[dhwilkin]

edit: oops, double post

 

[dhwilkin]

triple ftw... darned forum hiccup

 

[jefemeister]

the odd numbers thing is even more ridiculous than pebbles in a jar.

 

[ooheadsoo]

What? How can it be more ridiculous than pebbles in a jar? At least I can see someone programming something like that in to FUBAR with people's heads.

Pebbles in a jar with headphones, that I've got to try.

 

[AdamWill]

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Originally Posted by ooheadsoo What? How can it be more ridiculous than pebbles in a jar? At least I can see someone programming something like that in to FUBAR with people's heads.

Nah, see, that's not subtle enough. If I was building high end audio gear I'd make the _odd_ numbers suck on half of the stock, and the _even_ numbers suck on the other half. Then I'd sit back and watch the flames.

 

[adhoc]

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Originally Posted by Wodgy Some of you may scoff, but this is a cheap enough tweak that it's worth trying. Though I recommend checking the orientation of your fuses before drawing any definitive conclusions. (Just flipping the direction of the fuse in your source can dramatically improve the resolution and naturalness of your system, removing a cloudy window of "glare and brightness" as 6moons so helpfully points out in another one of their reviews.) I'd imagine that if your fuses are in the wrong direction, even numbers may sound better than odd ones, instead of the other way around. That might be what ooheadsoo is experiencing.

considering what goes through the fuse is AC (ie the current flows back and forth), i fail to see how orientating it in a particular direction can possibly help.

 

[fewtch]

As far as listening to digital streams from CDs, etc. I find that the 1's definitely sound better than the 0's

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[gpalmer]

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Originally Posted by adhoc considering what goes through the fuse is AC (ie the current flows back and forth), i fail to see how orientating it in a particular direction can possibly help.

I believe that comment was made with tongue firmly in cheek and as with the rest of this thread, is a heavy handed mocking of those who would espouse those particular viewpoints...

 

[Wodgy]

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Originally Posted by adhoc considering what goes through the fuse is AC (ie the current flows back and forth), i fail to see how orientating it in a particular direction can possibly help.

That's like saying power cords don't matter.

Have you ever felt like your system was fatiguing? Too "digital"? That some recordings sound better in your car? Even after carefully cleaning your power cord's contacts with ProGold and Walker SST and addressing vibration control? That might be because the fuses are in the wrong direction. Think about it. The car stereo uses DC, so fuse direction is less of an issue.

 

[bigshot]

It's not just fuses... I took all of the plugs off of all my cables and reattached them on the other end of the cable. Now my music is more transparent in hue. Before, the soundstage was inside out. I also found that since I set the clock of my computer to Greenwich mean time, my CDRs are now all in absolute phase. I have to set it to local time if I want to burn DVDRs though...

See ya
Steve

 

[adhoc]

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Originally Posted by gpalmer I believe that comment was made with tongue firmly in cheek and as with the rest of this thread, is a heavy handed mocking of those who would espouse those particular viewpoints...

Actually, I thought I was raising a valid point.

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Originally Posted by Wodgy That's like saying power cords don't matter. Have you ever felt like your system was fatiguing? Too "digital"? That some recordings sound better in your car? Even after carefully cleaning your power cord's contacts with ProGold and Walker SST and addressing vibration control? That might be because the fuses are in the wrong direction. Think about it. The car stereo uses DC, so fuse direction is less of an issue.

No Wodgy, it's different. A thick, well built power cord can certainly help! Resistance and shielding are the first things that pop to mind. A nice ferrite can also help filter out RFI and any hash superimposed on your electricity. I was once considering terminating on of the 14awg wires that ran through my room with a nice IEC connector - flexibility issues aside, imo that would be perfect - no need to worry with contact problems within the wall socket or IEC connector!

Along these same lines, so can a good fuse with solid contacts made of quality corrosion-resistant materials, and with the actual fuse (hopefully) made of more than just nichrome wire.

But fuse orientation? I'm not sure about this. Consider that if your neutral and live wires were swapped, safety issues aside, your appliance would work normally. What comes from your wall is AC - polarity and current flow switches back and forth 50/60 times a second. To use an analogy, you are implying that the fuse has a particular quality in a certain direction, like a one-way valve. But it isnt - it's more of a smaller pipe with especially thin walls!

This isnt some heavy-handed attempt to bludgeon anyone into seeing things my way with the weight of 'science' behind me, it's just common sense!

Just my 0.02.

 

[ooheadsoo]

Hm? What's going on? I don't get it.

 

[Twombly]

They got serious for a second. Damned spoilsports.

 

[EdipisReks]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wodgy That's like saying power cords don't matter. Have you ever felt like your system was fatiguing? Too "digital"? That some recordings sound better in your car? Even after carefully cleaning your power cord's contacts with ProGold and Walker SST and addressing vibration control? That might be because the fuses are in the wrong direction. Think about it. The car stereo uses DC, so fuse direction is less of an issue.

is this a brilliant satire of Patrick82, or did science just explode?

 

[tkam]

This thread isn't good for much but at least once and for all it proves how utterly useless and dumb 6moons is.