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Audio Horizons fuses.... won’t buy them again...

I’ve bought 5 Audio Horizons Platinum fuses a couple of months ago, for my amps, speakers and DAC.
Three days ago, coincidentially, the 5A fuses on my mono amps (Rogue Apollos), blew at the same time on start up. Replaced them with the OEM fuses, and everything works again.
I have a very good electrical installation, with independent lines for each amp, a no surges or anything strange occurred. My speakers, Evolution Acoustics MM3s are always ON, and nothing happened to the fuses on them.
I emailed Joseph Chow inmediately and his response was to send the fuses back to him (at my cost, I live in Ecuador...), to repair them for $70/each, plus shipping.
I have paid $138 for each fuse in October, and no warranty?... what a shame!!!
Won’t buy these fuses again, NEVER!!!
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nonoise's avatar
nonoise
10,833 posts
 
Sorry to hear about your experience with the Audio Horizon fuses. They are expensive. May I suggest you try the Brimar Audio fuses?
I think you'd be pleasantly surprised.

All the best,
Nonoise
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noromance
9,768 posts
 
Yeah, the fuse product warranties leave a lot to be desired. Hearsay is that you buy higher rated fuses than your amp takes.

georgehifi's avatar
georgehifi
10,312 posts
 
Won’t buy these fuses again, NEVER!!!

Just stay away from the fuse snake oil, it's all BS just to get your dollars.

Cheers George 
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bdp24
9,788 posts
 
Chow charges to repair an apparently defective (at best; it could also be just a poorly designed one), two month old product? We have not reached a new low?!
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geoffkait
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Most aftermarket fuses come with 30 day money back guarantee. Only one of the 15 aftermarket fuses comes with 60 day money back guarantee. You exceeded both the 30 and 60 day periods. So, you’re actually lucky Audio Horizon will replace or repair your fuses for less than the original cost. Sounds like he was doing you a favor. This could just be a case where you need to increase the fuse rating, as others have noted.

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