ARC Ref 5 SE fuse direction

[2fastdriving]

I believe every audiophile should have a nuclear power plant in their living room. That way you will be assured of all the clean power your system will ever need.

Plus, the warm glow of uranium is WAY more impressive than Mac meters!

[George Prentice]

Originally Posted by GaryProtein

In lieu of hard-wiring, a 6 x 32 mm cylinder of gold plated silver should be in the fuse chamber.

A new opportunity. Pure gold, cryogenically treated gold, electrum, platinum, Irridium, Europium... how about something exotic, Einsteinium - Fermium alloy crygenically treated and irradiated!

[GaryProtein]

Originally Posted by George Prentice

A new opportunity. Pure gold, cryogenically treated gold, electrum, platinum, Irridium, Europium... how about something exotic, Einsteinium - Fermium alloy crygenically treated and irradiated!

The BEST conductor for ANY purpose is undoubtably SOLID UNOBTAINIUM.

[George Prentice]

Originally Posted by GaryProtein

The BEST conductor for ANY purpose is undoubtably SOLID UNOBTAINIUM.

Good one, you win!

[MPS]

I personally prefer wind power. It's got this airy properties, however might give bit greenish tone and doesn't quite have the glow of nuclear power.

[BlueSky]

Originally Posted by jakegt3

Fuse direction doesn't matter. It's passing 60 Hz AC which reverses direction 60 times per second (or 50 times per second in other parts of the world that use 50 Hz AC). In other words AC does not have a preferred direction.

I tend to agree but, then, that flies in the face of those higher-end RCA interconnect cables that have a directionality imprinted on the cable's outer covering. XLRs are not susceptible to this because they are indeed directional (you just can't hook them up backwards unless you break something). Oh woe is me! Happy 4th of July America!

[audio bill]

Originally Posted by BlueSky

I tend to agree but, then, that flies in the face of those higher-end RCA interconnect cables that have a directionality imprinted on the cable's outer covering. XLRs are not susceptible to this because they are indeed directional (you just can't hook them up backwards unless you break something). Oh woe is me! Happy 4th of July America!

Regarding the directionality of RCA IC cables, many have a shield that is only connected at one end of the cable and that is what makes them directional. For RCA cables that are not constructed this way, some makers still feel that their cables sound best when used in one direction as it comes off the spool so they mark them accordingly for reference. Whether this effect is significant or not is often the subject of debate among audiophiles.