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Furutech fuse

Back story. I find the prices of Synergistic fuses extortion. Like someone charging $100 for a cup of water in the desert. The product may have value as a tweak, the materials do not justify the price to me. 

However, ever the tweaker, I succumbed to buying a $40 Furutech 20mm 4 amp fuse for my preamp.

It’s rhodium plated OFC.

I tried it in both directions. Yes, it sounded more coherent in one direction than the other. I ran it for about 10 hours.

I did not like the sound. Etched and dry with reduced bass. I swapped back the original.

noromance
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noromance OP
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Thanks. Everything makes an impact on sound. Mats, spikes, cones, wood of different types, brass, aluminum, cable, tubes, humidity, foam, dirty power, mood ... list is endless! And it's not always good.  
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millercarbon
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So you found that you can spend $40 for something that sounds worse than the $1 factory fuse. Yet you think $150 for a Blue Quantum Fuse that makes a bigger improvement than a lot of $500 power cords is a ripoff.

Oh wait. You don't know that. Because you haven't even tried one. 

Awful strong opinion to be based on.... nothing.

You say the SR fuse parts don't justify the price. Very interesting. So what exactly are the parts? Since you know so much I mean. About the fuse you've never seen. Or heard. 

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noromance OP
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@millercarbon I understand where you are comong from.
"does not justify the price to me". I would rather hard wire the amp than spend $249 on a fuse. It’s just a principle thing for me. 
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noromance OP
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I should have known that it would sound the way it did. Rhodium is like that. I have power cords with the same sonic signature but to a lesser extent than the fuse. Maybe their gold one would sound better in mine. The rhodium could certainly tip a yellow or warm rig back to a more nuetral colorless color if you will.
cleeds
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noromance
I find the prices of Synergistic fuses extortion.
That's absurd. Extortion involves coercion, or force or the threat of force. Are you saying you suffered this before buying the fuse?
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