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The guru on fuses:

For two years, I have asked why and how fuses could possibly matter. All I got was arguments of faith, pro or con. I needed a real audio guru who actually knows. Here is a link from John Curl’s discussion on Parasound’s website. He engineered and designed some some great equipment, including some Mark Levinson gear, The Grateful Dead’s 30 plus McIntosh amp powered Wall of Sound, and his admittedly, somewhat price compromised Parasound designs. He discusses the electrical properties of standard fuses, showing how they are compromised. The entire article is quite enlightening, but to skip to the fuse section, go to the bottom half of page 6. https://www.parasound.com/pdfs/JCinterview.pdf

danvignau
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nonoise
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Notice how the last two comments are basically cut-and-paste?
They'll give the same responses years from now, which is basically how all of these discussions on fuses have been for many a year.

It's like some form of arrested development.

All the best,
Nonoise
audio2design
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Allnoise, how does doing a blind test, actually doing it, and it not being audible, change from year to year. You are making 0 sense.
ricevs
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So, you have attended all blind fuse A/Bs in existence and they all had the same result?  Generally, those that do blind testing do not trust themselves and already think there is no difference.  Yes, I have done a couple of blind tests years ago and I and everyone there heard the same thing.  If you have a tweaky system and are "open' you can hear all you need to without blind tests.  As I say.....blind tests are for those that cannot hear.......or believe that they already know the answer.
audio2design
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Generally, those that do blind testing do not trust themselves and already think there is no difference.



Would you like a shovel to dig yourself out of that hole?

I am under no delusions that I have magical powers that protect me from all bias, however the many audiophile friends I have are not protected either and it is their claims I disproved not mine.

The unwillingness to subject oneself to blind testing shows you lack the confidence you profess to have.
ricevs
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You have a few 10s of people who constantly go to forums like this one and let everyone know that 'whatever" is snake oil.  These people are on a crusade to rid the world of snake oil.  What is really interesting is that 10s of thousands of audiophiles all over the world do not believe the rantings of these "snake oil killers".  Almost all of these people do not comment on these forums....they are busy listening to the incredible sound of their stereo (at least 40% of them with snake oiled systems).  This very day there are people buying fuses and I bet 90% of these people find them beneficial to the sound......

So, on one hand we have 10s of thousands of audiophiles who hear a beneficial sonic improvement with fuses and growing every day......and on the other hand we have 100 ranting "snake oil killers" who go on to every forum in the world........who mostly have never even tried an audiophile fuse..

Who would you trust?  A ton of people who listened and had a direct experience or a few people who mostly won't listen and rant?
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