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So done with audiophile fuses

The journey started with a medium priced ($50) fuse in my power supply.  A failed rectifier tube blew that one out.  Not a fuse problem.  Next up was a blue fuse in my pre amp.  It blew and was not caused by a pre amp problem.  Apparently they sometimes are more sensitive and it was replaced by an orange fuse two values higher.  Things were going along fine.  I replaced the pre amp with a newer version of the pre amp and it has the same fuse value.  Five months latter (today) I turn on the pre amp and nothing.  it's a five month old pre amp so I suspected that it was the fuse.  Sure enough, I replaced it with a ceramic Littelfuse of the lower correct value it works fine.  No more wasting my money on unstable fuses for me.     
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millercarbon
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Not sure how someone stating that a different fuse works fine - meaning that it didn’t blow - gets translated into the person having an inability to hear.

Maybe because I read and actually comprehend all the information in the entire thread. OP clearly said he tried three different fuses- $50, Blue, and Orange. There are big differences between just Blue and Orange, and both are light years better than any $50 fuse, yet he said zip about any of that. Only thing he gives any evidence of noticing is when they blow. So at the time I made my comment all the evidence indicates he cannot hear any difference. Or that whatever differences he can hear he finds unimportant. Same conclusion either way.

Now later on sure enough he actually states:
Tried the orange fuse as an experiment. Yes there was a minor change in the sound
So there you go.
It does take a bit of effort reading, thinking through all the facts, and drawing a picture of what is going on. But see how well it works?
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millercarbon
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I replaced it with a ceramic Littelfuse of the lower correct value it works fine.

So let me get this straight: you cannot hear any difference between a Synergistic Orange and a ceramic Littlefuse. Okay. I can believe that. But then why were you paying money using expensive fuses that you cannot hear in the first place?

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