Yes, audiogon is suffering from a lot of web site errors and instability this weekend. I usually "copy" my entire post before hitting "submit" just in case the site jinks.
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Yeah, I agree that the cheap fuses with nickel plated end caps are not that great. I just did a comparison of cheap ceramic fuses between Bussman and Littlefuse. In this case, the Littlefuse brand won out. The Bussman had somewhat of a warmer/slower sonic signature. The Littlefuse did not have this warm signature and was clearer/cleaner. That being said, it was a stop-gap and I already have a couple of Hi-Fi Tuning Supreme fuses on order to replace these, lol.
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However, I don't necessary agree with teo_audio that you want silver-plated brass. 1 - silver plated can be useful, but in some situations it is just too fast/bright/harsh. 2 - Brass has never had good results whenever I have tested with it. Brass usually pushed too hard on the signal and can come across as too strong/harsh.
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Furutech have wire/end-caps are pure copper that is Rhodium plated. Hi-Fi Tuning Supreme is a silver/gold mix for the wire/end-caps. Both are excellent, but have different results.
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Yeah, I agree that the cheap fuses with nickel plated end caps are not that great. I just did a comparison of cheap ceramic fuses between Bussman and Littlefuse. In this case, the Littlefuse brand won out. The Bussman had somewhat of a warmer/slower sonic signature. The Littlefuse did not have this warm signature and was clearer/cleaner. That being said, it was a stop-gap and I already have a couple of Hi-Fi Tuning Supreme fuses on order to replace these, lol.
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However, I don't necessary agree with teo_audio that you want silver-plated brass. 1 - silver plated can be useful, but in some situations it is just too fast/bright/harsh. 2 - Brass has never had good results whenever I have tested with it. Brass usually pushed too hard on the signal and can come across as too strong/harsh.
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Furutech have wire/end-caps are pure copper that is Rhodium plated. Hi-Fi Tuning Supreme is a silver/gold mix for the wire/end-caps. Both are excellent, but have different results.