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HiFi Tuning Fuses With Speakers?

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fastcat95

Hello:

Has anyone used HiFi Tuning fuses in place of regular fuses
in a speaker? If so, how did the sound change?

Thanks!

fastcat

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Yes too - Feanor 12:42:23 12/17/09 (0)
I feel I have a subtly cleaner, more transparent sound with my Magneplanar 1.6QR's.
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Yes - E-Stat 18:05:47 12/16/09 (1)
I replaced the fuses in my Sound Lab U-1s. The result was a noticeably more open sound. I totally bypassed the fuse block in my Acoustat 2+2s (after twenty years of use and little fuse blowing), but I hesitate to do that with a $30k pair of speakers.

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- Very wise - dave c 13:05:56 12/20/09 (0)
  And that may be the only time I say that to you!
  Don't run around telling everyone!
  ;-)
RE: HiFi Tuning Fuses With Speakers? - kenster 09:43:12 12/16/09 (1)
The best thing you can do is get rid of the fuses! In all seriousness, unless you push your playback levels above 100db's on a constant basis, there is no reason to have fuses in your speakers. Fuses and fuse holders are the worst offenders with regards to signal degradation especially in a tweeter circuit which I surmise is where yours are located. OTOH, if you absolutely have to have the fuses in the speakers, the high end fuses do make a difference and are worth the price of admission and I would suggest you change out the fuse holder as well for a cryo'd fuse holder.

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- I'll second the bypass... - Ozzie 18:42:18 12/17/09 (0)
  provided you aren't a Db freak and have never blown a fuse anyhow. I also did it and will not go back. But then again the speakers I did it to were not 30 large.
  
  I for one have to question the high end fuses. My reasoning is that when people replace the fuses, instantly they hear differences. Are the differences due to a better fuse, at 50 bucks per, or that the original has degraded around the internal solder joints or where the fuse meets the fuse block (oxidation)? If you are chicken to bypass the fuse altogether, first clean the connection area and try a new fuse of the same value. If that works, I am free for lunch after the new year.

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