Magnepan owners. Fuses or what


I read with interest that some Maggie users have removed the fuses from their speakers.  Supposedly for clarity and increased current.  I have the 3.7 model with two small fuses on the backside.  Are these the ones that get replaced?  And what goes in instead?

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Yeah but I’ve blown a fuse on an older Maggie. I suspect the fuse changing thing gets into the psychoacoustic area and I’m not willing to risk speaker damage for a placebo effect.

A fuse perhaps adds a tiny resistance to the higher currents. None to lower ones. So does every other wire and connection in the path from the amp.

I suspect this is OCD overkill stuff but would love to see someone like Amir measure it and/or some good lossless recorded comparisons.

We could always do just one speaker and with a mono sound source, compare them and then switch speakers because no two Maggies are exactly the same.