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fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones

My Rogue Cronus recently blew a slow blow fuse. I was surfing to find a replacement. The stock fuse is a typical metal end cap, glass and "wire" fuse. The audio emporiums only seemed to offer these $39 German gold plated end wunderkinds. I finally found "normal" fuses from a guitar amp site. Has anyone tried the uber fuses and found the sound better? Hard to understand how it could be. Thanks for any thoughts.
joe_in_seattle
cdc
1,807 posts
 
I like to hear what the people that listen to equipment for a living have to say sometimes.

that's funny
jeff_jones
418 posts
 
If you decide that you like to think you can hear a difference in power cords, then it makes sense for you to like to think you can hear a difference in fuses too.
unclejeff
1,313 posts
 
This might be amp specific. Better power cords don't have much of an impact on my McIntosh 2102 amps while they do on my Audio Aero Capitole amp.

I might try the isoclean product on my Audio Aero.
eee3
214 posts
 
The hi-fi tuning fuses do improve the sound "if you can hear"!! and I agree with others who have said if you spend $500 to $1000 on interconnects and powercords $39 for a fuse is not unreasonable. Folks spend quite a bit more on equipment upgrades and don't get much more of an improvement.(and I don't listen to equipment for a living)

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joe_in_seattle OP
114 posts
 
thanks for all the support and suggestions.....

update: I installed a regular fuse and my amp is back to working normally and sounding wonderful.

Regards,
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