LittelFuses Series 285 AUDIO/MEDICAL Quality

I guess Art Dudley was referring to 'nonoise' with his statements :)

@brubin,

If you think you will have a fuse in an audio equipment which even momentarily can withstand 1500A, you better talk to your fire insurance agent very carefully to renegotiate your rates.

Fuses are just wires with a small bit of resistance. They do not affect the sound. Anyone who claims they can hear a difference is delusional and also think that  tooth fairy, unicorns, traction beams and pixie dust are also real.

For the last time, fuses do NOT affect sound in ANY way.

If you think otherwise, you are either delusional and/or very gullible to the power of suggestion from marketing folks.

If it was otherwise, dont you think manufacturers of audio equipment would not already put one in there since their reputation is on the line ?  Would they try and save a few dollars on a device they are selling for thousands of dollars, and jeopardize their reputation ?

If you do not believe engineers, at least think about it.

roxy54,

Abraham Lincoln once said "If you are arguing with an idiot on the internet, make sure that he isn't doing the same thing."

Meaning "you may also be an idiot on the other end".... I did not know they had internet then... Very interesting :-)

With interconnects, the MOST important thing is proper shielding. Unless you are running very long cables, most are ok. You dont need to spend more than a few bucks. I found this one to be the best for my cartridge to phono preamp, it works absolutely PERFECTLY:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016QVZF06/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Cant beat it for 9 bucks.

Shielding, keeping them short and away from higher current cables are the most important considerations for interconnects & low signal cables, especially the lower the signals become (like in MC cartridges).

For cables carrying more current, like power cords & speaker cables, the only requirement is that they are thicker (10 awg or less) and are pure copper. Silver may help a teeny teeny bit more but absolutely not worth the extra cost. You will never hear the difference and even a spectrum analyzer wont detect that much of a distinction. Plus, silver oxidizes/tarnishes very quickly where exposed to air and may create contact issues in time.

With digital cables, even the crappiest & cheapest ones WILL work perfectly , as long as they are within the correct category rating (cat5k up to 100 Mbits/sec, cat 6k & more up to about 1Gb/sec for up to 100 or so feet).

Dont fall for most of the bs about cables & connectors and especially fuses. Most of it is snake oil. People THINK they hear a difference, they DONT. They can not bring themselves to admit hearing no difference after having paid a $100 for a fuse.