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And yet

Posted by unclestu (D) on April 19, 2010 at 01:45:38

In Reply to: RE: Galileo. posted by Sebrof on April 18, 2010 at 21:11:54:

you claim to be scientific. You are applying the exact same principles the Church elders held back in Galileo's day, proclaiming the effect impossible without bothering to check it yourself. You have already come to a conclusion without bothering to do the experimentation. That is simply adhering to hearsay and is most definitely not scientific in any way.

There are many other possibilities including the grain of the fusible material, all of which have a rational explanation. I am not claiming any voodoo effect, but simply pointing out simple rational explanations. Neither am I saying that any possibilities I have raised may totally define the issue. The simple fact that there may be a factor which provides room for investigation. (Don't believe in metal grain structure?, ask any knife maker or sheet metal worker).

It is entirely your prerogative to believe or not to believe anything posted on the internet. When it is stated as an opinion, I have absolutely no quibble about your statement. I find it rather preposterous on your part to state your position as a fact, however, when you have not even bothered to try it nor have you even bothered to explore any rational explanations.

Case in point, I very rarely drink so I can not distinguish between various wines. My inability to distinguish between various bottles does not mean that I do not believe anyone else can, and those who claim to be able to distinguish differences are simply liars and deluding themselves (or drunkards, and have had their senses impaired). So while I can not readily detect differences, the fact that 100s if not 1000s can detect differences does not mean that I do not believe that they exist.

The fact that I can not pitch in a major league setting does not mean that others can not either. The fact is that hearing acuity can vary significantly among human individuals much as any specific physical ability or sensory perception. I would not put down any individual's perception unless I have tried it myself and even then may chalk it up to my own inexperience and lack of practice rather than applying my own limited experience to be the measure of every one else.

In the case of the fuses, I went out and purchased a box of five fuses of the same value to experiment with with a bunch of friends. The owner of the system initially could not hear any difference. The four others present could hear a difference. Three proclaimed the difference definitely noticeable, while the other thought the difference slight. we went through several fuses in that box and came to same conclusion.

That fact is, I had noticed fuses made a difference way back in 1984 or thereabouts. PS Audio had just come out with their big 200 watt amplifier with solid copper buss bars and included special gold plated fuses which had a most peculiar lighting bolt shaped fusible element. Replacement of those B plus fuses created a distinct imbalance in sound if only one channel was changed. It was easy to realize the difference in construction was the cause. (Those fuses are still made, BTW, MTX series IIRC).

Your opinion is yours and you have every right to it. Just please do not be so dogmatic and take the view point of the "elders" in the 16th century where they believed so much in the mental process that they never bothered with experimentation.

Stu

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