fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones

Pubul57, I don't know about a $10.00 fuse, but for a it more than the regular glass ones you can go ceramic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fuses.jpg

Image does not necessarily relate to audio, just a way to show what the two types look like.

<<09-04-08: Pubul57
Is there a great $10 fuse?>>

Even better. There is a great $1.20 fuse. I gave the details in my first post.

Pubul57
I will let the secret out, however its 2 dollars over your price range... but figured you might be able to scrape it together :-) see link, they are the bottom left product.

http://www.acmeaudiolabs.com/products.htm

Problem is I did not know of them myself till well after the others were in my system back in the day… I would not hesitate to say they are probably worth a shot due to the overall logic still used in them for the more reasonable price.

Albertporter, my two 8amp fuses are in my Krell 400xi and it has been about 40hrs of listening and 3 weeks since installation (always on standby of course).

Undertow, thanks for the link, at that price it is worth trying a whole bunch and it seems to have all the "bells and whistles" of the higher priced fuses.