Synergistic Red Fuse ...

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Op thanks again for giving me the opportunity to audition.  Much appreciated. B

r_f_sayles:

Congratulations on installing the fuses. Your description of a freshly installed Black fuse is quite good. If your player is left on 24/7 then by next Saturday I believe you will hear a sound that has even better folw and a sense of bei

A better sense of flow and the music being more "alive".
 
I absolutely agree with you about life being too short. In less time than it takes to post an argument about obtaining some technical measurement,
one can order a Black fuse that has a money back guarantee. High- End Electronics does not charge shipping to the customer. So even if you send it back Insured Priority Mail in a small flat rate box, you are out a maximum of $6.80.

And please remember life is short - My Brother was diagnosed with Acute Monocytic Leukemia on Monday. Risking all of $6.80 to try a piece of equipment that multiple audiophiles have reported on favorably seems like a non issue.

Listening to my system with multiple Black fuses  has given me some real comfort this week. Mozart, Bach, and the serene lute music of John Dowland have been my close companions.

David Pritchard

Al, I trust the HiFi Tuning data answered your question regarding fuse resistance.  

Cheers,

GK

Mapman, thanks very much for performing those measurements. The HiFi Tuning paper Geoff linked to indicates that the difference in resistance between a 3.15 amp HFT fuse and a standard fuse was in the vicinity of 0.03 ohms, with the HFT’s resistance being lower. Given the somewhat limited resolution of your meter, your results appear to be similar.

So you’ve confirmed that unusually high resistance is not a contributor to the differences the SR fuses are making for many people. And neither is unusually low resistance. A 3 amp fuse in normal usage is likely to be conducting something on the order of 1 amp, which would result in a difference in voltage drop compared to a typical stock fuse of 0.03 ohms x 1 amp = 0.03 volts (corresponding very closely to measured voltage drop differences reported in the HFT paper for 3A fuses). And while 0.03 volts is almost certainly too small to make a difference in most or all applications, it is absolutely too small to make a difference that is consistently in the direction of being better, across a wide variety of components and a wide variety of AC line voltages.

So the mystery continues.

Best regards,
-- Al

P.S: David -- very sorry to hear the news about your brother. I’m sure I speak for all of us in hoping that his condition is treated successfully.