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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
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jl35
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We're talking about trying a $25 fuse in a $7000 amp. I don't think anyone's worrying about it...
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geoffkait
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Well, to be fair, I'm not sure I would characterize most of the naysayers' comments as intellectually sincere or even honest. Nothing like that. They just enjoy giving audiophiles a hard time. Nothing so lofty as any kind of intellectual argument, nothing like that.
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almarg
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Kosst_amojan 9-9-2017
Auxinput is just lying when he says it made a 3dB difference. There’s no physical phenomenon in the universe that would explain that and that’s a difference easily measured.
Kosst, for the record note that Auxinput did not say that. It was another member who said that "I had to turn down my volume by 2-3db because after changing directions, it was too loud."

Also, IMO both Auxinput and the member who made that statement have over the years established excellent reputations for sincerity. That said, however, I agree that the stated 2-3 db effect is simply impossible, and was probably due to either some other variable or to misperception.

Regards,
-- Al


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Lots of things in this hobby are "impossible." Lots of things in this hobby defy explanation. Lots of things in this hobby appear to disobey the laws of physics. So what else is new? 😛
Just wait’ll you guys get a load of some stuff that’s really controversial. Tempers will flare.😡

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