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Chinese "Audiophile" Fuses

I have recently had various Chinese "audiophile" fuses pop up in my newsfeed. One of the oddest ones claims to reduce resonance by filing the middle part of the fuse with nanographene and the end caps with powdered quartz.. This strikes me as a crazy concept because graphene is an extremely conductive material. How would a fuse that surrounded the wire in the fuse with graphene possibly work? The wire blows but the current still flows though the graphene and my amp self-destructs? WTF

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ozzy
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noromance,

Funny you asked this question. Yesterday, I did run my AQ Dragon power cord directly without the SDFB. Just the graphene slug installed.

Now to me, it seemed to be better. But I think it is because I am using an inferior jumper pc in the chain. The AQ Dragon power cord is a fantastic pc in its own right.

I do wish Mark would change the design of the Fuse box to an IEC male on one end so it could be inserted directly into the component, or the other end to have an AC Blade male to plug directly into the wall without having to use a jumper pc.

ozzy

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ozzy
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I don't think the fuse blowing protection is the purpose of those fuses.

Probably sound quality is the goal. In which case just adding a slug instead of a fuse would suffice. That is why I use the SDFB it provides the slug (graphene) and breaker protection.

ozzy

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