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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.

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noromance OP
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@auxinput Noted. I'll burn them in on the other rig and try it again.
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geoffkait
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I heard through the grapevine that Audio Magic Ultimate SHD Beeswax Fuses are the bee’s knees. 🐝
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noromance OP
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Has anyone tried miniature circuit breakers instead?
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uberwaltz
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Quite a few high end manufacturers use mini breakers now.

Not had the pleasure of owning one so equipped myself unfortunately.

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millercarbon
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The idea with long burn-in is if you can get the poor sap to put up with your crap component for 100 hours by then he's gone through so much crap for so long cognitive dissonance (I'm not stupid, I'm not wasting my time, I'm not THAT guy!) kicks in and he'll cling to ANY improvement as justification and hang onto his mistake. Er, I mean component.

In reality every really good component sounds good right out of the box. Not great. Good. Then it sounds a whole lot better WITHIN MINUTES. Then it sounds great within hours- the same day. If its "painful" at 10 hours its not a component. Its crap.

Cognitive dissonance. Its a thing. Knowledge is power. Look it up. 
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