Have you ever spoken with a designer or audio engineer


I'll never forget I was doing an audio banquet some years past. At my table were 2 audio engineers. At the banquet they had a lottery for audio accessories. I happen to win a power cord from a fairly well known companies. One of the engineers laughed when I was showing it to people at my table. He said power cords are totally hocus pouch and there is no scientific studies proving there any better than stock cords. He said there basically made for insecure audiophiles. I had mentioned I already had some after markets cords in my system and they definitely made an improvement. He just laughed and said a sucker is born everyday in the audiophile world.


Now the guy I am talking about isn't some unknown schlub. He works for one of the biggest high-end companies in the world and is fairly well known. In fact some people think he is a great designer of audio equipment. I have only talked to a couple of audio engineers in my life and they were both skeptical.  I wonder if this is common among engineers and designers?
taters

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This is a true story. It took place about 3 years ago at a banquet put on by the Los Angeles Orange County Audiophile society. They have one every year around Christmas time. I would rather not mention the designer at this time. If you really need to know you can send me a private message. Thanks for your understanding.
All we need now is some smart ass audiophile attorney offering to sue after market fuse companies for damage to people's equipment.
Just like the ads you see on late night commercials suing pharmaceutical manufacturers for side effects of drugs.

Bdp24,

I am wondering if all tuning fuses are created the same? Are they all made by the same manufacturer and sourced out to the individual companies that make them? 

I understand what Roger is saying. What I don't know is the background information I posed from my first paragraph. I think some deeper research is necessary at this time.