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In Reply to: RE: More on (or is that moron?) fuses posted by 1973shovel on May 04, 2017 at 06:03:00
Inrush Limiters prevent transient current or voltage overload. Their use is common on the primaries or secondaries of transformers in good quality circuits. Could be that a ceramic fuse is more likely to exhibit a fast-blo characteristic under very short duration stress. No big deal.PS. I use Acme fuses, my soul concession to fuse obsession. They're relatively cheap and good.
Edits: 05/04/17Follow Ups:
Have you tried the "special sauce" version and, if so, do you find them to be worth the additional 33% it adds to the cost?
My OTL tube amplifiers require fuses directly in the output stage, where a fuse might logically make an audible difference. So, if anything, I may have bought some "special sauce" fuses for those positions (six needed per monoblock). But did I make any effort to figure out whether I can hear a difference? Nope. I also bought and installed Acme silver fuse holders for each position in the output stage. All I can say is that the amplifiers sound their best ever, albeit I made several other changes at the same time as installing the fuse holders and special sauce fuses. Throwback heard the amplifiers in their current state of tweak, I think.
I DID hear Lew's system in its current state of tweak and it sounds fantastic (fantastically GOOD, that is). In fact, it is one of the best systems I have ever heard. But Lew has done many things to make that happen so even with my highly burnished, platinum ears (hah!) I can't begin to attribute his excellent sound to any one thing or group of things. I am reminded of Salieri's comment about Mozart's music in the film, Amadeus: "Take away one note and there would be diminishment."
Thx. You're absolutely right; a good system is a complex soup of matched bits and pieces. Hard to say what in particular is the contribution of one item or another. I'm sure the fuses are a subtle part of the mix.By the way, Chuck, I recently acquired a ZYX Universe (the original version) with very low hours and mounted it on the Reed tonearm on the SP10 MK3. Wow! A huge upgrade. I may have to admit that expensive cartridges make a difference, at least sometimes.
Edits: 05/09/17
Did you mean sole concession? You using the Acme's with the special sole food sauce?
"The Borg is the ultimate user. They're unlike any threat your Federation has ever faced."
- Q, 2365
Edits: 05/04/17 05/04/17
I realized the moment that I clicked on "Post Message" that I had made that error, but I had to hit the john. Some needs over-ride others. I knew you'd know what I meant.
Considering how often I have been crucified for my spelling mistakes (not by you) just thought I'd get my licks in. You call that an excuse? I feel much better now. For some it's getting even, for others it's a toilet run. Yes, by golly, I did know what you meant.
"The Borg is the ultimate user. They're unlike any threat your Federation has ever faced."
- Q, 2365
Lew, I hope you made your toilet run "solo."
Regards,
Chuck
At least I have a shred of dignity remaining.
I am enjoying TL's LPs immensely. But organizing my swollen collection is something to do in retirement, if and when.
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