Iso Clean Fuses


I just installed the Isoclean fuses in my Marantz SA-11S1 SaCd player. This player has 5 fuses inside. Turned it on and boy did it sound bad. The worst tweek I have ever tried. The highs were gone. In fact the over all volume was reduced! My heart sank. Faintly remembering the info sheet says these fuses have a direction to them, I had hope. Out comes the player from the stand. Fuses pointed in the other direction, now towards tha front of the player. Back in the stand, all connections remade. When i turned off the amp I left the volume at the same level. Power on. Hurray! SET magic sound restored. The crystal clear mids are there and the delicate highs have returned.
These fuses are supposed to be placed following the direction of current. I do not know if I have each circuit fused correctly as I do not have a diagram of the current flow. But in the Marantz the fuse arrow sounds better pointing to the front versus all pointing towards the rear.
So if you try an Isoclean fuse, try it in both directions before deciding if it helps or not.
David Pritchard
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I'm not a "believer", I'm a listener. I've made a living with my ears for over 30 years. We(Those of us with ears and resolving systems, that have ACTUALLY tried the fuses) have the experience of actually hearing the differences that these fuses make. On what exactly are your opinions based? The founder of Linn(Ivor Tiefenbrun) said it best: "If you haven't heard it, you have no opinion!" One of my favorite quotes. The rest of you can have all the vapid, opinionated "last words" you want. Seems you can't help yourselves.
Rodman99999...Hearing is subjective and like the other senses, easily fooled.
I started this thread and its purpose is to remind those that have bought fuses that state they have a direction to them, to try the fuse in both directions. The direction of the fuse made a difference in my system. If people want to debate the possibility of directional fuses please start a new thread. I hope Bicycle_man and Elartford will not post any more to this thread.
David Pritchard
Nice. Okay, David, one quick question which I should have asked from the nice folks I bought my fuses from, it's obviously easy (for us) to tell which direction the fuse is suppose to go by hearing it, but if you were to go by arrow only, is there any way to know?
Thanks...
and be nice to bicycleman, I think he's gonna buck for one sooner or later, elartford, well, i think it spells e oldfart, and he's thinking like one...:)