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In Reply to: Question about Hi End Fuse (HiFi Tuning,Synergistic, etc) use posted by Old SteveA on May 4, 2015 at 10:04:01:
And there are no fuses in my speakers.However, there are fuses in each power supply to kill current in case of an overload. I'm no expert -- circuits are Chinese algebra to me -- but I think those fuses carry ZERO music signal. I think that the music signal is carried via RCA plugs, interconnects, binding posts, speaker wires and circuit boards, but never does it go through a fuse.
I have a PS Audio power plant that conditions the AC power 'signal' and I think fuses see only that. I don't know whether an expensive fuse would make an audible difference there. I never experimented but I'm skeptical. Send me some high-end fuses, though, and I'll give them a listen and report back what my golden ears discover :)
OTOH, I think fuses would be audible in a loudspeaker.
What I'm saying is that it's important to define what we mean by signal path before we debate whether and how fuses affect the signal.
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Edits: 05/11/15
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- In my tube system, AFAIK no fuses are in the audio signal path - Jay Buridan 12:37:04 05/11/15 (0)