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.
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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.
Roxy54, on one hand I agree with you-just try a fuse and see if you like it. But you are also suggesting, I think, that audiophile fuses sound the same. I reject this idea.