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| Should I Sell My ARC REF 6 and Get A Pass Labs XP-32 Is moving from the ARC Ref 6 pre to the Pass Labs pre is a lateral move? Like choosing between chocolate or strawberry at Baskin and Robins. If so, it's a lot of trouble and money for a lateral move. Yes, the two have differences but does one r... | |
| Costliest Brainfart You might be able to make a claim on your homeowners insurance. I was dusting my turntable once years ago. I hear a “tink!” Yanked the cantilever right off my MC cartridge in the blink of an eye. The towel caught the stylus. I have been much ... | |
| Speaker cable lifters. I use my own homemade cable lifters. I start with ceramic isolators that I bought at Tractor Supply supported by small bungee cord stretched over two wooden dowels. The base is a flat square of wood that supports the dowels. Very effective and ... | |
| Why on earth? I was a teenager then during those tv commercials and I remember thinking how amazing it would have been if their color tv picture would have shown in color on our b&w tv. | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? I got a refund for the fuses. You know, what mapman says about fuses could also be said for vacuum tubes or even a fine meal. Anyone see the cost of WE 300b tubes these days? The front end of my stereo system has a total of 22 tubes. I’m not... | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? And burn I did- for curiosity… | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? The hurricane is past us. We had 10 hours of heavy rain and some wind but never lost power. The HiFi Tuning fuses, 6.3A T Slow blow type arrived this morning. I installed them in my mono amps this evening and turned the amps on. One amp stayed... | |
| Why on earth? In the 1970’s we had TV commercials featuring TV’s. The commentators would actually stand there next to the new TV showing us how great the picture looked- on our TV that we were watching. Never understood that one either. | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? I’m in middle Georgia a little ways west of Savannah, GA. We are experiencing heavy rain here and the wind is picking up. Still have power and still watching the humming birds flit around the feeders. | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? A .22 caliber slug would almost fit actually. Just a little bit too big. Still, not sure I would use one even in a pinch. When I was a kid I remember people putting pennies in their fuse boxes- back in the day when homes had fuse boxes with screw... | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? We just had a strong thunderstorm and heavy rain blow through here. Boy was I glad I put the fuses back in my amps. I still unplugged everything. We had a couple of close strikes. Btw- my mono bloc amps are on a dedicated circuit. The front... | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? I’m starting to think that the function of these fuses isn’t about conductance. It’s about mechanical dampening. I know someone else brought that up before. It has a silver filament and that’s it for electrical properties apparently. The ceramic t... | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? I'm guessing the shrink tubing is it. And even that is necked down just at one end. | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? Not to be intimidated by costly errors, I pressed on with my inquiry into fuses. I made two copper (99.9% pure) slugs, 5x20mm for my mono bloc amps. The engineer in me, being all too well acquainted with Murphy’s Law, was a bit reticent but I push... | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? I don’t disagree. In this case however, I took the fuses out last week to verify the ratings and then reseated them. I detected no change in the sound. |