Upgrading Fuses


Have a Audio Research Ref 3 and am considering upgrading the fuses but I am a little skeptical. Would like to hear from people who have try this. Hard to believe that fuses can make a substantial difference like the manufacturers claim. All advice appreciated.
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The Gospel according to Metro04:

{metro04}…"Pure unsubstantiated opinion!"

[metro04] “your universe (and that of many here)”, do NOT reflect real world quantified verification processes for medical, science, engineering, scholastic research methodology, or the likes. Almost every design, development, or breakthrough requires a variety and battery of methodical, multi-verification processes. No mere individual can profess an unsubstantiated claim without having to prove their findings, hence the burden of proof obligation."

It's very important that, from this point on, everyone should follow Mr. Metro's rules and regulations. If you fail to do so, you are clearly either superstitious, mentally challenged, deluded or part of a a criminal fraud. Whatever experience you have is inadmissible unless accompanied by certified letters from academic editorial boards because scientific journals never err.

Mr. Metro has further established, once and for all, that any reviews or opinions expressed by the representatives of Stereophile, Paul McGowan, Positive Feedback, Stereo Times and many more publications easily accessible on line regarding high end fuses all reflect the thoughts of people who are either in the pockets of advertisers, deluded, con artists, or mentally challenged.

I'm grateful to Herr Metro for showing me and everyone else that what any of us hear is irrelevant unless it is supported by research studies. If we could rid this and all forums of the "pure unsubstantiated opinion" that he finds so upsetting, the world would be a much more orderly, easy-to-comprehend place. I'm hoping his precepts will be adopted by audio societies across America. This chaos has gone on long enough!

Now that high end fuses have been thoroughly debunked, perhaps Mr. Metro will enlighten us about power cords, power conditioners, and digital interconnects.

Thank goodness, I finally see the light. (unless my eyes are lying to me as my ears apparently are)
09-27-11: Vhiner
"Metro04,You, sir, are a genius."

...As your endless postings of empty dribble clearly illustrates, you, sir, are NOT!
"I'm sure there are even counterfeit fuses being made as well as power cords, interconnects, and speaker wire."

I think you are right.
Cardas has, or used to have, problems with others counterfeiting their cables & has/had info on there website on how to spot a fake. There also was a internet big to-doo over an established cable manufacturer re-naming an existing power cable and bumping the price somewhere around 500%. When you read cable manufacturer website info you see the occasional comment about "that other guy" basically just using cable made by the existing large scale production manufacturers and then making it more cosmetically appealing.
When I'm in doubt on a tweak, I try to see if I can find information about the brick and mortar production facilities that the vendor is using. If I can't verify such facilities exist, it makes me go hummm.

"How many people are going to take apart their $5000.00 interconnects to make sure they have really got what they paid for"
Folks are nerdy enough to take apart blown fuses and check them against specs for common production fuses though. If you eventually blow a few you could probably sell the corpses on this website. I and many others are too cheap to buy new pricey fuses just to tear them up for curiosities sake.
I''ve never claimed to be a genius, but I know when i'm in the presence of one, metro04. Even if I'm far beneath your level, i hope you won't abandon us and stop despensing advice!

So here goes: I'm in a bit of a panic. I can't find any independent, vetted research studies to support Conrad-Johnson's claim that the teflon capacitors they use affect the sound in their equipment. Per Your guidelines Meteo04, this must mean I've been ripped off. I was hoping you could post the academic studies you used for buying all of your equipment. This would help all of us make much better purchasing choices.
To the scientifically approaching people:

Explain me what is the "life" in any living being. What happens to this "life" after the living being dies? Where does it go? Can you track it? Can your degrees create or measure that "life"? If you can do that and explain my questions, I will start believing the following:
All amps are same
All wires are same
All fuses are the same
All humans....nope..that is going too far.

I guess some things cannot be explained by measurements or science. We can argue - why do we believe that humans evolved out of apes? Have you guys seen it happen with your own eyes? Nope, but we still believe it. On the other hand if we hear a component and find that it does sound different, why the hell are we arguing about it? It is in front of our very own eyes and we are listening to it with our very own ears!! He he he...got carried over.

The people on the other side of the fence can say, the non-believers are actually the ones who are wrong. Why? Because they "assume" everything in audio is the same - without actually using (trying) the product. Yes snake oil exists in abundance in any hobby. But we have the equipments (namely our ears) to identify them. Why not give it a try without prejudice? BTW, not everyone hears the same. and that could be the reason some of us believe and some don't.

So, lets continue with the original topic and let each of us have our own opinions :-)