Years ago Peter Aczel from the Audio Critic was the first person that I know of who said that fuses can degrade the sound.
He was speaking at that time about bypassing speaker fuses.
I've followed this ever since, never had any gear malfunctions and the house never caught fire.
When the Iso Cleans came out I gave them a try, and while not quite as impressive as bypassing the fuse, it offers better sound than a cheap $1.00 fuse and gives you protection.
I recently switched to the HiFi Supremes and yes they are better at all the things the IsoCleans were better at compared to cheap one buck fuses.
The poor little fuse, the Rodney Dangerfield of audio, gets no respect.
Fuses are sonic bottlenecks.
They can offer as much sonic improvement as any other tweak, and the cost is considerably less than most.
They are priced within everyone's comfort zone,unless of course you think that they are over-priced and can not make a difference.
But they do.It's not voodoo.
They've been proven to degrade sound, even the old myth buster told us so.
They are easy to install and easy to take out.
There is no need for any tech,to do the swap.
It's as easy as swapping tubes and nobody thinks tube rolling is crazy.
So why don't the manufacturers supply them if they are so good?
Some do, perhaps more will, but in the scale of economies that $85.00 fuse can skyrocket in price,which is why upgraded power cords are seldom supplied.
The HiFi fuse won't make your bargain Chinese tube amp sound like an Audio Research, but it will make it sound better than when you bought it.
To me the upgraded fuse is a no brainer, it's does double duty by sounding better than a stock fuse while still adding protection.
We should feel thankful that all it costs is about a hundred bucks, because you can spend more and not get as much performance.
He was speaking at that time about bypassing speaker fuses.
I've followed this ever since, never had any gear malfunctions and the house never caught fire.
When the Iso Cleans came out I gave them a try, and while not quite as impressive as bypassing the fuse, it offers better sound than a cheap $1.00 fuse and gives you protection.
I recently switched to the HiFi Supremes and yes they are better at all the things the IsoCleans were better at compared to cheap one buck fuses.
The poor little fuse, the Rodney Dangerfield of audio, gets no respect.
Fuses are sonic bottlenecks.
They can offer as much sonic improvement as any other tweak, and the cost is considerably less than most.
They are priced within everyone's comfort zone,unless of course you think that they are over-priced and can not make a difference.
But they do.It's not voodoo.
They've been proven to degrade sound, even the old myth buster told us so.
They are easy to install and easy to take out.
There is no need for any tech,to do the swap.
It's as easy as swapping tubes and nobody thinks tube rolling is crazy.
So why don't the manufacturers supply them if they are so good?
Some do, perhaps more will, but in the scale of economies that $85.00 fuse can skyrocket in price,which is why upgraded power cords are seldom supplied.
The HiFi fuse won't make your bargain Chinese tube amp sound like an Audio Research, but it will make it sound better than when you bought it.
To me the upgraded fuse is a no brainer, it's does double duty by sounding better than a stock fuse while still adding protection.
We should feel thankful that all it costs is about a hundred bucks, because you can spend more and not get as much performance.