newfhouse
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I think they only try it on as a way of driving web traffic to their site. I can’t believe anyone ever buys this snake oil… do they?
Most ridiculous Hi Fi upgrade
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raleighnut
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How about if you spent £3,000 on a mains cable,
https://www.audioaffair.co.uk/isotek-evo3-ascension-mains-cable-2-0m
I see that the fuse comes with a special cloth to wipe it with pre installation. I'm wondering how they deal with the interface between the ends of the fuse and the copper coated spring clamps in the plug top. The electricity would travel from the wall socket into one end of the fuse, the fuse then performs its magical transformation of the electricity only for it to be contaminated by the less than pristine copper coated fuse clamp in the plug top. I see an opportunity for a reassuringly expensive hand crafted plug top specially tuned to the UK power supply ( that's just given me pause for thought, is there a version of the fuse that is "tuned" for 60Hz? )
newfhouse
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If I had nothing better to do I’d ask them for the proof of their claims, but there’s another part of me that thinks they and their customers deserve each other.
raleighnut
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There was a fad in the 80's for people having dedicated wiring for their stereo installed using 15 amp '3 pin round' sockets and plugs with the fuse back at the distribution board, this involved gold plated sockets and plugs.
newfhouse
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A real enthusiast would have installed their own cable all the way to the substation.There was a fad in the 80's for people having dedicated wiring for their stereo installed using 15 amp '3 pin round' sockets and plugs with the fuse back at the distribution board, this involved gold plated sockets and plugs.
MontyVeda
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surely a home hi-fi would only need a 3 or 5amp fuse? 13 amp is for kettles and electric heaters.
raleighnut
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Or use one of these,
View: https://youtu.be/Vt3viyCdoks
They generate a perfect 'sine wave' AC voltage
Isn't that rectified to DC in the HiFi unit?
newfhouse
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Which is then presumably rectified back to DC to power the electronics by a matching and equally expensive unit
newfhouse
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Beat me to it.
I watched the first few minutes of the linked video, reminded me a bit of Paul Newman in " The Sting "
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
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Works lovely. The sound is so good. No complaints here.
raleighnut
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Yep but the AC power to that transformer is free from distortion/interference allowing the CD player/Amp or whatever to perform at it's optimumWhich is then presumably rectified back to DC to power the electronics by a matching and equally expensive unit
raleighnut
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Pro musicians often use industrial versions to allow their Amps to perform at their best, the PS audio 'Powerplant' is a domestic version of those
View: https://youtu.be/jJ_OamX-PA8
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View: https://youtu.be/jJ_OamX-PA8
@28:30
