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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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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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thecarpathian
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boxer12,
I appreciate that very much.
I think right now we all need a little less contention and a little more silly.
Also, I know next to nothing about audio, so silly is pretty much all I've got!
rodman99999
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Not often that one hears or reads a witty, grammatically correct, correctly spelled usage of the word, "segue", either!         At least; not in Indiana.
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cakyol
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@rodman99999 

It is not just my ears.  It is also my measurements and the engineering norms.

I guess you believe your ears and so do I.  I also believe my measurements and all the engineering knowledge that I have accumulated over the years.

As I said, we will have to respectfully disagree and that is the end of that.

At the end of the day, it is your money, your purchase, you can do whatever you want.

Cheers
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georgehifi
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But: is the part where WE are supposed to trust your ears
You know the old bible saying,
"If your eyes deceive you then pluck them out"
Same goes for "fusers" ears. 
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