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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The quote below is from a multi-part thread on the Polk Audio Forum entitled "Studies On Residential Power Line Noise - Part 7: HiFi Tuning and Isoclean Fuses".

"Both the HiFi Tuning and Isoclean fuses have arrows on their cases which indicate that they should be oriented in the direction of current (energy) flow. Some people have scoffed and ridiculed the idea of "directional" AC fuses. Rather than something to ridicule, I saw the arrows as indications that there was something going on inside the "fuses" that required a specific orientation. Initially, my ears told me that the fuses sounded better in the direction of the arrows than against it. Noise spectrum measurements with an oscilloscope verified that the line noise was lower in the direction of the arrows than against it."

So, it would appear, at least according to the author that fuse direction does have a measureable bearing on performance.
Joe_appierto, nice post. At last someone, who understands science and with the necessary gear, does a test.
Might email NASA or AES. Hey, I wonder what The Amazing Randi would have to say?
" I saw the arrows as indications that there was something going on inside the "fuses" that required a specific orientation."

Well, what do the makers say about that?

IF nothing, then we are back where we started...he said she said.

If they do, then at least there is something material to talk about.
Well, actually, no there isn't in that which way DOES AC current flow again exactly? Both ways I think. That is why it is called alternating current. So there is no direction even in which to align anything.

So that means you can choose to try both ways and pick whichever you like best for whatever reason.

No wonder people like these things. They give you something to think about and you can NEVER be wrong!

Gotta love that....