What is the science behind audiophile fuses?

I got a refund for the fuses.

You know, what mapman says about fuses could also be said for vacuum tubes or even a fine meal.  Anyone see the cost of WE 300b tubes these days?  

The front end of my stereo system has a total of 22 tubes.  I’m not bragging, I’m just pointing out that the nature of this hobby is expense- both the upfront costs, the depreciation and the recurring costs (electricity, tube replacement, subscription costs, repairs, etc) must be considered.  To denigrate the use of expensive, handmade fuses is saying that the entire hobby is futile. 

When I was a kid I remember people putting pennies in their fuse boxes....

I remember my parents doing that

@kennyc 

I remember pennys in fuse box… not often fortunately. I also remember getting shocked all the time when changing fuses…. Which seemed to happen a lot back then.

In my case I was replacing the power supply filter caps in a few pieces of equipment (my distribution amps). Since the fuses are internal in these DA's, I thought if I'm going to do it (it being the first time I would try some "audiophile" fuses), then this would be the best time. I tried some HiFi Tuning Silverstar's (I think they were like $15 a piece), and didn't hear *any* difference. I fell for it, but I won't be falling for it again (however, I still left them in the DA's). 

@dpop,

Thanks for sharing your experience. A good data point for sure.