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Fuses that matter.

I have tried six different fuses, including some that were claimed to not be directional. I have long used the IsoClean fuses as the best I have heard. No longer! I just got two 10 amp slow-blows WiFi Tuning Supreme fuses that really cost too much but do make a major difference in my sound. I still don't understand how a fuse or its direction can alter sound reproduction for the better, but they do and the Supreme is indeed! I hear more detail in the recordings giving me a more holographic image. I also hear more of the top and bottom ends. If only you could buy them for a couple of bucks each.
tbg
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mapman
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For me, when the day comes when my sound is not right, and all options I know of to correct the situation fail, I might try replacing a fuse just to make sure the ones there are not defective, but again all I would practically care about is the right power rating and size so the dern thing blows reliably when it should. That is the main function of a fuse after all and no doubt that is when they matter the most by far!
chadeffect
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Mapman,

Your ARC Pre will reward you if you gave the fuse holder a clean (deoxit) & added a Hifi tuning fuse. Short of buying new music, probably the best way to blow $35 in your system IMHO.
wrm57
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Good to see people getting their humor fuses lit in this thread! I don't know about high-end fuses but cheap ceramic ones made an obvious sonic difference in my Manley Stingray II. It shipped with ceramic BUSS fuses, which blew in the filament-exploding sense. So I bought identical value BUSS fuses in glass and they blew in the pejorative sense. I mean, serious degradation of sound quality, hard and edgy. So I sourced some BUSS ceramic fuses like the stock ones for around a buck each and the Stingray sounded right again. Go figure. But the difference was real.
tbg OP
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Wrm57, aren't you concerned about your masculinity in admitting this? Certainly your chances of getting into heaven are harmed.
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geoffkait
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Wrm57, The glass fuses sounded hard and edgy? Hmmmm, that's interesting, that's what fuses sound like when they're installed in the wrong direction.
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