What is the science behind audiophile fuses?

@dpop,

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

My guess based on successful reports is that one would have to spend significantly more like for SR or QSA fuses to hear notable differences.

@ghdprentice 

Last time I remembered getting shocked was when adjusting the timing points on my distributor- many moons ago.  I’m thankful for circuit breakers - much safer. 
Which got me thinking, of all the innovations in my lifetime, I’m really glad for word processors - made many typewriter typos so correction take/fluid slowed things to a  crawl.  I wonder if the best innovation for my mom was the washing machine- I spotted an old scrub board when I was young.

@kennyc 

Yes… I got zapped by my distributor cap and coil output more than once.
 

Actually, the one I remember the most was when I was when I was a projectionist in the 1960’s with a 1940’s carbon arc movie projector (two 1/4” thick carbon sticks that you had to bring together to start an electrical arc… then back off. Sustaining the brilliant arc of electricity (think lightning)…somehow I got shocked… it threw me across the room and against the wall… I just became aware of existence as if a dream.  Wow, that was a jolt! Never want that again! Like getting electrocuted I am sure. 

My guess based on successful reports is that one would have to spend significantly more like for SR or QSA fuses to hear notable differences.

I'll pass on that. Here's a few quotes from past audiogon discussions:

It's unfortunate that Hifituning discontinued the Silver Star fuses.  It was the real champ in their line.  From speaking with others who have experience with the Supremes, they will leave you wanting compared to the discontinued silvers.  I was fortunate to scarf up some Silver Stars from Parts Connexion when they had a close-out sale on them.

Yes, the Silverstar are made from pure silver. They are very fast and bright fuses. So, if you feel they sound nice, they are definitely well broken in.

I had a buddy in high school that ran the movie projector at our local drive in movie theater.  (Ca. 1974). He let me in the projection shack to watch him work once.  He had a large motor that drove a DC generator.  He first cleaned up the commutator with some sandpaper wrapped around a wood stick.  Then he mounted a carbon rod in the projector, started the screw drive and turned on the power.  That was cool stuff.  The carbon rod, I think could last one reel which was about an hour.  He had two projectors and both were required to show one complete movie.  

2nd story:  In Ag class in high school we were rebuilding the engine on an old Oliver tractor.  It used a magneto ignition and had a crank on the front as backup for starting the engine.  The engine was torn down but the block and crank were still mounted in the tractor with the magneto.  So as a right of passage, each one of us had to hold on to a spark plug wire while someone spun the crank.  And the faster you can crank the stronger the magneto pulse.  We had one large kid who could hold onto the spark plug wire no matter how fast someone would spin the crank.  He just stood there saying, “he he he.”  Scary guy.