We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses

Gk


I bet I  know what you hear much better than you know what I hear.

You're reading comprehension is grade school level.  Is your hearing totally  shot too?   Playing that Walkman too loud?

 

1. Do you think designer fuses are A) a Gift to audiophiles, or B) Snake Oil

answer: c) somewhere in the middle. Expensive to be called a gift. Also it is not even of any value to talk in general  about sound quality of  "designer" fuses. That means just appearing fancy and being expensive. I do think some fuses work better than others and there are many that work extremely well that are not "designer". There is a definite snake oil factor. There are rational ways to choose a fuse like any other electrical component. You can choose just because you believe nothing more.

2. Have you ever tried them? Yes or No

Yes.

Nobody is obligated to accept the empirical observations of others. When that does not happen, something is awry and someone should do something about it if they really care.  Brow beating someone probably won't help.

One indisputable fact for sure is you change a fuse and you also change the connection. No way to get around that one! Everyone knows connections do matter. Right? How do you get around that one in order to be sure its the fuse and not just the connection changing the sound?

 If you treat a regular fuse with contact enhancing gunk does that make it a fancy fuse? Inquiring minds want to know!

What if the properties of the gunk changes with age (like most of us and not usually for the better) and the connection gets worse over time not better? is there some high end gunk remover for that?

Whether they make a difference or not or if the difference is worth the asking price or not, the products come across as snake oil by any objective analysis regardless in most cases in that there is usually little information provided by the makers and people who pitch them often pitch them with no reservations and discount any dissenting views as best they can and still get away with it, usually by saying you gotta buy in first to know anything.

So if all that sounds good and appeals to someone, please have at it....