We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses

@nonoise 
I'm on the fence about power cords. I'll probably turn one of my 11g 6-way cables into one when I make a new pair, assuming I like them better. I'm not wasting $30 to sample snake oil though. That's just stupid. If I wanted to know the difference that bad I'd just jump the fuse block. 

Didn’t I explain my setup here before? How it's nothing like what the vast majority of you are using?

If I wanted to know the difference that bad I'd just jump the fuse block.

Didn't you see the link to where Paul McGowan and a friend designed a wonderful sounding amp only to have it suck when they incorporated the fuse? It completely messed with the sound. Even gold plating the holder didn't help much. They didn't try aftermarket fuses back then (it was in the 80's). It never sounded as good once the fuse was added. The fuse is the bottleneck. Some amp designers figured it out way before this discussion came along.

All the best,
Nonoise

@nonoise 
.....for a bad design. And by definition, something so prone to such a nuance back behind the power supply is a poor design. The entire point of a power supply is to filter noise and smooth the incoming power. The ideal power supply provides the rail voltages and current the circuit requires with no noise or perturbations. By saying a single fuse made that kind of difference, one is also saying the power supply was garbage. All you're hearing in a stereo is the modulated output of a power supply so it better be good. That's why good amps have very robust power supplies resistant to all kinds of garbage. In a good amp, it's the most expensive thing, second to only some of the ridiculous chassis some build, like D"Agostino. 

kosst,
What can I say to someone who knows so much, that he cannot learn any more? The air must be rare up there.

All the best,
Nonoise