Aftermarket Fuses

Oh, brother! Is the Troll Convention in town?

Definition of expert: someone who used to be a drip 💧 under pressure.

Wolfie, if you’re pretending to be dumb you’re doing an excellent job.

analgluber, I get the impression you aren’t pretending.

analogluvr
Your right Geoff I’m sure the guy that professionally designs and builds amplifiers for a living doesn’t have a clue....
You on the other hand, who sells magic rocks and teleportation devices would definitely be an expert 🙄

>>>>Most amplifier designers don’t believe in fuses or power cords or much of anything, as far as I can tell. They are about three paradigm shifts behind the power curve. Kind of like you. The score is about 50 against aftermarket fuses, 80,000 for. You do the math.

Wolfie, you are close. Very close. The numbers actually show that it’s you and the naysayers that are the cult. Besides, explanations abound. If you don’t read them or cannot understand them that would be on you. You keep coming back with that same lame excuse like the village idiot.

How many would believe Roger Modjeski over your humble scribe? Probably a lot. You did. That’s kind of my whole point, Georgie boy. That’s why there is such a thing as Appeal to Authority. Also known as talking out of your 🍑 Besides, it’s not just Roger Modjeski vs me, it’s Roger Modjeski vs 80,000. Get the picture? Tell us, how does it feel to be in a cult?

The 70,000 was actually from a few months ago. You know, when I was in a conference call with the primary manufacturers. Would you believe audiophiles just keep buying them? They can’t seem to get enough. Gotta be up to 80,000 by now. Is it just me or does analoglover have a bad case of the 🍑 ?

Wolfie, would I kid you? Two day conference calls? Are you on crack? I’m a trusted person, and an audio insider. Consequently, no problemo.

Stalker alert! Mapman, why is your nose purple?

Finally, one of the pseudo skeptics understands how big, how global and how coordinated the fuse conspiracy is. Shadorne is a genius. 

Is it just me or does the pro audio and the audio industry in general seem to be very slow? Slow to understand the significance of a lot of the things that are obviously high end audio things. But still, you’d think they would be motivated by something or another to look into some of these things. But maybe I’m giving them too much credit. Prolly just ego.

The pbnaudio post that just preceded me is a prime example of what I mean. 😛

elizabeth
I have a theory that the real improvement is the fact that the aftermarket fuses really are just higher rated fuse material.

>>>>>Sorry, but that theory can’t be right since at least some of them like Audio Magic Beeswax and the Gold Bussman fuses are simply modified stock fuses. Furthermore, higher ratings mean the fuse won’t blow when it should blow. In fact, it appears some aftermarket fuses are lower rated based on the number of reports of premature blown fuses. Nice try though! Now, if you had said that aftermarket fuses use purer and or better conductors then we’d be getting somewhere.

uh, shadorne, methinks you need to raise the level of your game. You appear to be completely out of ammo.

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mapman

Geoffkait: Is it just me or does the pro audio and the audio industry in general seem to be very slow?

GK once again, as pretty much always, you’ve clearly demonstrated its definitely you.

>>>>The Amish still have you under their spell, Moops. When are you going to stop following the wrong sheep?

Of course a Littelfuse or any other cheap stock fuse will work. But this is not about fuses working. It’s about sound quality. The Littelfuse argument makes about as much sense as saying  a boom box works. Sure, a boom box works and you might be able to live with it, but come on!

Hmmmm, what’s it called when fishermen put something in the water to attract sharks? oh, yeah, chumming.

Oh, geez, don’t tell me someone is actually trying to reason with Wolfie. He’s just playing his stupid game. Trying to reason with him as if he was a serious skeptic is a little bit like trying to pee up a rope. Just because he cast his bait doesn’t mean you have to bite.

So, I guess the $64K question is did you try the fuses in both directions? 😳

I’m not entirely sure I would take anyone’s word for which fuse is better since there are a number of variables that could tilt the results on way or the other. I don’t have to tell you what those variables are. 

jetter
Geoff says
"In fact, it appears some aftermarket fuses are lower rated based on the number of reports of premature blown fuses. Nice try though! Now, if you had said that aftermarket fuses use purer and or better conductors then we’d be getting somewhere."

to which Jitter replied,

Purer and better conductors = premature blown fuses? Wouldn't the purer and better conductor result in less resistance and heat and not blow?

>>>>>But didn’t say purer and better conductors = premature blown fuses. You did. There are any number of reasons for prematurely blown fuses, for both aftermarket AND stock fuses. What I actually said was the reason aftermarket fuses sound better is purer and better conductors, among other things obviously. You know, as opposed to higher fuse ratings. Follow?

Who’s Peggy Lee?

What’s up with all the ass and fart jokes recently? The trolls must be on their A game.

That’s interesting. Both the $400 Brimar Black fuse, graphene one assumes heh heh, and the implication that Hong Kong is the new Paragon of sound. 😳

xtinct11 posts01-18-2019 6:23amHello guys,

from my experience, simply cleaning the fuses contact points and the plus with acetone can reap very noticeable improvements. Treble becomes more airy and bass more defined and visceral. Therefore I am in no doubt that fuses can make an appreciable audible difference. However, the pricing is ridiculous. If these greedy manufacturers weren’t so stupid and priced their products reasonably, they would sell a lot more and some of this resistance against such tweaks would fade away as more people would witness the audible difference.

>>>>Don’t worry so much. The aftermarket fuse makers are doing pretty well. More than 80,000 sold and counting.