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From: lauck@bergil.DEC
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Subject: Re: Fuses
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Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 14:22:21 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 14 14:22:21 1985
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I guess I'm not that much of a purist.  I'd rather listen to music via
fuses than to silence.  I'd also rather have any blown components replaced
under warranty.  Thus I have NOT bypassed the internal fuses in my
VSP LABS Gold Edition (200watt per channel) amplifier, nor have I
bypassed the fuses in my Snell Model A series II speakers.

Since last April when I replaced my aging and underpowered MacIntosh
amplifier with the VSP Gold, I have replaced EVERY speaker fuse, some
several times.  In each case it was due to carelessness on my part,
coupled with a certain amount of flakey connectors.  Perhaps I'm more
spastic than others, but it is awefully easy to screw up.  Example:  my
power down sequence is the following: 1) preamp gain to zero,  2) power
off the amp,  3) wait 30 seconds,  4) power off the preamp.  Without the
delay or the zero gain I blow speaker fuses.

I haven't repeated any particular type of screw-up, I just keep finding
new ones.  Anyhow, what if I had a power failure while playing music?

With a different system, e.g. more drivers or less amplifier power, and
possibly a power control system or a preamp with effective power on/off
muting, I would think about removing fuses, but I doubt I would do it.  The
fuses were engineered into my components for a reason and I wouldn't want
to remove them.  Perhaps in the future I will procure components which don't 
need fuses.

                   Tony Lauck

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