fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones

Neither power cords nor fuses nor super fancy cables will ever improve any system's sound.
It is phisycally impossible to improve it or reduce the loss.
However in case of cables (noitce not fuses or power cords) but cables ypou might introduce favorable loss of information or distortion that would be pleaseing to your ears, perhaps.
Plugging 3 feet of extra thick shileded braided etc. powercord between wall outlet and your unit is simply silly.
To improve anything ypou would have to run the same quality cable from the elctrical company power station staright to your apartment/house. Plugging 3 feet in between is doing exactly what?
Are you with me?
Well, the same goes for fuses.
Now put down the credit card and slowly back away.

Mr D- And you know this because you have tried a variety of power cords and hi-end fuses, and found that they made no difference what-so-ever in your system, Right? Certainly you wouldn't make those statements without having established some facts, one way or the other. I mean- This can't just be one of those unsubstantiated, uninformed opinions from an everything-sounds-the-same smoke blower can it?

Dkzzzzzzzzzzzzz...WAKE UP MAN!! Stupidity may be forgiven, but ignorance is incurable. Now step away from your bose radio.

Rodman, you are hilarious. :-)

I repeat::
Double blind testing.
somebody does / does not make a change.
Can you tell?
Repeat until a statistically valid sample is gathered.

Repeat AGAIN with several different people.

On a simple, yes-no change, 50% is guessing.

Everything else is just anecdotal.
period.

AND, for the record, I won't say these changes, even the fuses dont' matter, but PROVE it with statistics.