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Problem with my Atma-Sphere M60

Hope someone can help me out on this. My amp is 6 months old and one of the monoblocks stopped working. The amp has three fuses at the back. One of the three appears to be blown (its the third fuse closest to the right edge of the amp as you look at the back of the amp). I can really make out what kind of fuse it is. I think it says 5A 230V, but not sure if it is the slow or fast blow kind. Anyone have an idea? Could I find this at the local electronics store (Best Buy or Fry's)?
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roscoeiii
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Well, not knowing which model your amp is, I will refer you to this Atma-Sphere webpage with all of the manuals. Fuse details are within:

http://www.atma-sphere.com/Support/#Manuals

Not sure a Best Buy would have it (and not sure I want to be anywhere near a Best Buy on Christmas Eve). But I'd guess Radio Shack or a hardware store would have the fuse you need.
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roscoeiii
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NO NO NO. Lapierre is INCORRECT.

My apologies for shouting Lapierre but I didn't want someone to make a mistake on incorrect advice. Look at each of the manuals for the M-60s at the link I provided. For each model, the fuse is always SLOW.

Not sure where Lapierre got this idea, But it is completely INCORRECT.

I've also asked Atma-Sphere folks about the boutique fuses from HiFi Tuning. They don't think pricey fuses make an improvement in the sound in their designs.

Lapierre's post is a great example of why posting questions like the OPs is a bad idea on Audiogon or an audio forum when it is possible to call/e-mail the manufacturer or find the documentation with the info you need on a manufacturer's website.

OK, rant over. Happy holidays everyone. Hope you can all enjoy some sonic bliss in the New Year.
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roscoeiii
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I posted a longer rant about the inadvisability of asking questions like this. But it hasn't posted for some reason. Short version:

Lapierre is incorrect. For all models of M-60 the fuses are slow blow fuses, as the manuals I linked to make perfectly clear.

For questions like this, call/e-mail the manufacturer/retailer or go the manufacturer's webpage. Not a good thing to ask in a forum due to potentially disastrous incorrect information that might be given.
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