Lets have a bit of fun and firstly take the piss out of those who waste their money on them, second take the piss out of Wigwam mods who probably don't know what one is and obviously why or how it is used, because you / they are not allowed to talk about them
Well if you have a fuse holder and there is no fuse in it the leccytricity can't get into your hi-fi, it must just spill off the end of the fuseholder into the room until everyone there is electricoooted. You see they thought they were safe as long as no one talked about it
Fuses? Can't we find a subject with a bit of contention to it? I must confess to caring about fuses, though not of the "Audiofail" variety. If I have a plug apart I look at the fuse, check it's condition and if it's a bit Brad Pitt-y give the ends a clean with a Scotchbright before replacing it. I may also give the fuse holder a once over with contact cleaner if I see fit, reassemble and job done. The same applies to internal fuses should I have a cover popped off. I don't really see any point in anything beyond that and I guess the things I do may seem OTT to some.
So what would you do about fuses if you lived anywhere else in the world apart from the UK. Do they need to clean fuses and fuse holders, does their music suffer because they can't clean non existent fuses.
It would be interesting to experience a bake-around with an ‘I hear this fuse’ and say 5 others. A refreshing change from this solo experience we have to hear about.
How about an international standard of degrees of difference heard
Night and Day
Always obvious
Sometimes apparent
Occasionally
Forgot there as a difference.
What difference
Analogue Source -
GL-59 modified.
ARB uni pivot alloy wand-AT-VM95SH- RigB 9
ARB uni pivot wooden wand-AT- Signet.
Quad 34 Pre amp with mm phono stage.
Ifi Zen Phono for mc
Akai 4000DS mk2 R2R Digital Sources- Argon Pi4 v2; IfI iUSB 3.0, Ifi Neo idsd Dac;
Fibre Ethernet connection.
Tidal / Radio Paradise Amplification Nva 300va mono blocks Speakers Lii Audio F-15 with Doc modded 12” in Open Baffle; Ls6
Weiduka AC8.8- for digital sources
Mini BMU for analog sources