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
This is turning out to be one of the better threads with some humour to defuse things a little.

@thecarpathian, I am afraid I have to strongly disagree with you. I live in rural Ireland and leprechauns are real and Eskimos are cool.

@rodman99999 re bumblebees. I hear you. I mentioned the little buzzers as a simple way of putting across the reliance on science.

An Irish blonde pushes her Ford into a petrol station. She tells the mechanic it died.
After he works on it for a few minutes, it is idling smoothly.
She says, "What's the story?"
He replies, "Just crap in the carburetor"
She asks, "How often do I have to do that?"


cakyol...If everyone reads your last post directed to me, it should go a long way to lowering the temperature on this thread. Thanks
AMEN! "At the end of the day"; the only thing that matters, as regards whatever we’ve done with (or to) our systems, is satisfying our own ears.        It’s just the incessant dogmatism and, "trust me" mantra, of the Naysayer Doctrine preachers, that’s become so tedious.       Only my opinion, of course.      Happy listening!
The truth shall set you free. I was listening to Coletrane' "My Favorite Things" last night and was enjoying the expanded sound stage and sharper imaging since I put in the SR fuses. It sounded like Coletrane was in the room with me. Roy Haynes' solo on drums was crisp and dynamic. And then I thought about cakyol's assertion that it's all in my head, so I thought I'd test it. I repeated to myself over and over; "It isn't real, it isn't real." But it sounded real. I kept at it for at least 15 minutes and then it happened. The instruments started moving closer together and no longer went as far past the speakers. Coletrane seemed to fade a little further back and Haynes lost a little of the sharpness and clout. It still sounded good, but it seemed to lose a little. What it lost, of course, wasn't real, so I knew I should appreciate that I am no longer delusional. Thank you cakyol for opening my eyes and helping me to see the light. The dream is over.
The truth will set you free, but- obfuscation will trip you up!      Old rhyme: A centipede was happy – quite!      Until a toad said, in fun, "Pray, which leg comes after which?"      Which threw her mind in such a pitch, she laid bewildered in the ditch, considering how to run.       Analysis Paralysis: https://bsci21.org/9-tips-to-avoid-paralysis-by-analysis/           Overthinking simple and FREE (30 day trial) experiments, can result in ears deprived of enhanced musical presentations.