PROTOTYPE FUSES - NEW THREAD

elangley01.
For 75 years (-ish), science couldn’t figure out how bumblebees flew.
Yet flew they did.

I can’t explain how/why fuses change the sound.
But I can assure you that they do.

I used to be very skeptical of these kinds of things, because they didn’t really make sense, on a scientific level (and my low-level understanding of AC current). A fuse is there pretty much to be blown, as a safety device.

On a whim, and because it comes with a MONEY-BACK guarantee, I bought 2 SR Orange fuses for my (relatively) new-to-me Classe Amp and Preamp. I popped the first one into the preamp. (I was smart enough to change them one at a time, because I was going to get my money back if it didn’t make a difference!).

My mouth hung open.
I was astonished......to the point of being a bit flabbergasted.

After a couple of days, I popped the other fuse into the amp. Not as big of a difference, but I did hear a difference.

YMMV, and I can’t tell you how or why they make a difference, but in my system, they ABSOLUTELY make a difference. Not sure I would want to live without them moving forward. I have gone back and forth with stock fuses and the Orange ones (simple to change out on the back of the preamp and amp), and the difference is absolutely demonstrable.

I guess not everything is measurable.

Double yawn. Lay intuition. None of the great things humans have done were done by mystics. They were done by educated people using science the correct way.

If you are going to believe that fuses make a difference regardless of anything you are told to the contrary then your believe means nothing.

Fuses are an intentional bottleneck. If the unit draws more current than it was designed to, the fuse blows. If the unit is running within parameters, OPERATING NORMALLY, then the fuse dose not blow. Until the fuse blows it does not change or modify anything, nothing, nada, zilch, zero.

Anyone who thinks unblown fuses modify the sonic performance of an audio device has limited self awareness or rather does not understand how their CNS can modify data so as to improve their performance in the jungle. This is not an insult. It is true of all of us which is why we have to be so careful with assessments like this. These comparisons have to be set up to avoid unintentional bias. There are no exceptions to this. Nobody is above their own physiology. Thinking you are is sort of arrogant. It also makes any advice you offer suspect. 

@coralkong

Some members are not worth debating with. 
Ignoring does wonders for sanity.

I went from SR Black to Orange in my amp and Dac.

My thoughts at the time:
"Base stronger - seems to hang in the air.
Instrument separation more discernible.
Again, hearing things in tracks I'd never heard before.
Overall, a huge A+ in my view"

If Oregonpaps is right, I may have to upgrade.

@jerrybj,
I hear you.
I wasn't really trying to debate, more trying to figure out what the point of the posts were.
Now I know.

I am paying pretty close attention to @oregonpapa 's posts, as I, too am curious as to what's going to drop.

I am here simply because I am interested in another audiophile's opinion on them, and am curious to see what he has to say about them.

So far, unless the prototype fuses are WAY outside of my price range (enough to move up from the Orange SR's), I may have to upgrade, too. After all, I suspect they will come with a money back guarantee. 

Guess we'll see.