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10-13-11
When you upgrade fuses on an amplifier in addition to changi ... Jedinite24
10-13-11
Jedinite24, i have been advised that the fuse next to the po ... Milpai
10-13-11
I am lucky, i only had single fuse per component to change, ... Lacee
10-13-11
Jedinite, if you haven't experimented with a good power con ... Vhiner
10-14-11
Sebrof - "to me, this is the crux of the debate. when s ... Jeff_jones
10-15-11
I am firmly in the camp that upgraded power cords, whether d ... Lacee
10-16-11
Lacee - i'm in the camp that gives up after 3 pages of the s ... Jeff_jones
10-16-11
Happy listening is indeed the end result ,and the intended o ... Lacee
10-16-11
Did someone blow a fuse? happy listening, indeed, to everyo ... Nonoise
10-16-11
Jeff, you did not comment on my nordost vs signal cable poin ... Milpai
10-17-11
Hi you guys in my systems i do have aftermarket power cords ... Jedinite24
10-17-11
Jedinite, i like my hubbels...it'll be interesting to hear ... Vhiner
10-18-11
Carol 10/3 cables work quite well as power cord wire, but it ... Lacee
10-19-11
Well, how conveniently do the non-believers ignore genuine r ... Milpai
10-19-11
10-19-11: milpai well, how conveniently do the non-believers ... Metro04
10-19-11
Oh well. milpai - what exactly is your point, how does it r ... Jeff_jones
10-19-11
Metro04/jeff, my point was related to "generalization& ... Milpai
10-19-11
I just came upon this thread and offer the following story. ... Dougmc
10-19-11
Dougmc - what you say does make sense, however there is alwa ... Sebrof
10-20-11
Milpai - "my point was related to "generalization& ... Jeff_jones
10-21-11
Very interesting different takes on the fuse uograde advice ... Lacee
10-21-11
Lacee, your experience mirrors mine exactly. this hobby has ... Vhiner
10-22-11
Just to add another bit of info. i was glancing at the manu ... Lacee
11-26-11
Well....ps audio is shipping their pwd mk2 upgrade board wit ... Levy03
11-27-11
It's great to see that you are going to take the plunge and ... Lacee
12-20-11
Audio magic just came out with their all new nano-liquid pre ... Hifisoundguy
12-20-11
The flat earth society newsletter ( yup, they still print pa ... Vhiner
12-21-11
I think it's audio magic that a company can sell fuses for $ ... Audiofeil
12-21-11
I put off fuse exotica for as long as possible, but recently ... Dgarretson
12-21-11
Has anyone actually tried the $60 audio magic fuses? that ... Brownsfan
12-21-11: Lacee
Way back when, Peter Aczel had a magazine called the Audio Critic.
I subscribed to it, as I did to Stereophile and TAS.
Back in the mid 1980's I think, he ran an article about how damaging speaker protection fuses were to the sound of whatever they were used with.
He suggested bypassing them altogether , using speakewire or partialally clad solid copper wire.
Magnepan owners were the first to reap the benefits.
I am not surprised that younger Maggie owners haven't caught wind of this, because over the years Peter Aczel has become the poster boy against things that are purported to make an improvement.He is the great Myth buster to a lot of folks.
But have no doubt,back in the old days when he was young enough to hear differences, he was spot on about speaker fuses.
I took him up on his stand and until the onset of better made although prohibitively expensive for some($60. to $85.00)I used different chunks of solid copper and threw the cheap $1.00 fuses into the garbage where they belong.
Yes a fuse is just a fuse and it's only purpose in life is to blow if there is a fault somewhere in the system.
Except of course it's not that simple.
It's a sonic bottleneck that even old Pete heard back in the day.
So,is it that great a stretch to reason that if a speaker fuse degrades the sound that fuses in general degrade the sound wherever they are used?
Afterall until the high priced ones came around, most were the garden variety that the manufacturer had to throw into the amp so it would pass code.So most everyone had the same fuse, albeit in a few different configurations based on the cicuit.
Then after 30 years someone got wise and decided to market a better made fuse, unfortunately it costs more than the $1.75 some folks feel it should cost.
I am not saying that the price is a steal or a ripp off.
But someone is making money off the $1.00 fuse aren't they?
To me the deal was done years ago, fuses degrade the sound.
No fuse or a DIY bypass(try one in the Maggies)is better than the cheap ones that come with most gear.
I used to use solid copper and threw out the old stock fuse in all my gear, amps included.
I was lucky and never had a failure, fire or malfunction.
When the designer fuses came out I bought the Iso Cleans and after hearing what they did on my power amps I upgraded all my gear to them.
Now I use the HIFI Supremes,a bit more expensive, but I can afford to enjoy the improvement they make.
When you think about how much money is wasted on swapping out amps, speakers, interconnects, speaker wires, etc,the cost of a fuse that can improve your sound really isn't that much as things go in this hobby.
Some people have no qualms about spending big bucks on NOS tubes that may or may not improve your system and they may be of questionable vintage and quality.And those folks buy them on faith or word of mouth.
And yet the poor little upscale fuse continues to take a backseat.
I know I will never convince the folks who know the fuse can't make a difference, or convince those who think that $60.00 is akin to shutting the door on their kids education.
All I can say is that what Peter Aczel said back in the 80's still applies today, fuses degrade the sound.It's not fiction to me, it's been a fact.
The great thing is that now I get the added protection of a fuse without the degraded sound.
Lacee (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)
12-21-11
Replaced all the fuses in my system sometime back with neody ... Theaudiotweak
12-26-11
Magnets! now that's interesting. could you add some more in ... Lacee
12-27-11
Lacee i have been using magnets instead of fuses as sugges ... Theaudiotweak
12-28-11
Mr l- re: maggies and fuses. it's not difficult(in the lea ... Rodman99999
12-28-11
Rodman,yes it is very easy to do,and when done, it's also ea ... Lacee
12-28-11
Sounds like i was preaching to the choir. happy listening! Rodman99999
12-29-11
Brownsfan, i just try out one of these audio magic nano-liqu ... Hifisoundguy
12-29-11
Hifisoundguy, thanks so much for sharing your experience wi ... Brownsfan
12-30-11
I bought the hifi tuning fuse - the $37.95 ones (basic ones, ... Gbmcleod
12-31-11
Goodness gracious, i done got me a case of the vapors!! it' ... Gbmcleod
12-31-11
No more calls! we have a winner!!!! and i'll just ask the g ... Gbmcleod
12-31-11
There is a difference between the two camps. one side, call ... Lacee
12-31-11
Gbmcleod, i *love * a guy who puts his money where his mout ... Vhiner
01-01-12
Sure, vhiner. my intent was to allow someone with no money s ... Gbmcleod
01-01-12
Fantastic quote! Vhiner
01-13-12
i only wished they had these nano-liquid fuses many years a ... Hifisoundguy
01-14-12
First i want to thank glenn for his generous offer on giving ... Zmanastronomy
01-15-12
I've dad very positive results replacing the stock fuses in ... Mross1949
01-15-12
The least expensive fuse upgrade is flipping all existing fu ... Geoffkait
01-15-12
I've had the audio magic fuses in my magnepan 3.7's for abou ... Brownsfan
01-15-12
Zman: we all love music, and sometimes, it takes someone hol ... Gbmcleod
01-16-12
Wow, after 4 pages of all this about fuses, i am really begi ... Stevecham
01-16-12
Nobody sways or converts? that's not correct. anyone who s ... Lacee
01-17-12
Gbmcleod - i somehow just happened upon your post of 12-30-1 ... Dadsears
01-18-12
In spite of the four pages of controversy, a consensus does ... Vhiner
01-18-12
The "stock fuse" is the.. weakest link Hifisoundguy
01-19-12
I recently tried an acme fuse in my pass labs xa30.5 amp and ... Erndog
01-27-12
And....hereeeee's ...glennie! wow, i'm really becoming addi ... Gbmcleod
02-06-12
I went ahead and purchased the supreme fuse for my cdp. i ha ... Zmanastronomy
03-18-12
Has anyone else tried the new audio magic nano fuses? i hav ... Audiotunesx
03-20-12
I have a theory on fuse directionality...i installed the hif ... Aj_f75
03-21-12
Noticed i used 'voltages' flagrantly. although this is ac, ... Aj_f75
04-13-12
I've tried it and it made a difference. it made my system m ... Hkmatch23
05-12-12
I just popped in two 5a slo blo hifi supremes in my old acou ... Lacee
05-13-12
Lacee, i know what you mean about more expensive upgrades n ... Vhiner
05-13-12
How would that power cord sound now that you've got the fuse ... Lacee
05-17-12
Lacee, good decisions *do* tend to have a cummulative effec ... Vhiner
05-20-12
I can tell you from painful expereience that the hifi suprem ... Lacee
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