Mike
Before you get outta here. It is important to me to say this:
I can't see the angst. You presented an observation. Some (I amongst them) included doubted it. I also saw the doubts as polite questioning and skepticism: You claimed you heard a lot of things when you changed the fuse in your Bass Tower
amps. This is a discussion forum. isn't it fair to ask you to verify your assertions?
Let me go to a different point. How did your system advance? Has it been linear? From one change to the other, constant improvement? For me in my numerous years in this hobby, around 8 I think when I was given the proverbial keys to the car: My father allowing me to turn the system on and cue my own LPs ). It has been a lot of sideway moves and some even backward those too often expensive. One reason why many people discuss their findings with their friends is to ascertain. We all , I don't care how good your hearing is, have thought we heard improvements when all we heard was a different sound to which we quickly grew tired. Often our friends less vested in our system than us are or were the first to point this out. One reason that I ask of my friend to be blunt. I do prefer those who bluntly spew the truth to my face rather than those too polite to tell me the blatant truth. I don't want my circle of friends to become an echo chamber.. Come to think nor would I want my listening room to be that
I could be wrong but this thread has been polite so far and some (me included) have asked you to verify. Your choice and right to refuse but once a claim is made their is an implicit if not duty but invitation to sustain it... to back it up. IME the WBF as a community such have been striving to stay polite and respectful but pointed, inquisitive and educative (we have been much less successful there, another topic). I don't think the WBF should become a chorus of "Yes", "This is great" , "thank you for your observation"-type of forum. The knowledge and breadth of audio horizons of our constituents are too vast to allow such.
I welcome yours and others continuing observations and contributions. I will also continue to debate them. If doing that I cross the line of propriety, politeness, conventions or protocol, please accept my apologies in advance. Point me to those instances, posts or the threads and I will try to correct. In the meantime you claims will be challenged as you have challenged others with unusual claims and it is IMO all good!!