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What's going on with Synergistic Research fuses?

I live in California and a couple of weeks ago we had strange lightning storms that started the many fires burning in the State.  It also fried the fuse in my Pass XA30.5.  I got the amp second hand and it came with a SR Blue fuse.  I called Pass and they recommended a very cheap fuse which I ordered and installed.  Because I was curious, I took the SR sticker off the old burnt out fuse and found that it was a very cheap SIBA brand fuse underneath.  It is clear that SR is either not making the ceramic casing for this fuse or using the SIBA fuse and then doing stuff to it.  At the very worst, it's just slapping a sticker on it and charging a ton more

The thing is, I'm pretty sure I could hear a difference for the worse when I installed the cheap glass fuse post lightning storm.  Could it be that SR is modifying an existing fuse to make it sound better?  Maybe some more technically minded folks here on the forum could help me understand

thanks!
adam8179
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cakyol
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@cal91
if you have noticed so much improvement in your sound then obviously you should keep your fuses. 
We will just have to respectfully disagree that the effects are not universal but very personal, and that standard measurements do not show and explain the perceived difference. 

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thecarpathian
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Ah, civility! Kudos.
Civility is not about dousing strongly held views.
It's about making sure that people are willing to respect others perspectives.
And Eskimos.
rodman99999
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@cakyol- With all due respect (in all earnest), regarding all that electronics experience, education, EE Degree, etc: KUDOS for your dedication to your profession.        But: is the part where WE are supposed to trust your ears, in the New or Old Testaments, of the Naysayer’s Doctrine?      Help thou, my unbelief!
boxer12
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Thecarpathian,
Never imagined I’d be thinking about flying bumblebees & fat Eskimo’s today. Those are some of the funniest posts I’ve ever read on this site!

Thank You
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audioman58
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Silver, copper ,gold top conductors in synergistic nope brass
with a treatment $160 no thanks I had theirs in my other  it was not as pure as the silver gold Hifi tuning , at half the price ,it just matters where it goes ,luckily my new dac uses a thermistor 
no need for a fuse which is better still.
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