Question about suitable fuse metals


I've been wanting to experiment with audiophile fuses for a while but the cost and the concern of blowing one of these costly fuses has kept me from purchasing.  However, I read that solid slugs actually sound better than fuses and cost WAY less, so I purchased a 6" rod of 99.99 copper and, because I wasn't really thinking, also purchased another 6" rod of titanium.  I guess I was thinking of rhodium, palladium, or platinum, not titanium.   I had these cut down to 20mm and, so far have tried them in my amp, a Red Dragon S500, and my DAC, the Bel Canto 2.8, which I run direct without a preamp.   The titanium slug sounds pretty darn good in the DAC, noticeably better than the copper. I tried one in the amp as well and that combo did not work well at all.  The amp is doing better with the copper slug.  I looked up the electrical conductivity of titanium and found it is a rather poor conductor.  Is there any risk to the DAC using the titanium slug, given the poor electrial conductivity?  Thanks for any relevant input.

lcherepkai

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Good Evening 

@lcherepkai - feel free to contact me at verafiaudio@gmail.com

I have a variety of Sluggos in stock - happy to help you

High Purity Copper

High Purity Brass

The above with a Gold Immersion (I like these a great deal) Rhodium is coming as are other variants. 

I can share this much - there are now 208 SDFB in the field working fine - more than 60% of owners have bought multiples after testing our product - zero returns and zero defectives. 

 

SDFB has "saved" several systems that I'm aware of (very safe and proven tech)

The metallurgy does seem to matter - I have Purons with Furutech Blades and I have to admit, works great 

Here to help anyone interested in this. 

Getting ready to travel, but I will do my best to answer quickly. 

Thanks - Mark