Sound of semi-automatic breakers.

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So much was discussed about AC outlets, dedicated lines, conditioners etc. A trained ear man can detect the sonic differences, but nothing was discussed about the sonic influences of fuse box breakers, the last (or one but) link an audiophile has access to before electric-co's large fuses and grid.
I came to the point of being somewhat tired of internal tweaking and went back to system synergy and room treatment. The other day a friend who's familiar with my systems sound dropped by with some music and IC's, and in a spur of the moment I suggested that before we begin I would like to try and cross fuses. My home fuse box consists on a mixture of Siemens and GE 20A for power, the first two in row were Siemens for the audio sys. I took out two GE's and put them instead of the Siemens (same place) which were used for the dryer and A/C, we set down and listen.
Unbelievable, The difference was overwhelming (I'm talking 24hrs later still), suddenly bass players appeared, mid bass and mid became lush and harmonic, smoother highs, involvement factor went sky high. On the down side, sound stage shrunk a little and some ambience cues got lost.
Earlier today, I re-crossed breakers and got the old sound back, now I knew for sure.
Some troubling questions are rising, If breakers make so much impact on sound, even more than outlets, how can one tell which is the best, every house and store have different ones ? Have my last couple of tweaking years with the IMO bad sounding breakers gone to waste ? Should I get some 60A ceramic fuses and try to change those electric co. ones ? should I ask them to replace the neighborhood's transformer to see how it sounds ?
The last bit was a joke, but the breakers thing was for real.

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Topic - Sound of semi-automatic breakers. - gads 10:15:35 10/13/05 (3)

Re: Sound of semi-automatic breakers. - pkell44 13:00:59 10/14/05 (1)

Re: Sound of semi-automatic breakers. - jea48 14:38:53 10/17/05 (0)

there's a lot not to like about breakers and breaker boxes - tonemaniac 11:09:13 10/13/05 (0)

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