larryi : I'm certainly down with that possibility. How would I go about completely bypassing the fuse holder?
wolf_garcia: I'm not selling anything here. I don't stand to gain by convincing you or anyone else that replacing the stock fuses with sold copper or titanium slugs improved the sound. As you pointed out, "Bigtwin is simply pointing out a reality."
Well, that's exactly what I've done. The reality is that by replacing the fuses with either copper or titanium slugs, I was able to hear more deeply into the sound and no, "the new fuse let me see the facial expressions of the musicians." did not occur. However, listening to track #10, Emmeleia, from Into the Labyrinth by Dead Can Dance, it was not only easy to hear the inhalations as the singers took in breath, I could also clearly hear the parting of their lips after they closed their mouths, probably the wetting of their lips. I've heard this in my system before but in a muted sort of way. This was rather clear to my ear. And this sort of insight occurred over and over again, listening to familiar discs. Now, I suppose it could be some sort of expectation bias, if one exists that actually improves my hearing :)
Bigtwin: I looked up your system and wow, that's a nice set up. Sorry the audiophile fuse didn't benefit your system at all. In my case though, I didn't try an audiophile fuse. I tried a solid piece of 99.99% pure copper. Maybe you should give that a try.