Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amdcad!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-bergil!lauck From: lauck@bergil.DEC Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Fuses Message-ID: <211@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 14:22:21 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.211 Posted: Mon Jan 14 14:22:21 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 18-Jan-85 01:33:11 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 29 <> 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 decvax!decwrl!rhea!bergil!lauck