Audiophile Fuses: Helpful or "Snake Oil"?

cerberus79
A few months ago I purchased a used pair of speakers from another Agon member.
To my surprise all the fuses were Orange fuses. I listened to them and then to satisfy my curiosity I replaced them with ordinary buss fuses and could not hear a difference.
I did this test with a bunch of friends and neither I or them could hear a difference. Kind of just says it all doesn't it?

To those non technical thinking of purchasing these $$$ fuses. Just save your $150+ and do this instead.

A fuse:
1: two end caps
2: short piece of fuse wire connecting the two end caps through a glass tube (that’s all she wrote).

To those "non technical" members that are interested in "maybe" wasting their money, do not listen to the non-technical, listen to the technicians of this industry that design the audio products you have and listen to. AND YOU WON"T SEE THEM ON THREADS LIKE THIS AGREEING WITH WHAT SAID HERE ABOUT THE SOUND IMPROVMENT DETAILS AND AC FUSE PLACEMENT DIRECTION, EVER!!!
Just clean and tighten your fuse holder and re-new your fuse (if old) with a good quality 50cent Bussman, Littlefuse or similar.As with "many switch-on surges" they do deteriorate, bend, stretch and get crusty with electrolysis formations on their fusible wire elements before they give out, as these pics show of a fuse wire element ageing over time show. https://ibb.co/9NbTwqK (even the $$$ boutique ones will age just as much also)

Cheers George

More like you "allnoise" get off your BS fuse trip!!!!!! and get into real audio, and get off that synthetic ****, it’s doing more harm to your mind than you know.

In all fairness, you don't see them on threads like this disagreeing with what is said here, either.

No, it's call protecting your own interest.

One person advocating fuses here has > 30% of their system budget tied up in cables. I can’t take this persons views on anything seriously knowing that.

+1 and some!!

cerberus79
A few months ago I purchased a used pair of speakers from another Agon member.
To my surprise all the fuses were Orange fuses. I listened to them and then to satisfy my curiosity I replaced them with ordinary buss fuses and could not hear a difference.
I did this test with a bunch of friends and neither I or them could hear a difference. Kind of just says it all doesn’t it?

To those non technical thinking of purchasing these $$$ fuses. Just save your $150+ and do this instead.

A fuse:
1: two end caps
2: short piece of fuse wire connecting the two end caps through a glass tube (that’s all she wrote).

To those "non technical" members that are interested in "maybe" wasting their money, do not listen to the non-technical, listen to the technicians of this industry that design the audio products you have and listen to. AND YOU WON"T SEE THEM ON THREADS LIKE THIS AGREEING WITH WHAT SAID HERE ABOUT THE SOUND IMPROVMENT DETAILS AND AC FUSE PLACEMENT DIRECTION, EVER!!!
Just clean and tighten your fuse holder and re-new your fuse (if old) with a good quality 50cent Bussman, Littlefuse or similar.As with "many switch-on surges" they do deteriorate, bend, stretch and get crusty with electrolysis formations on their fusible wire elements before they give out, as these pics show of a fuse wire element ageing over time show. https://ibb.co/9NbTwqK (even the $$$ boutique ones will age just as much also)

Cheers George

invalid122 posts02-14-2021 1:40amI can’t use an SR fuse in my amp it has a breaker.

These **** ***** fusers here will have you believe a $150> is better for sound than that circuit breaker, because the fuse "they say" is "directional" even though it's in an AC (alternating current) mains path.  

Consider yourself lucky that your not conned into spending >$150+ on these $1 fuses that does absolutely nothing for the sound quality.

Cheers George

williampowell...either you are new to these forums or you are trolling and sitting back laughing your a** off at what you started. There are dozens of threads where fuses have been discussed. Gotta be a troll.

More like a networking planting by a snake oil fuse company to bring up + votes for $150 fuses
One post, no discussions, no country, just reeks of a recruitment drive to shill for $150 fuses to me.

(Maybe Trump’s got something to do with it)

Maybe!!

Cheers George

Does anyone else look at this as I do? Because there's very very big % profit bucks behind it 

Isn’t it funny how new members with zero or very little posts are drawn straight to fuse threads.

If I were a sceptical kind ’a bloke, heaven forbid!! I would almost believe it’s new membership networking drive by these "SNAKE OIL" fuse companies to shill indirectly with these "SO CALLED" very new members.

DID YOU HEAR ME $150+ FUSE MANUFACTRERS!!!! GIVE IT A REST, WHERE"S YOUR DIGNITY??

Cheers George

İf you mistakenly think a fuse improves sound, replace all wiring in the amp with fuses.
Do you see how ridiculous it is ?

That’s a good one, should shut them up!!! (for a little while anyway) Love it.
This is what I pulled on one of them, 
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/the-guru-on-fuses/post?postid=2105778#2105778

Cheers George

Asking about fuses on this forum is akin to putting out a fire with gasoline. The best way to approach this is try one and listen.

The throw it into the fire, as you've just done $150+.

Cheers George