Furutech fuse


Back story. I find the prices of Synergistic fuses extortion. Like someone charging $100 for a cup of water in the desert. The product may have value as a tweak, the materials do not justify the price to me. 

However, ever the tweaker, I succumbed to buying a $40 Furutech 20mm 4 amp fuse for my preamp.

It’s rhodium plated OFC.

I tried it in both directions. Yes, it sounded more coherent in one direction than the other. I ran it for about 10 hours.

I did not like the sound. Etched and dry with reduced bass. I swapped back the original.

noromance

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noromance sez:

  • Back story. I find the prices of Synergistic fuses extortion. Like someone charging $100 for a cup of water in the desert.


If I were dying of thirst in the desert, I would gladly pay $100 for a cup of water. Once back on solid ground, I would take cases of water into the desert and sell it to other thirsty people for $100 a pop. At that point, lots of other greedy jerks would follow me with truckloads of water, only to find that there is a glut of bottled water in the desert with thirsty people willing to pay no more than two bucks per bottle.

At that point, there would be plenty of water for everyone and thirst in the desert would be ended thanks to competition and the capitalistic system. It’s the same reason laser eye surgery is affordable now. Same for 65" LCD TVs.

Conversely, this is the reason the people in Venezuela are eating their pets.

Price is determined by supply and demand. If people weren’t willing to pay $150 for a fuse, or if other fuse manufacturers were to come out with an equal, or improved fuse for less, then the SR fuses would come down in price.

In the meantime, I, and my friends are enjoying the hell out of the SR Blue fuses.

Frank