Fuses that matter.

due to an impending move i am currently using a temporary amp - mcintosh 162 - which sounds far better than i expected it to. one thing i did notice that my 'larger' amps do not exhibit is a slight grain and softness to the midrange. for $20 i thought i'd try an AMR fuse, but honestly was not expecting to hear any difference whatsoever. i was pleasantly surprised at the improvement - midrange grain is gone and there is now more detail in the mids.

Why is it that the folks who use the AMR or Supremes( I've got both)describe the effects of the fuses with the same descriptive language?
Or, in other words,different gear, but a similar sonic description of the improvements.

My position then is that if $80.00 a fuse is all that's holding you back,then 20 bucks should make the investment a little easier to take.

Then if you like what 20 buck fuses have to offer, you can move up the food chain,the choice is yours.

My personal preference for the AMR fuses at the moment is that my amps are old,and if something goes south and takes a fuse with it, a 20 buck loss is easier to take.
Until I tried the AMR, all I had used were the Supremes in these amps besides the stock fuses.

The Supremes have become my spares, and when you need 4 of them for the amps , 80 bucks for the AMR compared to 320.oo for the Supremes makes sense to me,especially when I don't notice a great deal of difference.
Different colourations, but not as big a difference as between a stock fuse and a 20 buck AMR.

I think the fact that so many people have such low expectations of a 20 buck AMR fuse doing anything different than a stock fuse isn't really all that bad.

It provides bigger impact when someone finds out for themself.

Harry Pearson, although not stating whether or not he has tried other fuses, states on his website, hpsoundings.com, that he uses the HiFi Supreme fuses. Of course, this doesn't mean he's heard the Synergistic Research or the AMRs. I bought a couple of the Synergistic Research fuses, but got the wrong sizes, so I have to send them back and exchange them for the smaller, slow blow, 10 amp size. I have the WA Quantum chips on my HiFi Supremes right now, but since I've already paid for the SRs, and they have a 30-day trial period, I see no disadvantage in trying them.
I do wish HiFi Tuning allowed a "test drive," but they do not, even if one ordered the wrong size/fast blow instead of slow blow, etc. I've had my HiFi Supremes for a year, so it should be easy to hear the difference between them and the SR fuses.

P.S. The small HiFi Tuning Supreme fuses are 58.95. The large ones are $84.95, same price as the Synergistic Research models. Clearly, it's a race! I got mine thru Revolution Power, which also have the Furutech and IsoClean lines.

I suggest that everyone stop arguing about if and how. Take $20.00 out of your pocket if possible and buy one AMR fuse. If you need more than one, you will likely end up ordering them. They are cheap, and they make your system sound better. Period.