I don't care if upgraded fuses work, that my attitude, so when I tried one and got it put in the right direction, it did make a difference. Now those who claim they see God with the change I would not go that far, but there was a difference in my McIntosh amp, the one thing I can say for sure flipping even the stock fuse around which was a ceramic one not a glass one in my McIntosh Amp made a difference, one direction sounded much better than the other direction. I do think from what I heard that Audiophile fuses are way overpriced, I used an SR Orange, now I see they have Purple which always kills every fuse they made before, that old sales pitch is getting old. Took them 3 years to develop a fuse, really?