What direction should Hi Fi tune fuse be installed

Item number 2 in my Get Rich Quick scheme: A unidirectional fuse! That's right...along with my previously mentioned "Deconfuser" testing apparatus, I plan to market a fuse to the confused that can be used in either direction with less chance for fuse abusing. I'll put little arrows on 'em going in BOTH directions declaring once and for all that bi-directional fuse useage can unconfuse users, leading to peace and harmony for all.

Drubin, balance, as usual, is where the truth lies. What you say is true, but
it would also be intellectually sloppy to not balance one's perspective with
the probability that the scientific explanation has, indeed, not been found
yet. When one considers how much we are still learning about our
universe, that perspective is not unrealistic at all.

Now, why exactly, is it so important for the skeptics to want to "set the
record straight"? Why does it matter so much that some are
convinced that the perceived reasons are real? Many seem to take on the
role of "protectors of the naive". Please! Here's what I do know;
and without a doubt:

- None of this is essential for the enjoyment of music. That fact is the great
"balancer". It's great fun (for some) and can certainly add to the
enjoyment. It can also take away, if one is not careful; but, the true music
lover doesn't have to worry about that. If one can let obsession over tweaks
distract from enjoyment of the music, then I would question just how
important the music is to the listener.

- I don't have experience with "high-end" fuses, but being both a
musician and audiophile I can say that the parallels between the tweaking
that musicians and audiophiles do are many. The differences in sound that
many musicians concern themselves which are a result of tweaks to their
instrument are usually much more subtle than those that audiophiles
experience via tweaks; and, these differences are very real. Sound, being
both the exciter and the victim of resonances is affected by just about ANY
change that one makes to that which is creating the sound. How this
happens in the electrical domain I will leave to the more technically astute,
but it does not seem much of a stretch to me to assume that the
phenomenon is real. You think that it's weird that fuse direction might affect
perceived sound? What if I pointed out (as but one example) that some
very fine and successful saxophone players feel that wether the little screw
that secures the saxophone's neck in place is gold plated or is silver plated
makes an appreciable difference in the response and sound of the
instrument? To the player, anyway.

- The problem is when a musician who needs much more attention paid to
his intonation or other rudiment obsesses over the tiny changes to his
sound by having the little screw gold plated. I think the parallel to
audiophiles is obvious.

- Not everyone has the same hearing acuity or interest in hearing small
differences in sound like the ones being discussed.

05-02-14: Frogman
Now, why exactly, is it so important for the skeptics to want to "set the record straight"? Why does it matter so much that some are convinced that the perceived reasons are real? Many seem to take on the role of "protectors of the naive". Please!

Frogman, my answer to essentially that question was provided in the first of my posts dated 4-30-14 in this thread, when I stated that:

... as I see it some people (including me) care because the basic reason most of us are here is the hope that sharing of knowledge and experience will be mutually beneficial in making our audio-related investments of time and money as productive as possible. As Mapman put it, prioritizing focus, based on the likelihood and degree of added value. Toward that end, it would seem logical to try to assure that reported effects, especially those that defy technical understanding, are not the result of inadequately disciplined methodology, attribution to the wrong variable, technical misconception, or factors that may not be applicable to many or most other systems.

If that is tantamount to trying to be a "protector of the naive," I suppose I would have to plead guilty as charged.

Best regards,
-- Al

Almarg, I agree with your premise, and perhaps I did not make my point sufficiently clear. I care very much, and as much as anyone, about learning the reasons why and eliminating, as much as possible, erroneous conclusions for the reasons why. My concern is that in my experience some will never be satisfied; even in the face of plausible explanations. This has been shown in other debates about the sound of everything from cables to amplifiers. Some simply can't hear the effect or won't hear it because they are so predisposed to not hearing it. So, why the apparent antagonism directed at those who do or claim they do? I suppose that when one comes from a place where, from experience, anything one does has an effect to some degree (however small), there is a built-in tolerance for believing and intolerance for skepticism. When one spends, literally, hours every day in the process of making sounds and studying what it takes to do that, one gains a certain respect for the complexity and fragility of musical sound that, I suppose, makes it much easier to accept the seemingly implausible.

*****"protector of the naive,"*****

Saint AL?? :)

My 2 cents:
The Naive, should not be protected, they should be informed.

As long as electronic theory, is discussed in terms of audio equipment, "I can hear a difference" will prevail.

Cheers