We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses


LOL, I'll bet I gotcha on that Title! ;)  BTW, I put this thread under "Tech Talk" category as it involves the system physically, not tangentially. 

More seriously, two question survey:

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

2. Have you ever tried them?  Yes or No

In the tradition of such questions on Agon, I'll weigh in as we go along... 
Feel free to discuss and rant all you wish, but I would like to see clear answers to the questions. :) 
douglas_schroeder
Georgie Boy, you've must have spent a couple of hours scouring for those.
👍 Good boy!

That last one must have really gotten to you. Hell, good for me. 👍

I never said I had "electronic engineering knowledge" or training but how would it disqualify me from appreciating my gear? You, on the other hand, appear to know all there is to and yet your cries are getting fainter, your world getting darker. 

Are you actually implying that you can't tell if a performer is turning or facing away from a mike? What's it like being able to build an amp and not be good at it? To not make something with enough resolution to almost recreate an event? I'm sure it measures well but maybe you need some new schematics.

Oh, and there were a few others who thought the very same thing as I did when graphene was first discussed so don't forget to look them up as well and berate them while you're on a tear. You can't let all that pent up energy go to waste. It can give you the shakes (adrenaline and all).

I just tweak off the shelf gear and get great results. 😂😂😂

Maybe you need a refresher course or it could be you simply don't have good hearing. Despite good rote memory and those "electronic engineering" skills, they simply can't make up for your poor results. 

You need to get a life, Georgie Boy, and concentrate on something other than me. You're so easy to analyze but it would be too cruel for me to dissect you. I know you need to do this as it's safe in the virtual world and you suffer no real consequences save for making a fool of yourself but, what the hell Georgie Boy, knock your socks off, go back, and spend more hours ferreting out past quotes and don't forget to take your meds.

All the best,
Nonoise
Georgie Boy, you've must have spent a couple of hours scouring for those.
👍 Good boy!
Na! didn't take long at all, many of your posts are full of snake oil those were just a teeny weeny sample. Are you sure you and Geoff are joined at the hip.

I never said I had "electronic engineering knowledge" or training
That's very obvious.

Cheers George 

georgehifi, I would appreciate it if you showed more respect toward me as the OP. You have thus far suggested that I have ulterior motives tied to sales of fuses, and now are overtly calling this a "snake oil" thread, as though I started it with ill intent.

Some facts for you; I don't give a rip about how many fuses any particular comapny sells, as this is completely independent of any activity I pursue privately or as a reviewer. My writing is detached from the marketing and sales of any company whose product I review. The one perk I get is industry accommodation pricing on products. I fail to see how that should motivate me to endorse a class of products if they don't work well. It's not good for my reputation if I back junk. So, I don't back junk.

In this instance I bought fuses as would any audiophile from a local dealer, paying the going rate. I was not ready to invest a lot of time to conduct a review if fuses were not efficacious. I had no incentive to promote fuses one way or the other; I wanted to discover whether they had efficacy in system building. I have learned through handing products that it's the best way to tell whether a class of product is worth pursuing.

I was exploring this for my own benefit, then for the community's benefit. So, it's been my extra time, my money expended for this. I didn't get some fuses free, then direct people to a manufacturer. It seems you have jumped to some conclusions that are unwarranted.

Now, if you want to call fuses as such "snake oil" I can't stop you. But, please don't impugn my good intent with smearing the thread with accusations of promotion of snake oil. For your information, I likely will pursue fuses further, because the use of only one fuse of two variants in a power supply on a DAC has proven highly efficacious. If you don't want to believe me that's ok. I can't force you to try an aftermarket fuse. I'm not going to malign you because you don't believe it. But, at least give me some respect for having good intent and above board practices.

I envision that the day could come when we become fast friends here! I don't think that's too far fetched, as it has happened several times before. I would rather not be combative, but have friendly discourse. I have found that the cost of the fuse at about $50 conferred an equivalent change to many expensive cables, and even components. Do I know how? Not at all. Even engineers don't know how. But, it's easily heard - and do mean easily by most people.

So, iI'm requesting some respect in this matter. Now, if you feel in your certainty that you do not need to respect me, nor anyone else who supports aftermarket fusues, then I think  I'm done speaking with you.  :)

Finally; to the community - PLEASE, this is a quagmire, as I said previously. Belittling and ragging at people will accomplish NOTHING toward getting them interested in exploring alternative system setups. Let's be cordial and invite some good exchange. If georgehifi wishes to contact me and see if we live near enough to have him visit, I would be happy to have a fuse swap session to show him what I'm experiencing. :)

@nonoise,

It’s best to ignore people like georgehifi...as you can see wherever he goes he brings along his cart of litter. 

He is nothing more than a ‘sweeper’ who keeps collecting dirt off internet and takes pride and joy in spreading the same litter in our forums 😉
I admit I shouldn't have responded but George has infected many threads here on A'gon. Just one look at some of the topics here show him as a crasher and a bully. He spares no one and it just got to me. Sure, he has an opinion as valid as anyone but it's his abusive nature that got the better of me. 

Like Doug, I will now ignore any and all of his comments and get back to my normal duties as the average audiophile, here for the fun of it. 👍

All the best,
Nonoise