Is $2,844 too much to pay for a fuse?

So if those fuses are $2800, I wonder how much StereoTimes got paid for that ludicrous review.  There is no voracity or credibility left in the audio review arena.

This gang loves to kvetch.

"Just how many here went to the link I provided and listened to what the engineers at Yamaha found?" 

Yup here

• He didn't say one fuse sounded better but that it sounded "different" in their Aventage line of AV receivers
• He didn't say anything about $100 or $3,000 fuses sounding better than $2 fuses
• He basically said they were trying different fuses so they would have multiple sources for production, so they were probably all $2 fuses

Not sure that I learned anything except that some people believe different fuses can change the sound of a Yamaha AV receiver based on what could arguably be called a blind listening test.

By $44.

Where should these fuses and all other special fuses be used? Only in amplifiers on in any audio equipment?