby for 49 years ). I am and always have been in this hobby for the enjoyment of music. I once got into a discussion with Geof Kait on the directionality of fuses and realized

You/we are lucky GK has disappeared (or been banned) he was a real comic piece of work but fitted in well in these types of threads, and his website is really out there https://www.machinadynamica.com/machina5.htm best one is the pebbles.

As for your Maggies I had quite a bit to do with them owning the big Tympanies also, before going on to big ESL’s.

cerberus79A few months ago I purchased a used pair of speakers from another Agon member. To my surprise all the fuses were Orange fuses. I listened to them and then to satisfy my curiosity I replaced them with ordinary buss fuses and could not hear a difference. I did this test with a bunch of friends and neither I or them could hear a difference.

As you stated no difference in sound whether 10cent Bussman fuses were in or $150 SR Orange were in, to yourself or when the guys were around to do the A/B with.

cerberus79
Has the purpose of a fuse been lost ? How it is designed to work ? By design there is no directionality in a fuse. it is simply designed to open in an overcurrent situation. If it was directional in relation to the current passing through it would be a diode

Same thing I say to them, if it’s directional then it’s trying to be a diode, and that NOT good in either direction!

But I can tell your Maggies will sound a touch better with just a piece of copper wire soldered lightly outside of the fuse clamps and no fuses. This makes them vulnerable to an amp blowing and going dc, as you know having electronic knowledge background, but no more so than any other speaker would have no dc protection either.

You could try one of these if you want to retain the protection soldered to the fuse clamps.
https://www.jaycar.com.au/5-amp-circuit-breaker/p/SF2254

Cheers George

First off I’m an audiophile, been this way going on 50+ years now and if something improves sound quality then I am in.

But, I do have to wonder what could possibly make the QSA fuses improve the sound quality. As George would say it is only 2 end caps and an internal wire. Is the wire inside special?

Synergistic Research claims their fuses are hit with a million volts of energy.

So what is special about the QSA fuses? I asked Mike at Tweak Geeks and he had no idea.

coralkong,
I am using Furutech NCF outlets. These outlets were made specifically for audiophile use.

ozzy

coralking,
My experience with premium audiophile outlets correlates well with Jim & Ozzy's. It was a solid improvement in my system.