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  Upgrading Fuses
Have a Audio Research Ref 3 and am considering upgrading the fuses but I am a little skeptical. Would like to hear from people who have try this. Hard to believe that fuses can make a substantial difference like the manufacturers claim. All advice appreciated.
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08-27-11
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09-24-11   Jeff_jones... traditional "measurements" usually r ...   Eldartford

09-24-11   Way to hold your own vance. isn't education sometimes a bitc ...   Sgr

09-24-11   Yeah, thanks for edjamacatin' us ignurnts real good in the w ...   Metro04

09-24-11   "isn't education sometimes a bitch for those who won't ...   Jeff_jones

09-24-11   Experience is the best teacher. there is no room left for ac ...   Vhiner

09-24-11   "why isn't this debate about science" - metro4 s ...   Frogman

09-25-11   Frogman, i certainly share your view, but these guys aren't ...   Vhiner

09-25-11   There was once chef who asked other chefs whether they'd eve ...   Vhiner

09-25-11   Wow!!! all this over the sound of a fuse?   Zmanastronomy

09-25-11   No, zmanastronomy, all this is over people who devote their ...   Vhiner

09-25-11   "how'd it be if someone went to your systems page and k ...   Jeff_jones

09-25-11   There are scientific laws of physics governing room treatmen ...   Orpheus10

09-25-11   If someone thinks that a particular configuration of wire (o ...   Eldartford

09-25-11   Eldartford, don't buy it then. no one here makes or sells f ...   Vhiner

09-25-11   If someone doesn't buy one of these upscale fuses, do they n ...   Onhwy61

09-25-11   Good lord. experience is the best teacher. there is no room ...   Vhiner

09-25-11   It seems to me that you've been the guy pounding away the mo ...   Onhwy61

09-25-11   Touché. were the rest of the remarks here so clever. i'm don ...   Vhiner

09-25-11   Vhiner... my comments are about fraudulent advertising, not ...   Eldartford

09-26-11   [vhiner] "it doesn't matter because this debate is clea ...   Metro04

09-26-11   All the manuals of my components warn against attempts at fi ...   Jtein

09-26-11   As far as i know, not every equipment benefits highly from h ...   Maxmad

09-26-11   Jtein, not all amps have fuses...krell for example. i woul ...   Vhiner

09-26-11   09-26-11: vhiner "not all amps have fuses...krell for e ...   Sebrof

09-26-11   Krell amps use no fuses. i believe so they don't impact the ...   Sgr

09-26-11   I'll just wait for a knowledgable krell owner with experien ...   Vhiner

09-26-11   Of course krell uses fuses. go to their website and download ...   Sebrof

09-26-11   I stand corrected. sorry. i rarely post heresay. it won't ha ...   Vhiner

09-26-11   I own 2 krell ksa 250s and a pair of mda 500s and have just ...   Sgr

09-26-11   I love reading posts by people with first-hand experience. t ...   Vhiner

09-27-11   Sorry to beat the heck out of this krell fuse thing. interes ...   Sebrof

09-27-11   Sebrof, no redemption for me...i'm here to learn and i thin ...   Vhiner

09-27-11   " i looked at 4 or 5 other manuals and they all spec'd ...   Jeff_jones

09-27-11   09-26-11: sgr “krell amps use no fuses. i believe so they do ...   Metro04

09-27-11   Circuit breakers are appropriate for power amps, where overh ...   Eldartford

09-27-11   Metro04, you, sir, are a genius.   Vhiner

09-27-11   [yawn]   Metro04

09-27-11   I hope this means it's time for your nap, metro04. that last ...   Vhiner

09-27-11: Sgr
Regarding fuses, I suppose we could be victims of a 'ripoff' by audiophile fuse manufacturers. Maybe they haven't done anything to them at all. I'm sure there are even counterfeit fuses being made as well as power cords, interconnects, and speaker wire. How many people are going to take apart their $5000.00 interconnects to make sure they have really got what they paid for and I might add would kow the difference between the components of their interconnects anyway? I have been both a witness to and victim of "psychoacoustic effects" before and probably will be again. The fact is in this case, two other audiophiles and I, took apart my PS Audio PWD after listening for about a half hour, and changed the fuses and listened again. Changing the fuses took about a half hour as I changed the fuses in the PWT as well. We were all skeptical about hearing a difference and voiced concerns about the PWD cooling off and not sounding as good because of being unplugged. Then we hooked everything up and listened. For the first time in my experience with the PWD there the sonics did not take a hit after being unplugged. The PWT sounded better with the new fuses installed even having cooled off. I have since removed the fuses and replaced them with the stock ones and listened again, and what do you know, the PWD had taken a step backwards, so I replaced the stock fuses with the Supremes again, and the sound came back. Now I'm not saying that these fuses transformed my system into audio Nirvana, but they do bring the quality up a notch by at least 2000%! Just joking! I did make sure I purchased the fuses from a reputable company, (The Cable Company) so hopefully they are comfortable with the legitimacy of their suppliers. The Cable Company does offer a 30 refund by the way, so doubters could try the fuses and send them back if they could not hear a difference. Just ask for Paul Jenkins. By the way, Paul McGowan of PS Audio, still endorses these tweaked up fuses even though they are not selling them anymore.
As for my statements about why Krell used circuit breakers instead of fuses in the KSA 250 I guess I did infer that the reasons had to do with sound quality. There could be other reasons.

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09-28-11   The gospel according to metro04: {metro04}…"pure unsub ...   Vhiner

09-28-11   09-27-11: vhiner "metro04,you, sir, are a genius." ...   Metro04

09-28-11   "i'm sure there are even counterfeit fuses being made ...   Jeff_jones

09-28-11   I''ve never claimed to be a genius, but i know when i'm in t ...   Vhiner

09-28-11   To the scientifically approaching people: explain me what i ...   Milpai

09-28-11   Amen, milpai.   Vhiner

09-28-11   Bless you, milpai. so much of debate hangs on unproven, unde ...   Ghosthouse

09-28-11   09-28-11: vhiner “i''ve never claimed to be a genius, but ...   Metro04

09-28-11   Metro04, that was brilliant. it is hard to keep up. now, ...   Vhiner

09-28-11   Ghosthouse - milpai fuses. not, wonders of nature, magic ...   Jeff_jones

09-28-11   Metro04' "payed" (sic) magazine reviewers like ro ...   Vhiner


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