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fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones

My Rogue Cronus recently blew a slow blow fuse. I was surfing to find a replacement. The stock fuse is a typical metal end cap, glass and "wire" fuse. The audio emporiums only seemed to offer these $39 German gold plated end wunderkinds. I finally found "normal" fuses from a guitar amp site. Has anyone tried the uber fuses and found the sound better? Hard to understand how it could be. Thanks for any thoughts.
joe_in_seattle
pubul57
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These folks at

http://www.rapidonline.com/Electrical-Power/Fuses-Circuit-Breakers/32mm-Fuses/Antisurge-32-x-6.3mm-ceramic-fuses/64647

have ceramic, sand-filled fuses in "small" and "large" sizes with a wide array of amp values. I think they are 50 cents or so US$$$. They don't use silver though - if that makes any difference. On the Hi-Fi tuning site it seems that the sand issue was raised and proved difficult to manufacturer for some reason.
eldartford
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236 comments about fuses! Good grief!
tbg
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Eldartford, this thread is really the age old debate about listening versus theory and DBTesting.
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dave_b
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Exactly Charlie Brown!
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nsgarch
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Pubul57, thanks for the lead. Starting with that, I eventually found this US company, sand-filled ceramic, fast and slo blo, all sizes, UL approved. I'm going to try some!http://okwelec.com/products/camden/fuses/ceramic-fuse.htm
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