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Audiophile Fuses

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This has absolutely nothing to do whether anyone thinks or hears audiophile fuses besting stock fuses. The crux of the matter is whether audiophile fuses protect as do stock fuses. To determine that, fuses must be measured against non audiophile fuses." Should be easy to measure & provide peace of mind for those who hear differences. Again, I don't care if they sound better, worse or the same. This measurement is crucial.
 
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Audiophile FUSES? Now I've heard everything! LOL!! What's next, are we going fill our listening rooms with audiophile AIR? Awesome.
 
This has absolutely nothing to do whether anyone thinks or hears audiophile fuses besting stock fuses. The crux of the matter is whether audiophile fuses protect as do stock fuses. To determine that, fuses must be measured against non audiophile fuses." Should be easy to measure & provide peace of mind for those who hear differences. Again, I don't care if they sound better, worse or the same. This measurement is crucial.

Lesterbest said:
You're ignoring the audiophile anthem, "Everything matters". For shame. LOL
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Appears that you are looking to circumvent your own disclaimer in the original post pretty early in the thread.

Makes this thread look like its not on the up and up.

Regards
Mister Pig
 
I was going to post a serious response to the first post. Then I decided my leg was being pulled.
 
The everything matters was written in jest. That's why I used quotation marks. I found the "audiophile air" amusing. However, when it comes to audiophile gear possibly being damaged by certain fuses, I couldn't be more serious.
 
I don't understand why an Audio fuse needs to be tested against a standard fuse. This makes absolutely NO SENSE whatsoever.

If a fuse is rated at 1A, I don't and I'm sure it doesn't care what it is specified as, audiophile or standard as long as it opens properly based on the guidelines of a 1A fuse, fast, medium or slo-blow and all iterations in between. There are specific graphs of the characteristics for a fuse to open and I would think that the audiophile fuses either follow that or have their own similar curves.
 
This sort of thing would be a good place to start ...

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Water drunk from the fountain of youth by Thor and then released from his mighty sword ...

(ahhhhhhhhhh!!! shake shake)
 
Blue Shadow said:
I don't understand why an Audio fuse needs to be tested against a standard fuse. This makes absolutely NO SENSE whatsoever.
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If one assumes it's all the same and everybody is on the same page, etc., etc., etc., then yeah, it makes no sense.

That is, I think, the root of the question.

Who makes "Harry's Hi-Fi Super Fuse" and why should I trust them just the same as Bussman, Littelfuse, etc.?

Is Harry's fuse UL listed/certified? Who/what is the oversight?
 
The test is to determine whether they open when they should. It would eliminate guesswork & possibly save a big repair bill.
 
Isn't the point behind "audiophile fuses" that they sound better? I presume that if said fuse doesn't meet it's current/voltage specs one would have cause to sue.
 
What would be the difference between an "audiophile" fuse and a standard fuse? Is there any way it could actually SOUND better?
 
noogies said:
What would be the difference between an "audiophile" fuse and a standard fuse? Is there any way it could actually SOUND better?
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I have no idea. I'm merely stating the reason(s) for the existence of such. Personally I have a great deal of difficulty believing that a fuse can make a difference in the sound.
 
A fuse is a safety device. If I buy one from Eaton or Littelfuse, I feel pretty comfortable that it's going to do its job when necessary. You have no idea who makes an "audioplhile" fuse. Might as well buy no-name fuses from Ebay.
 
The materials of construction can make a significant difference in the sound. Some folks swear by or against interconnects and speaker wire, ah, I mean coat hanger, and those all do the same sort of thing, pass an electrical signal as a fuse is supposed to do up to a certain point. So what it is made of, outside connection to the unit, the metal from there to the inner section where the fuse element is and the fuse element itself all make a difference.

If a company makes these and has not done the testing needed to determine when the fuse element stops conducting there is definitely cause for legal recourse.
 
Wow! This is another AK opportunity to trash that which one has no experience with. I refuse to protect my tri-amped Magnapan MGIIIa speakers with a fuse that is below the standards of the speaker wire and internal wiring of my speakers. The speaker wire feeds to the ribbon tweeters on my MGIIIa's are different than those to the bass and midrange panels, and yes you can easily hear the difference if they are switched. You are welcome to hear for yourself. It is amazing to me how folks are so quick to make judgments with no basis of knowledge or experience on the items in question. I use HI-FI Tuning fuses on my MGIIIa's with improved results over the buss fuses that came in them. FWIW

It is less costly to be entrenched in your audio beliefs, however closed minds lead to missed audio improvement opportunities. IMHO
Regards,
Jim
 
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