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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  I replaced the pre amp with a newer version of the pre amp and it has the same fuse value.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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cakyol
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" 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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nonoise
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Keep on trolling, dude. That's all you're good for anyway.

Anyone notice how cakyol can take the simplest of statements and ass clown his way to a response? He has this tendency to hold grudges and attack further down the line with people he's had run ins with and lost. He initiates and elevates the argument to unhealthy levels and when bettered by a response, just looses it.

All the best,
Nonoise
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cakyol
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@nonoise,

BTW, it is "loses" it, NOT "looses it".....
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nonoise
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Sometimes I type too quickly.
sugabooger
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Isn't Wyred the company that took a state of the art modern AKM DAC IC and managed to turn that into a $4,000 DAC that just about matched a mid 1980's Philips based DAC in performance?  
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