Replacement Fuse's - What are my options ????

Stehno,

I'm curretnly a military attorney specializing (as best you can in the military) in criminal law. Before getting called to active duty I practiced commercial and tort litigation in Houston.

That sure is strange about the fuse; maybe the $50 is a typo.

While I'm on vacation for the next 30 days or so, I'm sending my Isoclean and HiFi Tuning fuses to Steve McCormack so he can play with them in his amps. It will be interesting to get his thoughts when he's done. :)

Howard

For those interested, Steve listened to both the Hi-Fi Tuning and IsoClean fuses in his home system. I don't feel at liberty to publish what he sent me, but he may be willing to share his thoughts with owners of his equipment if you call or email him.

Primarily because the price was right, I special ordered some silver-plated fuses from Wayne at Bolder Audio. These were universally well-regarded (and considered superior to both the aforementioned fuses by many) at a recent audio get-together in Denver. I'll post my thoughts when I get a chance to listen to them, which should be in about a week.

Aggielaw, is that Boulder Audio or Bolder Audio? Do they make the fuses? What does universally well-regarded mean? Thanks.

Aggielaw, thanks for the tip. I have the DNA-500 and I believe there are 8 fuses inside, so I will be very interested to hear what Steve has to say before I spend over $200 on fuses to "improve" the sound of an already excellent sounding amp.

Mitch2, I used to own the DNA-2 Rev A amp and shortly before I sold it, I replaced the internal fuses (2 on each rail) with four Isoclean.

It took about 48 hours of burn-in and after that the improvements were about equal to replacing standard wall receptacles/outlets with cryo-treated Oyaide outlets. Not identical improvements but the percentage improvements were about the same.

More detailed, lowered noise-floor, and a richer/warmer overall presentation. It was well worth the $25 x 4 improvement.

Just don't forget to account for them in your price should you ever sell the amp. I forgot.

-IMO