What direction should Hi Fi tune fuse be installed

Al, as regards the Briancunnungham post, I think it is important to understand he considers himself to be a skeptic. Not that there is anything wrong with that but in the case of aftermarket fuses he would be the type of skeptic not to actually try the fuse but to attempt to shoot it down with skeptic's arguments. Another thing I find fascinating is his use of capital letters when he states, "...within finite bounds of plausibility." Well, give me a break, what might be implausible to one person might easily be perfectly fine to another person. You know, if you start talking quantum mechanics to the guy on the street he will most likely look at you won't those big eyes that look like a deer in the headlights. So, I would not at all define a concept as be feasible or plausible based on some loosely goosey constraint such as the bounds of plausibility. Hell, black holes are "implausible" to probably 80% of the world's population. Cameras are "implausible" to folks living in many remote parts of the world, well, maybe not now with cell phones and everything. LOL. Who is defining what is plausible?

Frogman, thanks very much for the kind comments, which are particularly appreciated as my perception has been that you have one of the best combinations of musical background and audiophile experience extant.

Geoff, please note that the post which I quoted from the "Do You Believe In Magic" thread was written by me, TO Bryon, who was the originator of the thread.

Regards,
-- Al

@Mr G- That was Zen! This is Tao(relax/enjoy)!

Fun reading. No one has made mention of the directionality of wire due to the drawing process. The crystalline structure of copper is aligned a certain way when it is pulled through the die. What I am not sure of, is if the crystalline structure alignment changes when the copper wire is annealed or flexed. This may play some part in the fuse orientation question. The fuse manufacturer buys the wire in spools and so must know the actual direction the wire was pulled through the die. Otherwise, the directional notation on their fuses would be meaningless.

Mt T- The crystalline molecular structure actually forms in a sort of directional chevron formation(ie: >>>>>>), when drawn. The barriers(between crystals) are subject to oxidation and are thought to have a diode effect. I've been wondering (given the much greater complexity of musical wave forms, compared to the ordinary sine waves, used in testing/scientific experimentation), if this might contribute to a sort of Wood Effect, when the signal is subjected to those boundaries. The differences in ambiance, image specificity, etc., that some people(myself included) are able to perceive when speakers are reversed in phase, are as subtle as what some claim for fuse reversal. Again; I've not played with reversing my fuses. I'm just speculating.