Fuse or braker for dedicated lines?

Gentlemen, gentlemen, let us calm ourselves. CFB and Bob are reading quite a little bit into what I said. It is true that I haven't been here a long time and it is true that I failed to understand that worldcup HAS been here a long time. But you folks apparently haven't been listening to the consistent thread that has run through nearly all my posts on the topic of what one can hear and what one cannot hear. So let me say it again and maybe it will be more clear this time....

IF YOU CAN HEAR A DIFFERENCE, AND YOU LIKE THE DIFFERENCE, AND YOU CAN AFFORD THE DIFFERENCE, GO FOR IT.

Dear me, I've been saying that for at least thirty years and it seems so obvious that it shouldn't have needed saying in the first place.

My point--which I think was fairly clear, actually--is that the continuum of audio opinion runs the gamut from "all amplifiers sound alike" to "having a metal frame around a picture in your listening room can make your system unlistenable." The vast majority of audio enthusiasts would discount both those points of view, but the the folks who believe them believe them, who are we to naysay?

I will note that it gets a bit tedious when the same voices again and again rise in hasty and often ill-considered defense of people who DO hear differences but discount or dismiss those who do not. Sheesh! Is a full range of opinions not permitted here?

One last time: If brother bundus experiences differences in sound when the fuse bases are glass rather than ceramic, that's his business and others may profit from his opinions or dismiss them, as they see fit. If someone else says they do NOT hear such a difference, that individual is entitled to the same courtesy. And then there are those who wonder if the internal construction and materials of the fuses with different insulators might not differ also...and of such is interesting conversation made.

But listening to people rant is NOT interesting.

This isn't cancer surgery, folks, it is a hobby. Lighten up. Have fun.

Will

bishopwill: ok, you wanna' be consistent: tell us YOUR experiences with different fuse/breaker types. if you have no such experience, then you've no right to criticize, even politely, those who do. now do you understand MY point? -cfb

I seriously dought that there is a difference but I have not tested this myself, I will though. It is easy enough to make up a box to do hold one of each fuse and wire them in parallel. This way I can change fuses without powering down the system. I'm not in a big hurry so it won't get done tommorow but I'll get to it.

Do you want to use the ceramic fuse with your power conditioner or does it really matter?

Can anybody explain or even have any idea as to why a ceramic fuse would sound better than a glass one?

Ctyler, and anyone else that is interested, here is an easy experiment to test the theory yourself.

First determine what size and type fuse exists in your amp and preamp. Purchase those same specification fuses in ceramic, ( 90% certainty your factory fuses were glass).

After turning the gear back on with the new ceramic fuses in place, report back here with your listening experiences. I have done this and can testify that fast acting fuses sound better than slow blow, and ceramic better than glass.

If the experiment seems silly, remember that even if you cannot hear the difference, you now have spares, and an investment of less than a can of soda.

If you agree this improves sound at the equipment, is it much of a stretch to imagine it would help at the breaker?

I would try the fuse thing if I could only get the damn pennies out of my fusebox...(just kidding).