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Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses?

My equipment - Raven Integrated Reflection MK2 tube amp 58wpc. / Lumin A-1 DAC Streamer / Synology NAS / Isotex Aquarius Power Conditioner / Furutech Rhodium Plug / Sonus Faber Amati Homage Tradition speakers.  

I have read thousands of comments on upgraded fuses improving the performance of sound.  I am very open minded but not sold either way.  So, the question I have is....if fuses were so important, than why don't Amplifier companies all install them as OEM equipment?  To me, if they are as good as people say, that would provide companies who use them a competitive advantage?  

Every High End Audio store I go to in Phoenix have told me it does not make a difference and is a waste of money.  For the record, I have fuses purchased at an automotive store for under $10 and I think my sound is awesome.  The Company that built my amp tested the Synergistic Fuses and he emphatically said there was no difference.  

If I were to try a fuse for fun, given my equipment, what would your recommendation be to try?  
willgolf
tatyana69
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2 issues jump out at me here:-
1 - Why don't they .......
2 - Who listens to an engineer anyway?

1 - In the same way re fuses, if power cables made such a difference to an amp why do hi end manufacturers bundle bog standard cables in the box . And if speakers sounded so much better with granite bases, why don't the manufactures offer with or without. Surely they could obtain heavy supplier discounts to keep customers happy?
2 - Last month, I asked two respected amp engineers about difference in power cables and they laughed at me. Also, both still swear single ended is the same sound signal as balanced
As other posters have written here, it is your ears that are better than someone else's opinion.
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geoffkait
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wolf_garcia
"Special" fuses have no actual design benefits or any logical explanation anywhere as to how they improve anything (thousands of comments…still no "how or why")...

I guess it’s not true what they say, that if you repeat something often enough eventually it’ll sink in. The advantages of aftermarket fuses over stock fuses have been described ad nauseum all over the place on the various fuse threads right here on Audiogon for the last ten years. It’s not rocket science. Nothing to get uptight about. Nothing to get your panties in a twist about. 👙
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geoffkait
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bigkidz
HA HA HA. Why don’t they use better resistors, capacitors, chokes or transformers, chassis metal thickness, feet, etc. Cost to price ratio? I think those would make bigger improvements than some fuses IMO. Why not just use a copper bar?

Why don’t they? Because they the amp designers are so focused, hyper focused, on circuits they ignore everything else. Besides as I already intimated they can’t hear anyway so what’s the difference? If they could they certainly wouldn’t bolt transformers directly to the chassis or bolt the printed circuit boards directly to the chassis. I know what you're thinking - "But everybody does that!"

brf
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To answer the OP's question, all one needs to do is read the responses.  Over half of audiophiles do not believe that fuses and power cords make a sonic improvement.  Since fuses and power cords do not require a modification to the existing equipment, manufactures choose not to include and charge for "upgraded" fuses and PC and lets the end user decide for themselves.
joecasey
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Nice dodge. The point was that designers think about how to design their best sound into a component within a certain price range and given more $$ would choose to spec a better traditional component that they feel more confident in than a fuse.
If solution for BEST sound is simply use most expensive parts, who cares about circuits.  All we need is ONE company producing ONE component with the most expensive parts.
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