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Cost effective Schumann Resonator
They sell a Schumann frequency CD all over the Internet probably Amazon, too, that will produce a 7.83 Hz acoustic tone in the room through any speakers, even bookshelf speakers. Of course the Acoustic Revive device and other similar units produce... 
Audio Forums, On-line Store Fronts, and the Art-of-Deception
Shill Free Zone? There is no discernible difference between shilling and enthusiasm. Get over it. Maybe we should have name tags for Shills, Trolls, Pseudo Skeptics and Enthusiasts. 
Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!)
jazzonthehudson OP254 posts05-23-2016 8:23pm"My experience tells me differently. Before I insert after market fuses, I clean the contacts - as all contacts - if they look clean, with Gold DeoxIT, otherwise first with silver polish, then DeoxIT. I ... 
Audio Forums, On-line Store Fronts, and the Art-of-Deception
So, like when are you going to share some? 
Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!)
atmasphere4,816 posts05-23-2016 6:07pmGeoffkait: Al, if you (and Atmasphere) really were thorough you would simply eliminate the fuse holder entirely, no?No. That would never meet UL, CE or other directives. I meant if you wanted to get to the tru... 
Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!)
almarg6,392 posts05-23-2016 5:32pmGeoffkait: Are you suggesting that you have done the experiment with the same "thoroughness" you demand of others?"No, Geoff, I’m not. I didn’t say that, and I didn’t mean that. As you probably realize I haven’t d... 
Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!)
Al wrote,"Not sure if anyone here has been that thorough, but it seems to me that the less likely and the less explainable a perceived effect would seem to be, the greater the degree of thoroughness that is called for before reaching a conclusion ... 
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
slaw1,137 posts05-22-2016 3:23pm"almarg:,Your post makes more sense (to me), rather than trying to explain, in some fashion, things that cannot be explained or measured, but can be heard by listening."Sometimes it’s probably best not to try to fig... 
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
slaw1,137 posts05-22-2016 4:18pm"The OP wrote:..."there was an immediate improvement upon installation".This statement alone was a verification of an immediate sonic improvement, without the benefit of further listening. However, the OP did go on ... 
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
slaw1,135 posts05-22-2016 4:00pm"geoffkait:,"I trust you are not suggesting fuses DON’T experience break in"I did not say that. It’s an issue that I just don’t recall reading about.What I read the most, regarding the "instant" effect fuses have in... 
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
slaw wrote, "Yes, I can see that. Having said that, why don’t interconnects have a similar, instant, correlation? With interconnects, there is the obvious issues of break-in, the affect of insulation/dielectric, ... and so on.?"Who says interconne... 
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
  slaw1,130 posts05-22-2016 2:11pm"Can any of you explain why an item such as a fuse, which breaks the signal path, has such an impact on sound?"For AC circuits the fuse is exposed to magnetic fields, RFI/EMI and vibration without benefit of shiel... 
What's going on with the audio market?
The high end market started to fade in the DC metro area I’d say about 1985 when Excaliber in Alexandria shut it’s doors, followed by Myer Emco, Audio Associates, Paragon of Sound (in MD), a few in Maryland suburbs the names of which escape me. AF... 
Synergistic Red Fuse ...
Al wrote,"None of this will matter under normal operating conditions, btw. The only time the fuse will "see" the line voltage, and hence the only time the voltage rating will matter, is when a fault in the unit necessitates that the fuse blows. If... 
"New" Beatles Mono Catalog Release on 180gr Vinyl
Honey, Don't, say wasn't that a Carl Perkins song?