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So done with audiophile fuses

The journey started with a medium priced ($50) fuse in my power supply.  A failed rectifier tube blew that one out.  Not a fuse problem.  Next up was a blue fuse in my pre amp.  It blew and was not caused by a pre amp problem.  Apparently they sometimes are more sensitive and it was replaced by an orange fuse two values higher.  Things were going along fine.  I replaced the pre amp with a newer version of the pre amp and it has the same fuse value.  Five months latter (today) I turn on the pre amp and nothing.  it's a five month old pre amp so I suspected that it was the fuse.  Sure enough, I replaced it with a ceramic Littelfuse of the lower correct value it works fine.  No more wasting my money on unstable fuses for me.     
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hartf36
214 posts
 
I switched from plain glass fuses to ceramic and did detect a noticeable difference.  Not earth-shattering, but noticeable.  My fuse experiment ended there.  

Until I took the fuses out of my Maggies and replaced them with like-sized sections of silver tube.  Another noticeable difference.  That's where it REALLY ended.
robert53
479 posts
 
He didn't mention anything about sound. He only stated that it worked fine. No more blown fuses.
twoch
429 posts
 
could just be the on off switch . Anyway i never had any fuze problems.     I did when i got the idea to bypass the fuze   
   So done with audiophile fuses ,,
 Sounds like you raise little girls ?
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cakyol
940 posts
 
" Wyred4Sound had been using a circuit breaker on one of their integrated amps for some time now. A long time ago, when I considered getting one from them, I asked about a fuse upgrade and was told they'd be happy to do so for that last 5% improvement in sound. That was many years ago."

And I bet you bought it hook, line & sinker LOL.  If an amp's performance should indeed improve by simply changing the fuse, it is a clear indication that those people have no clue about building an amp in the first place..

What a load of nonsense.....

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