HiFi tuning fuses, some benefits help


OK I admit that I'm not sure of the technical benefits of HIFi tuning fuses but... some extra help would be great to help me understand. First off how does it change the before and after sound of the peice you use it in? Like does it make it warmer, cooler, more nuteral? If "gon members can help to distill this for me it would be a help. Thanks in advance.
rsjm80

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Way back when, Peter Aczel from the Audio Critic(before the 10 great audio lies)in about 1980,he suggested that speakers which has fuses, actually sounded better if you bypassed them altogether.
So chalk one up for those who feel fuses do have an influence on sound.
I stuck with this mindset and replaced the speaker protection fuses in some of my amps also.
In every case the sound opened up, nothing blew up or burnt and I am still here 25 years later.
When the IsoClean fuses came out I gave them a try, and yes they were better than the cheap stock fuses but still not as invisable as the solid chumks of wire I had been using.
At under $30.00 a fuse, they are a cheap upgrade and give you peace of mind, which is a nice compromise.
The need to use fuses in any design is a sonic compromise that in this modern era something I believe we can do without.
We should banish them to only the most rudementary designs.
I concur Rodman,as one who has cleaned up the power from the panel to the gear,the more you do the better it gets.
Why spoil it for the sake of saving a few dollars?
What I meant by cleaning up the power from the panel is that the single best thing to do is use a dedicated line to your gear using a 20 or 30 amp breaker and 10 guage wiring.
Everything after that is icing on the cake.
I am intrigued with the reference to the alanmaher product and will investigate.
I've spent years running around in circles flitting from one component to the next looking for sonic nirvana.
I have let go of some fine gear that I never really heard how good it was because I never ventured into cleaning up the power to the gear.
My most recent and pleasant experience has been the addition of a Python CX power cord to my shunyata snakepit.
It has upped the pleasure factor, my Audio Aero has never sounded this good with any other power cord that I had at hand.