HiFi audio Fuse on a CD Transport

" I experienced a good result with amplifier"

Did you need to see it in print? Try it and report back.

It's such a polarizing topic, so the answer always is YMMV.

NO! But since you've already drunk the fuser Kool Aid go ahead and blow some more cash on another "audiophile" fuse. Then post back here on how much better it makes your transport sound.

No.

Wasting your money, you can’t really hear the transport. Why not buy one of those $400 fuses and see?   Doesn’t Synergetic offer a return if you don’t like or can’t hear a difference?

Way to go naysayers. You must love the close contact you guys get with all the dog piling.

Too bad we don't all agree with "nonoise".  Maybe the world would be a better place if we conform to his way of thinking?

No one's asking you to give up your prejudices, stereo5. just keep an open mind (which seems to be asking a lot) Anyone remember Lloyd Walker (RIP) and his beautiful, 6 figure turntables? Long before fuses became the reason to go off on members he advocated for use of better fuses in his motor drives simply because they made it more accurate than the bog standard ones that the cheapies use.

One needn't pay what the fools here decry. This has been gone over ad nauseam and all you need to pony up is about $20 for a better fuse. It isn't gong to break the bank but then, what would the fuse nannies have to whine about?

All the best,
Nonoise

@nonoise,  it is not a prejudice, I actually bought two from Chris at VH Audio a couple years back.  It did nothing for my system or me.   So, I do not believe in them.  If you have heard benefits than I am happy for you but in my case, it did nothing. 

@stereo5 , Good for you....at least you tried some for yourself. It's just the nastiness in your reply over something so small as a fuse.

All the best,
Nonoise

Transport doesn’t use enough power to make it worthwhile.

As for fuse Koolaid, I'm not sure I drank it.  I think the fuse is a horrible thing to put in your power circuit.  My amp has the fuse replaced by a copper bar.  makes a huge difference.  The fuse is there to protect the power transformer.  $200.  I can afford a new one if it blows.  We spend tremendous ammounts to time and money on power supplies, power regenerators, $1000 cables, and then we strain the electrons through a filament the size of a human hair.

So a fancy audiophile fuse should be somewhere between the tiny filiment and my copper bar.  So it should be an improvement.  

Jerry

Have you seen the Jay's Audio CDT3 MK3? 

This is the AC power supply section, on the underside,

All the best,
Nonoise

The fuse is there to protect the power transformer.  $200.  I can afford a new one if it blows.

I hope it is that simple. 🤔🏠🔥👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

                            Try it and report back.

It's such a polarizing topic, so the answer always is YMMV.

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Would it be a great improvement if I replace the fuse on my "CD Transport" by a Audio HiFi Fuse. 

Miracles do not happen. Better maybe, how much you can tell when you try it.

I use four Synergistic Research Purple fuses in my system and the effects are cumulative. The fuse in my transport is not accessible or I would upgrade it as well. 

Naim Supernait 3, Naim nDAC, Teddy Pardo XPS power supply and Teddy Pardo TeddyCap SE. 

I'm not sure it would be a 'great improvement.' You would hope it was noticeable, and the change was something you liked.

Have SR Purple in my Dac and Amp. Linear power supplies have AMR Gold. I'm upgrading the power supplies, and will use probably use some old SR fuses or get HiFi Tuning Supreme.

jerrybj, I will try one, and I let you know the result.

nutty,  I just experiment the same as you, I found that the "audiphile fuse" made a good improvement on my integrated amp.  But in my Transport, the effect is "even better", as you mentionned, the effect is "cumulative".  Very happy with the result, thank you.