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In Reply to: thanks for the link posted by Story on November 18, 2021 at 06:15:43:
I've only ever bought economically priced "audiophile" fuses. In particular the heavily discounted Hi-Fi Tuning fuses at PCX. And even those I've only purchased as an add-on or to build up an order $$$ to get free shipping.
So looking back over the past 10 years I have pretty much implemented an "audiophile" fuse in everything. Including my Quad ESL 63's.
On a component basis, I would say my amplifier benefitted the most. Even to the point I could hear a difference between the "Gold" and "Silver" series. Note the only reason I had both the "Gold" and "Silver" was that I thought the "Gold" made a difference enough that I thought I would buy more as spares on my next order. But they didn't have any "Gold" left. "Silver" were like $5 bucks more, so I splurged. $5 is a splurge to me!
None of the differences are dramatic though. I would consider a dramatic difference where sometimes my system just sounds a bit off and I just can't get into it vs sounds great. Coincidently I've come to find the correlation there is listening during the day vs listening late at night. Night listening trumps day. Is it line noise or mental in the head noise that disappears late evenings? Anyways, that's my definition of dramatic.
I've done some reading and experimenting over the years with fuses. And your point about fuse construction and coils in some cases is a good point. Especially keeping in mind that fuses are built to be the weakest link that breaks when overloaded.
Fuses "do" heat up during use. Even spike to just within tolerance of breaking depending on power demands or surges. Is there wear and tear to the point where even just replacing the fuse with off the shelf would make a difference audibly?
My amplifier manual says power output wattage may vary depending on AC line stability. Can a fuse impact that to some degree? Maybe just replacing the old aged fuse in my amp with off the shelf would have been audible as well, vs gold vs silver.
Another thing I have found that is interesting is measuring resistance on some of the small under 1 amp rated fuses. It is measurable even on a cheap DVM and the boutique fuses have much less resistance. Given that, would a fuse that has less resistance, yet provide the same safety spec, sound better?
In the end I suppose even if there are some tangible measurable differences, I'm not sure if we actually hear them or expect to hear them LOL!
One of the things I haven't tried is taking all of the "audiophile" fuses out of everything to see if subtle incremental differences add up. Thinking that way, maybe spending a couple of hundred bucks on economically priced "audiophile" fuses and doing your whole system might be no different than trying another interconnect cable.
Cheers!
Jonesy
"I know just enough to get into trouble. But not enough to get out of it."
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- RE: thanks for the link - Jonesy 11/18/2112:39:16 11/18/21 (3)
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- RE: Silclear - Jonesy 13:26:28 11/18/21 (1)
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