Fuses suck period
I am glad my Bricasti dac-Streamer don’t use them ,one less bottle neck
Yes so does this "snake oil" talk about them here.
And btw they are not a "bottle neck" for the AC supply. For them to be that they need to be far more "resistive" than the "minuscule couple of milliohms" resistance they measure.
There more resistance in all the ac switches you have in series from the mains box switches to the wall socket switches to the equipment mains switches, than that 1/2" long piece of fuse wire in a fuse.
To those "non technical" members that are interested, do not listen to fusers, listen to the techs of this industry that design the audio products you have.
AND YOU WON"T SEE THEM ON THREADS LIKE THIS AGREEING WITH WHAT THESE FUSERS SAY IT WILL DO FOR THE SOUND, EVER!!! LET ALONE BEING DIRECTIONAL!!!!!
Just clean and tighten your fuse holder and re-new your fuse (if old) with a good quality 50cent Bussman, Littlefuse or similar.Cheers to all "non fusers" George
As with "many switch-on surges" they do deteriorate, bend, stretch and get crusty with electrolysis formations on their fusible wire elements before they give out, as these pics show of a fuse wire element ageing over time show. https://ibb.co/9NbTwqK
(even the $$$ boutique ones will age just as much also)