fuses - the $39 ones or the 85 cent ones


My Rogue Cronus recently blew a slow blow fuse. I was surfing to find a replacement. The stock fuse is a typical metal end cap, glass and "wire" fuse. The audio emporiums only seemed to offer these $39 German gold plated end wunderkinds. I finally found "normal" fuses from a guitar amp site. Has anyone tried the uber fuses and found the sound better? Hard to understand how it could be. Thanks for any thoughts.
joe_in_seattle

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Don't forget to install in the proper direction.

Users of the snake fuses have reported performance improvements by "reversing polarity".

Aside from the ac power reversing itself every 60 seconds.

So you'll need fast hands.

LOL
>>The only explanation is what you hear with your own ears!!<<

Not coincidentally, you hear what you want to hear.

This is true for all tweaks including rocks, clocks, and other forms of snake oil.
>>Magfan, obviously you heard differences yourself with ICs and Cables because you wanted to. At least by your logic.<<

Well that's not true Captain Kirk.

Audible differences in cables are attributable primarily to conductor composition, conductor purity, conductor geometry, and dielectric i.e. tangible explanations.

Unlike items such as clocks and rocks.
Mine is with real world audio components Geoff. Almost 50 years now.

To compare my knowledge with a clock and rock salesman is really disingenuous.

If the readership had to choose between the two of us for advice, I believe it would be a easy and quick decision.
Just a brief update to my previous post in which I challenged Mr. Kaits as to whom the Audiogon community would trust and/or consider more credible him or me.

In a series of "spirited" email exchanges in which I defended the readership's experience and knowledge, my friend had this to say about forum members:

"Now there's a group of distiction. Not exactly the faculty of Harvard. If you know what I mean. LOL".

So folks, here you have a fellow talking out of both sides of his mouth. Advertising and selling products here to a group he totally disdains.

Caveat Emptor.
>>Experiences are mine and should be considered suspect<<

Very suspect indeed.