QUALITY AND SECURITY OF "LITTELFUSE" PRODUCTS

Yes, that's correct Yogiboy.  See my posts dated 3-14-2016 in the SR fuse thread.

Regards,
-- Al
 

Thanks for the info Al !

My first consideration in a fuse is safety (doh!).

I don’t mean to cast aspersions on audiophile fuses, but in this particular area (safety & fire), I’m much more comfortable dealing with a company whose butt is on the line - providing protection for medical, aerospace and other industries where safety is paramount and the consequences of failure are high.

As such, my upcoming NiWatt amplifiers have specified both fuse holders and ceramic fuses manufactured by Littelfuse. Granted, ceramic may be overkill, but I don't put a price on safety ;-)

There are other good manufacturers, and again, I’m not debating the sonic benefits of an audiophile fuse (which raises the question: why no audiophile fuse holders?).

The way I look at it, if I can’t design a world class amplifier using standard fuses, then I should be in a different business.

Of course, people are free to experiment to their hearts’ content, and this is just my perspective as a manufacturer.

Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier Design

There is at least one audiophile fuse holder, a silver plated one from Acme Audio. I’m pretty sure your probably making A Strawman Argument wrt the safety issue since AFAIK there are no safety issues with audiophile fuses. If there were I kind of doubt they would be in business as long as they have. What is it, twenty years? Even the Acme fuse holder has been around like, forever.

Very likely, the audiophile fuses are reliable, but I'm a bit OCD, and have extremely low risk tolerance ;-)

If I'm signing my name to something with safety implications, I'm much more comfortable with a manufacturer with track record in the medical industry (for example), where people can die as a result of a poor design.

For the same reasons, and in spite of the extraordinarily low probability of problems with glass fuses, I'm more comfortable with ceramic ones. 

Thanks for the comments about Acme.  I was unaware of them, and I'll check into it.

Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier Design