The secret to a great amplifier...


Is a $150 Orange fuse from Synergistic Research. Seriously, extreme boost in sonic performance. Blacker background, larger soundstage... if I wanted to make some bucks, I’d put these is cheap OEM compnents and start letting the accolades and purchasers come calling.

Mind you, I have a high value-oriented $20k system, so it was nice before, but damn!
redwoodaudio
Tim, nice reasonable post.
If I come home in the evening and sit down to listen to my system the sound can be a little different, even though, I didn't do anything to it. There may be some reason for it in the vast sea of space. But likely I don't worry to much about that, I just use my own judgement if it's good or not. It has got me this far, and I have a great sound.
So it seems reasonable to me a little fuse can change things more than seemingly nothing. So I have tried a few and am glad I have.  Just my way of going about it, as Cleeds implied above.
It seems that some in this forum are scouring the posts with relish, trying to pick apart an offending word or comma so that they may spew their venom.
mcintosh ma12000:
  • Our fuse-less short-circuit protection circuit Sentry Monitor™ that disengages the output stage before current exceeds safe operating levels and then resets automatically when operating conditions return to normal