To Fuse or Not to Fuse... That is the question!


Ok.. I think I understand that no fuse is better than a cheap fuse. And a good fuse is better than a cheap fuse. But is no fuse better than the best fuse?

One person on Audiogon said that he achieved better sound by using a Blue fuse over no fuse. I guess my question is... Do these new, high dollar fuses just allow the current to flow better with solid protection or do they actually due to quantum physics or something, actually improve upon the signal by eliminating errant bad electrons and thereby actually improving the music over no fuse at all?

I gots to know!


captaindidactic
I learned what Thermotron chamber is. Good job everybody. Especially me.

At the same time, geoffkait, do I have to go through reality check of those impressive fuse numbers every six months? 100 000 fuses sold equals 10 000 -15 000 buyers, at best. Easily 5000 but I am a generous kind. It is overly enthusiastic to call it "the world". It is a number of inhabitants of some large residential building.

It is obvious from these threads that fuse-believers are very dedicated crowd. Which one of them bought only one fuse and then gave up?
How can you prove I’m wrong when your evidence is wrong? Besides it’s only evidence. My evidence is only evidence, too. Even if your evidence was correct, which it isn’t, it’s still only evidence. You need to study up on the difference between evidence and proof a little bit. The best you can hope for is to sway some newbie’s opinion. Which most likely you didn’t if he was paying attention. In the end it’s only a little game since every audiophile and his brother knows that fuses are directional. And the advanced audiophiles know all wire is directional. I did not invent reality. Good luck in your quest to prove reality wrong. To summarize, your debating technique of misquoting me, misinterpreting me and presenting incorrect evidence of your own was ineffective. 
Help for skeptics who’ve hit a brick wall has arrived. 🤗 I only want to help you out. (Excerpts from Zen and the Art of Debunkery)

• Put on the right face. Cultivate a condescending air certifying that your personal opinions are backed by the full faith and credit of God. Adopting a disdainful, upper-class manner is optional but highly recommended.

• Employ vague, subjective, dismissive terms such as "ridiculous," "trivial," "crackpot," or "bunk," in a manner that purports to carry the full force of scientific authority.

• Keep your arguments as abstract and theoretical as possible. This will send the message that accepted theory overrides any actual evidence that might challenge it -- and that therefore no such evidence is worth examining.

• By every indirect means at your disposal imply that science is powerless to police itself against fraud and misperception, and that only self-appointed vigilantism can save it from itself.

• Portray science not as an open-ended process of discovery but as a pre-emptive holy war against invading hordes of quackery-spouting infidels. Since in war the ends justify the means, you may fudge, stretch or violate the scientific method, or even omit it entirely, in the name of defending it.

On the speaker there are two separate wires coming from the amplifier. One we call + the other -. The two wires carry the electrical signal to operate the speaker. Since the speaker cables are part of an AC circuit when the electrical signal travels toward the speaker on the + wire it travels in the opposite direction on the - wire. It is an alternating current and voltage circuit. The electrical signal alternates direction according to the instantaneous frequency of the “audio waveform.” The speaker only responds to the electrical signal at any instant in time whether it’s the + or - wire. So for that that instant of time you can pretend the other wire is not even attached to the speaker. There is no current, voltage or energy on that other wire. So, it’s only the direction toward the speaker that is important and the only direction we hear. One wire pushed the diaphragm out, the other pulls it back in. That’s why the wires in the speaker cables should be constructed so the best-sounding direction is honored. Then the cables are marked with arrows 🔚 so there’s no confusion. It’s not really rocket science. 🚀
Clean up aisle 4!!!!!.
Someone please mop Geoff up, and flush him down the dunny.