LittelFuses Series 285 AUDIO/MEDICAL Quality

Without going into the whole fuse thing, replacing a fast blow fuse with a slow blow is not a good idea.

I have Audio Research gear and once asked them why they didn’t use audio-grade fuses. Their response was simple in that they could not hear a difference between the standard Buss fuse (they use) and the expensive “audio” fuses.

Yes, Thank you for that link. 

In the link I provided the users reported hearing a difference between a standard fuse, the gold capped, and the rhodium capped Littelfuse. 
Also noted was the PADIS fuse which uses copper.

George,

They are ceramic, but the point is they are designed for audio and medical applications.  I was looking to see if anyone used them and if so there experience vs "audiophile" fuses.  I believe audiophile fuses my have better sound, but I am not willing to sacrifice my equipment on fuses without industry standards.   Like bee's wax fuses - come on!

LittelFuses Series 285 AUDIO/MEDICAL Quality

I service some of these, and yes there are fast blow and slow blow fuses that have thicker stronger glass tubes, when they blow they don’t shatter and send shards of glass everywhere, this is why they are used, but they use the same internal fuse element.
So if you fusers believe the thicker glass does some snake oil effect for the sound, in Aussie slang all I can say is, goodonya!

Cheers George

Abraham Lincoln once said "If you are arguing with an idiot on the internet, make sure that he isn't doing the same thing."


...I don't get the joke.

Abraham Lincoln once said "If you are arguing with an idiot on the internet, make sure that he isn't doing the same thing."

I'll give this thread 5 posts, before it goes south.

Any bets?

One well-known audiophile fuse non-believer is Ralph Karsten of Atma-Sphere. He makes "pretty good" sounding amps and pre-amps. ;-)

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/anyone-used-these-audio-ceramic-slow-blow-fuses-from-littlefu...

If you can weed through the bickering comments, you'll find a couple Littelfuse 285 users.

Perhaps  high-breaking capacity is  high-interrupting   1500A @ 250VAC 
?

Any listening experience with the Fuses?

They feature "high-breaking capacity", which Roger Modjeski insisted was essential for use in tube power amps. He installed Littelfuse brand fuses in all his Music Reference amps.