@tweak1 yes I use a vise with pads to hold the rod, cut off with a hand grinder with a thin metal cut off disc. I finish the ends with a hand held knife sharpening belt sander with 220 grit. A fine blade hacksaw and fine file will work as well.
Anyone else using slugs instead of fuses? Comments on metals used and sound please
I recently began experimenting with slugs in place of fuses on most of my components and the results have been VERY rewarding. I'll write up a full review eventually but am awaiting possible different metal slugs in the near future. I started with copper and the improvement from stock fuses to the copper slugs was quite noticeable but, honestly, nothing compared to the upgrade from copper to solid silver slugs from Golden State Silver and, shockingly, titanium slugs. Can anyone comment on their DIRECT experience(s) with slugs other than copper? I'm looking into tungsten and possibly molybdenum presently. I'd love to try platinum or palladium but that's probably beyond my reach. AND PLEASE, THERE'S NO NEED TO COMMENT ON HOW FOOLISH IT IS TO BYPASS THE FUSE WITH SLUGS-----WE ALREADY KNOW---YOU'VE TOLD US EXHAUSTIVELY.
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tweak1: contact Golden State Silver and they will cut them to length for you. I actually told them I might be steering some business their way for this purpose. They sell on ebay and had a listing just for 2 of the slug precut and it was less than $45 for the pair. Probably cheaper if you bought rod yourself but they did a great job, much better than the machine than cut my copper and titanium rods |
@lcherepkai, I don't like what you are doing. Love it. When listening to different fuses I briefly inserted a Cu. tube I cut to the correct size as a reference and thought I would find the fuse that sounded closest to it. I tried a bunch including Synergistic Research Blue, the most expensive, that I rated about middle of the group. I decided to leave the Cu. slug in place. I could not go back to a fuse after this. The amp I used for experimentation is a DIY Neurochrome so I have no problem modding it. After some time I decided to direct wire the input bypassing the cheap plated fuse holder by soldering in some 14AWG OCC Ag. This was an improvement again but now does not allow for swapping out different metals as you are so keen to hear your findings on Tungsten, Rhodium and also Cobalt should you ever get a chance to try. |
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