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Experience with high end fuses????

I tried a high buck fuse for power supply in my Exposure 2010s last February it goes in the little tray under the power cord. I was burnt out from comparing things at the time but did switch it out with the stock fuse twice . My gut feeling was the new fuse cleaned things up the image more defined but also made the stage less open and things almost sounded digital and like the top and booom of tan EQ was boosted slightly. I sat down last night and compared and indeed this is the case. As I said the high buck one seems to clean things up but also shrinks the stage and makes the sound almost processed. Has anyone had any real experience with changing fuses?? I guess one would think the manufacture of the amp voiced it with the fuse they wanted in it. keith
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dlcockrum
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IsoClean Fuses do make a positive difference. Improvement in overall clarity and detail. Make sure to put them in with the directionality correct. A good tweak is to paint the glass body with AVM to reduce resonance.

I also hear very good things about the Furutech ceramic body fuses.

Soon, Synergistic Research will be introducing high quality fuses that have been Quantum Tunneled. These will be the HOT TICKET!
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Hifitime,

The HiFi tuning fuses you refer too are the entry level aftermarket fuses and they are both sonically inferior to and of lower construction quality than the IsoCleans and Furutechs. I did not and do not recommend them.

"The others look the same as a stock fuse available at Radio Shack."

If you know of any "Radioshack" fuses that look ANYTHING like these, please let me know:

http://www.vhaudio.com/isoclean-fuses.html

The IsoCleans are of vastly superior quality than your "cheapo" fuses and do indeed provide a slightly more detailed sound with a more extended top-end in a high resolution system.

I notice that you also actively trash the use of aftermarket power cords on other threads, offering no real information about the sonic impact, but only vague criticism about the solder quality of unspecified power cords in an attempt to cast dispersion on these products as a whole.

If you choose to stay clear of the whole notion of improving the sound of your system via improved power signal quality, good for you (at least for your wallet if not for your sound), but a little due diligence (perhaps actually trying the very products that you condemn) before panning a line of largely sonically beneficial products would better serve members interested in improving the sound of their systems than such unfounded speculation.
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Hifitime,

"DLcockrum,don't assume I make statements without hearing something first."

Prove it. Name the aftermarket fuses (and powercords for that matter) that you have auditioned in your system and give your listening impressions specific to those products.

"They look the same as Bussmann and Radio Shack fuses"

Nonsense. I am still waiting on you to give me the part number of the Bussman or Radio Shack fuses that look anything like the IsoCleans.

"I also don't have any faith in a company that is making safety products and either has total ignorance of the product,or the laws in our country.Possibly both,or they just don't care."

More non-specific gobbly-gook. Do you think that anyone finds your posts helpful??

Hifitime, try reading the above post from Undertow. Use this as a guideline for what members of Audiogon want to see in a post. See it, read it, be it.
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