To Fuse or Not to Fuse... That is the question!

Like what was said, a standard, ceramic bodied fuse with filler and decent end caps will stand heads and shoulders above any glass bodied, throw away fuse. They're know as high rupturing fuses and have been around since time immemorial (not really, but long enough).

I've tried four different brands and the aftermarket ones were demonstrably better than the bog standard fuses in my Marantz Reference integrated and SACD player. 

They all had their own flavor, their own pluses and minuses, but no two fuses sounded alike.

The kicker is, the standard, ceramic bodied, high rupturing fuse that came with my Kinki Studio EX-M1 integrated bested all the aftermarket fuses I had on hand, and that one cost under $2.00. 

That could be a testament to the design of the Kinki product or some perfect storm of variables but it just goes to show that you won't know until you try.

All the best,
Nonoise

Millercarbon, One can only be didactic when one knows what they are talking about! 

Yes, 7 in each amp. One ceramic and the rest cheapies. I just had all of them replaced with ceramic. NAD 2600's if you care. I also had the old 16 gauge power cords replaced with receptacles so I can get real power cords. Thinking Audioquest Monsoons. 

Also doing the Schroeder Method, with combo AQ earths and waters from the Cambridge 851c into the NAD1700. AQ Oak speaker wires, Bi-wire, Bi-amp to Acoustic Research AR 910's completes the picture. Each addition sweetens the sound. So, no trolling here. 

Power cords, maybe a AQ 1200 soon to come. 

My highest value fuses are 10 amp. Are you saying I should order 20 amp??

Thanks! Michael

I have used solid silver wire in my fuse holders. Then used the red and black fuses. The red and black to me were noticeably better that the audio magic solid silver wire. I am very glad I got the fuses. I will not get the orange but get other items first.
If you are going to get some fuses and need to watch the budget I would put them in you power amp and source component first.  

Thanks Marqmike! I knew there was someone who tried silver wire. I thought you meant that you had bypassed the fuse but I think what you just said is that you used fuses with a silver wire. 

Thank you for your input!

Alas, even your friend and humble narrator is confused now.