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Determining current flow to install "audiophile" fuses.

There are 4 fuses in my Odyssey Stratos amp. I recently returned some AMR fuses because they rolled off the highs and lows a little too much for me. Mids were excellent though. Anyway, I'm getting ready to try the Hi-Fi Tuning Classic Gold fuses, as they are on clearance now for $10/ea. Are they any good? However, I have read that they are a directional fuse? Can anyone confirm this? If that is the case, does anyone know the current flow for the Odyssey Stratos? Or, does anyone know how figure out current flow by opening up the top and looking at the circuitry? 


jsbach1685
englishman-in-newyork
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Reading all these INSANE claims about audiophile fuses / directional fuses has convinced me that I'm in the wrong business. I could literally be getting fused knocked-up in some Chinese factory for a few cents each and sell them to the gullible "audiophiles" for $30 each. And you know what, while it would be a complete bunch of snake oil, the crazy audiophiles would be happy with their black & gold colored fuses, their brains would somehow hear a difference, and we'd all be happy. So, I COULD actually live with myself/sleep at night! 
georgehifi's avatar
georgehifi
10,312 posts
 
+1
Never a truer word said, also AC is Alternating Current, which changes 60 x a second, or 50 down here in Au.

Cheers George
juneteenth
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Don't even think about all those cheap stock fuses and interconnects, half of which were installed backwards, on the way from the performer to the recording if you ever want to sleep at night!

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oddiofyl
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Thinking of replacing all of my fuses with 1 1/4"  OCC copper rod......  should sound great.   Hi end fuses are probably the biggest scam in all of audio.

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