The secret to a great amplifier...

Thankfully we are down to just a few psychotic malcontents.

Then we can move along to the next thing they don’t understand and all will have to deal with the flufferstorm of their incapacitates, again.

To the chagrin of all involved. Like clockwork. Expect it like the Spanish inquisition.

I would prefer to disarm and wind down the confrontation but it seemingly can't be. So we're left with the hard burn from the soldering iron of truth. Burn baby burn. And if they find some smarts in the interim, then maybe they can get out of the chair of their own making.. and finally run away. And never sit down in those sort of chairs of ignorance and projection, again. We can hope, we can dream....

Quarks are in the signal path ! Spent the week trying to tame them :-)

speaking of “ lists “, @tubebuffer is on my must read list !! Witty, subtle savage with a spouse who dresses well. 

Right.  High-end boutique brands never rebadge cheap stuff from China.

(Just to be sure, before buying that next power cord, go a quick visual search of Amazon and AliExpress.  You might be surprised.)

So were these Orange fuses inserted in the power amplifier outputs to the loudspeaker or in the AC Mains line to the unit?  Either I missed it or that installation point was never made.

A very long time ago a friend of mine had a Pioneer car unit in a boat . The fuse that was called for always blew when volume was increased so when it blew one time all I had was a much larger fuse and we used that and all of a sudden the sound was greatly improved. I don't know if some of these Hot Rod fuses are better but in that case being able to pass more current did in fact improve the sound greatly so it sure wouldn't hurt to experiment