HiFI Fuses ?

Tbg - Might you steer Bob and myself to some technical articles able to explain how these directional fuses work over conventional variations? I can't speak for Bob, but with over three decades of electronics background, I'm unable to grasp how a "directional" fuse could perform better in one dirrection over another, in any AC circuit, of which Bob has already mentioned some audio-related examples. Does ANYBODY have technical info able to explain?

People provide endless personal testimonials for a vast assortment of products (some "questionable"), but to a large percentage of audiophiles, this isn't "proof" of positive performance. I'm sure there are numerous products that even YOU scoff at without trying (clocks, pebbles, etc).

Surely we can keep this civil.

Metro04, I don't mean to be confrontational, but certainly you have encountered performance improvements that make little sense from a EE perspective. I know full-well that we have different systems, rooms, tastes, and hearing. There is little evidence that can "prove" why power cords sound different, why interconnects sound different, why Sun Mook Mpingo disks work, etc. If some people don't hear such differences and don't, I attribute this to all of the above. I very much resent those who hear no differences dismissing those who do as not understanding "physics" or as delusional. It is entirely possible that they don't understand "physics" and that their personal biases keep them from hearing the differences.

If I hear a demonstration of a device or tweak that works, I don't want "proof" that it does. I would like to have some inkling of how it works, but concede that this is of secondary importance. When Lloyd Walker first told me to switch the direction of the fuse in my Walker modified AHT phono stage, my reaction was to be dismissive, but I tried it. He was right. I was also dismissive about dc voltage drainage and minimizing it by switching the ac cord. This also proved, at least on many components, to be quite important. I could go on and on.

Tbg wrote "I could go on and on. "

By why bother!! They are some who are so closed minded they believe they can not hear differences in any tweeks or cables and some say all amps sound the same. Then there are those who believe they can't trust thier ears, well to that I say get another hobby.

I view audio as I view life!

With an open mind!!

I find I get much more out of both when my mind is open!!

I really don't care if someone else can't hear it.

But don't tell me I'm a fool because I can!!

Benie, I always thought that looking for explanations on how or why things work was called curiousity or having an open mind. Simply stating that one doesn't care about 'why one hears a difference' or stating that why or how something works isn't important, shows a bit of closed-mindedness to me. But then, marketers just love those supposedly open-minded people.
Bob P.

Man has been claiming to see and hear things since his beginning, for all sorts of psychological reasons, and without proof. Over time, much of those early beliefs were debunked by investigation, research, or science. Fortunately, we've stopped burning those whom we thought were "witches".