The guru on fuses:


For two years, I have asked why and how fuses could possibly matter. All I got was arguments of faith, pro or con. I needed a real audio guru who actually knows. Here is a link from John Curl’s discussion on Parasound’s website. He engineered and designed some some great equipment, including some Mark Levinson gear, The Grateful Dead’s 30 plus McIntosh amp powered Wall of Sound, and his admittedly, somewhat price compromised Parasound designs. He discusses the electrical properties of standard fuses, showing how they are compromised. The entire article is quite enlightening, but to skip to the fuse section, go to the bottom half of page 6. https://www.parasound.com/pdfs/JCinterview.pdf

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Yes ignore John Curl. Just buy that $150 or more fuse and chances are you will convince yourself it’s worth it and be happy in the end.

The mind is a terrible thing to waste. 🧠🧐

Me, I would probably consider owning any fuse he uses in his products. 
Yup and notice he talks about fuses in the context of protection circuitry which is what a fuse is for. Nothing about fuses and sound quality. I recommend to take it from an expert and move on.