Value wise I would say the AMR fuses are hard to beat,of course not compared to the cost of stock fuses.
Soundwise they are also close to the sound of the HiFi Supremes in my system,it was only after I replaced the Supremes that I noticed more slam and body to the sound of my system.
I should add, I used the same WA chips on both fuse types and felt they improved the sound of whatever fuse they were on, even the stock fuses.
Amazingly the WA chips still have enough stickiness to be moved from fuse to fuse, but I think that's pushing things a tad too far.Better to just buy more new chips from here on.
Perhaps in the future I'll experiment with some other fuses.
The fuse debates have settled it seems,but I also haven't read about any fuse being the top dog.
It would be very much system dependant anyway,but it would be nice if aftermarket fuses could have some sort of descriptors assigned to them.
For example-the HiFi Supremes, to me, would be the 3ooB of fuses.
The AMR would be EL 84.
So depending on how your system is voiced you could(a taboo?)voice your sound accordingly.
I personally find nothing wrong by fine tuning a system using tubes or wires or fuses to achieve the type of sound that the owner desires.
Which seems to be shunned by most in this hobby.
Yet some folks cry about how the new gear tends to be too sterile for them, so they seek out gear which has colourations more to their liking, or they seek out vintage gear with tone controls.Using interconnect as tone controls is frowned upon ,it's better to buy another amp or pre amp.Yeah, that makes way more sense!
As I grow older, I don't like that over laid back sound ,but that's because my old ears need as much detail as they can get to make things sound right.My ears have built in high frequency filters.
Younger ears perhaps,tend to go for a more polite sound.
So I can't see any harm dome if anyone states that they use interconnects, speaker wires, NOS tubes or fuses to build a sound that they and they alone find solace with.
We should all be thankful that we have so many choices.
Soundwise they are also close to the sound of the HiFi Supremes in my system,it was only after I replaced the Supremes that I noticed more slam and body to the sound of my system.
I should add, I used the same WA chips on both fuse types and felt they improved the sound of whatever fuse they were on, even the stock fuses.
Amazingly the WA chips still have enough stickiness to be moved from fuse to fuse, but I think that's pushing things a tad too far.Better to just buy more new chips from here on.
Perhaps in the future I'll experiment with some other fuses.
The fuse debates have settled it seems,but I also haven't read about any fuse being the top dog.
It would be very much system dependant anyway,but it would be nice if aftermarket fuses could have some sort of descriptors assigned to them.
For example-the HiFi Supremes, to me, would be the 3ooB of fuses.
The AMR would be EL 84.
So depending on how your system is voiced you could(a taboo?)voice your sound accordingly.
I personally find nothing wrong by fine tuning a system using tubes or wires or fuses to achieve the type of sound that the owner desires.
Which seems to be shunned by most in this hobby.
Yet some folks cry about how the new gear tends to be too sterile for them, so they seek out gear which has colourations more to their liking, or they seek out vintage gear with tone controls.Using interconnect as tone controls is frowned upon ,it's better to buy another amp or pre amp.Yeah, that makes way more sense!
As I grow older, I don't like that over laid back sound ,but that's because my old ears need as much detail as they can get to make things sound right.My ears have built in high frequency filters.
Younger ears perhaps,tend to go for a more polite sound.
So I can't see any harm dome if anyone states that they use interconnects, speaker wires, NOS tubes or fuses to build a sound that they and they alone find solace with.
We should all be thankful that we have so many choices.