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Voltage drop

Posted by 1973shovel on January 16, 2023 at 04:20:35:
Below is a link to a post by Ralph of Atma-Sphere, regarding fuse direction, where he says perceived differences in sound are due to voltage drop. The less drop, the better the sound, according to him.

At the time, I misinterpreted his post to mean that the internal element of fuse itself was causing the voltage variation. When asking him about it when the subject came up again elsewhere, he explained that it was due to the amount of contact between the fuse and its holder. Apparently one direction often gives better contact than the other, and said, "Boutique fuses are a little better at this in general".

Note that I've never tried his suggestion, but the explanation always made more sense to me than those who believe in better alignment of the electrons from a $100 fuse, or some such thing.