What direction should Hi Fi tune fuse be installed

Al,

Thank you for taking the time to read through the article and raising the interesting points you do in your post. A technical person, I'm not. :)

That having been said, I do hear differences (a) when introducing after market fuses in the CD player, power amp, integrated amp and speakers that I've tried them in, and (b) when reversing the orientation of same. Why? Not a clue.

A question for you, if I may. You mention not knowing "how a fuse would have any "knowledge" of the direction in which energy is being transferred." Is it possible the fuse is constructed in such a way that it performs better one way than the other.

Just wondering.

Regards,
Joe

"Is it possible the fuse is constructed in such a way that it performs better one way than the other."

That is a very good question!

Mapman, please just go ahead and buy any fuse that works and stop trying to muck up the discussions that other wish to have with more empirical listeners.

"Mapman, please just go ahead and buy any fuse that works and stop trying to muck up the discussions that other wish to have with more empirical listeners."

Tbg, my ears tell me I am an empirical listener just as yours tell you which direction the fuse sounds better.

Sorry if my views and opinions conflict with yours. Im sure it is very inconvenient.

05-13-14: Joe_appierto
Is it possible the fuse is constructed in such a way that it performs better one way than the other.

That of course goes to the heart of the debate, Joe. From a technical standpoint I cannot envision any mechanism by which that could occur. As you may have seen in reading through the thread, though, my instinct has been to not question the perceptions of those who report hearing differences (although I certainly would not rule out the possibility of flawed perception in all cases). Given the lack of technical plausibility, it seems to me that the most probable explanation is that reported differences are generally due to unrecognized extraneous variables. The leading candidate perhaps being differences in contact integrity as the two orientations are tried. Perhaps also differences in equipment warmup state, and fluctuations in AC line voltage or noise conditions.

Which is why I have emphasized the desirability of performing comparisons while going back and forth between the two orientations several times, before drawing any conclusions.

Best regards,
-- Al