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High Quality Fuses: Real Gains?

All:

I'm generally suspicious of "tweaks" but I had an interesting conversation with a service representative from one of the major audiophile companies about the potential benefits of replacing stock fuses with higher quality ones like the HiFi Tuning brand. I thought he would dismiss the potential gains of using an "audiophile" fuse but he affirmed that they might actually produce audible improvements since all the current must travel through this junction. He also admitted that the stock fuses they use are pretty ordinary throwaways. So, have any of you used these and if so what were the results? Are there brands other than HiFi Tuning that are worth considering? I should have probably checked the archives so if this has been debated already sorry to bring it up.
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tbg
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I have been using IsoClean fuses for about four years and have consistently thought them the best. I have tried HiFi Tuning fuses also, starting when they said they had no direction, which I found untrue.

More recently I have had many fuses "quantum tunneled" by Synergistic Research and found even Bus fuses were greatly improved. I have also found that painting the glass on fuses with Anti Vibration Magic paint even further improves the sound. Yes this is all a pain and I have several components were I need to update the fuses. I have even tried magnet in place of fuses. I did not like them and thus did not have to face the issue of no protection.

I view all of this as optimizing ones system.
tbg
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Tpreaves, if you are serious, I agree. No one likes to work on a board that has been painted, however.
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