What direction should Hi Fi tune fuse be installed


What direction should Hi Fi Tuning fuses be installed? They have a little arrow and I would think it would point the direction of AC flow but maybe it points to the AC source?? SEEMS to sound better that way. I know someone will say put it the way it sound better but i have 3 fuses here. That is 6 possible ways. Not in the mood for that. The arrow must mean somethuing. What about Furutech? Thoughts welcome. keith
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Geoff, since there is no net flow, no "direction" of electron travel, then it follows there is no difference in the orientation of a fuse. Have someone change it, or not change it, and you have to identify it. You will see you fail as often as you get it right if the sample size is reasonable.

I suppose we'll be told that by virtue of being paid attention to the voodoo and magic won't work.

Rok2id, actually it is just the opposite. In science you seek to reject the 'null' hypothesis, which in this case is that direction makes no difference in terms of another variable. Our only problem is that we don't have another variable. If it were loudness, we would be all set. The null hypothesis would be that direction makes no difference. We would hope to reject it, meaning that it does make a difference. I would imagine that you could see a difference on an oscilloscope, but I no longer have one.

All that I can say is that I would imagine there is one as I am confident not only that direction makes a difference as does the brand of fuse. These are not as substantial as power cords and interconnects, but when you are persuing realism in reproducing music everything matters.
If the onus is on the ones who say they can hear a difference, and they say they can hear a difference, is the onus lifted? Onus implies responsibility on the part of the one being challenged. If they hear it and say so, what onus is there on the part of the challenger to relent when satisfied?

All the best,
Nonoise
Kiddman wrote,

"Geoff, since there is no net flow, no "direction" of electron travel, then it follows there is no difference in the orientation of a fuse. Have someone change it, or not change it, and you have to identify it. You will see you fail as often as you get it right if the sample size is reasonable."

Kiddman, hi, actually that doesn't follow at all. What you wrote is known in the business as a Strawman Argument, a logical fallacy. The reason your statement is illogical is because the music signal is an electromagnetic wave that's not related to the electrons or the direction the electrons are moving. The musical signal, unlike electrons or current, moves in one direction only in an AC circuit. Follow?
Geoff, the magnetic wave has no net flow....it oscillates back and forth, not in just one direction. THAT is the definition of AC. You have never taken a physics course, electrical engineering course, have you? Or, you would know better.

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