georgehifi, I would appreciate it if you showed more respect toward me as the OP. You have thus far suggested that I have ulterior motives tied to sales of fuses, and now are overtly calling this a "snake oil" thread, as though I started it with ill intent.
Some facts for you; I don't give a rip about how many fuses any particular comapny sells, as this is completely independent of any activity I pursue privately or as a reviewer. My writing is detached from the marketing and sales of any company whose product I review. The one perk I get is industry accommodation pricing on products. I fail to see how that should motivate me to endorse a class of products if they don't work well. It's not good for my reputation if I back junk. So, I don't back junk.
In this instance I bought fuses as would any audiophile from a local dealer, paying the going rate. I was not ready to invest a lot of time to conduct a review if fuses were not efficacious. I had no incentive to promote fuses one way or the other; I wanted to discover whether they had efficacy in system building. I have learned through handing products that it's the best way to tell whether a class of product is worth pursuing.
I was exploring this for my own benefit, then for the community's benefit. So, it's been my extra time, my money expended for this. I didn't get some fuses free, then direct people to a manufacturer. It seems you have jumped to some conclusions that are unwarranted.
Now, if you want to call fuses as such "snake oil" I can't stop you. But, please don't impugn my good intent with smearing the thread with accusations of promotion of snake oil. For your information, I likely will pursue fuses further, because the use of only one fuse of two variants in a power supply on a DAC has proven highly efficacious. If you don't want to believe me that's ok. I can't force you to try an aftermarket fuse. I'm not going to malign you because you don't believe it. But, at least give me some respect for having good intent and above board practices.
I envision that the day could come when we become fast friends here! I don't think that's too far fetched, as it has happened several times before. I would rather not be combative, but have friendly discourse. I have found that the cost of the fuse at about $50 conferred an equivalent change to many expensive cables, and even components. Do I know how? Not at all. Even engineers don't know how. But, it's easily heard - and do mean easily by most people.
So, iI'm requesting some respect in this matter. Now, if you feel in your certainty that you do not need to respect me, nor anyone else who supports aftermarket fusues, then I think I'm done speaking with you. :)
Finally; to the community - PLEASE, this is a quagmire, as I said previously. Belittling and ragging at people will accomplish NOTHING toward getting them interested in exploring alternative system setups. Let's be cordial and invite some good exchange. If georgehifi wishes to contact me and see if we live near enough to have him visit, I would be happy to have a fuse swap session to show him what I'm experiencing. :)
