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Funny you should ask.......

Posted by Winston Smith on July 9, 2014 at 16:48:59:
........ as I was just going to post on this very subject!

I recently compared the AMR Gold fuses (large 15A/250V Slo-Blo) to the HiFi Tuning Silver Star, the Furutech rhodium plated fuses, and the HiFi Tuning Supreme silver/gold fuses. The fuses were used in my modified Spectron Musician III, Mk 2 amplifiers.

Let's see if we can make this short and sweet, and if you need more info, e-mail and I'll be happy to help in any way I can.

AMR: VERY lush sounding, with wonderful mids. Highs are clearly rolled off in comparison to the other three fuses, but if your system is bright or HF tipped, these might be just the ticket. Again, mids to die for, but a tad fat and a little slow in the bass, and reduced highs. These fuses have gold plated ends, and gold (in my experience, at least) has the sonic signature just described. But what a great price compared to the others!

Furutech: Bright and VERY dynamic, fast and detailed. If your system is rolled off, these may be just right for you. A touch aggressive in my system (although, as always, YMMV), the detail and speed these fuses offer were simply fabulous on my subwoofers (which thankfully used the same value fuse for an easy swap.) On my subs the Furutech fuses really delivered the low frequency goods, with depth, speed, and punch, punch, punch. Highly recommended in that context, and where a brighter sonic character (along with speed and micro/macro details) is desirable. Not as cheap as the AMRs, but much less than the HiFi Tuning Supreme.

HiFi Tuning Silver Star: Very nicely balanced, but when compared to the HiFi Tuning Supreme will appear to be tending just a tad to the thinner side of things. These Silver Star fuses have superb detail, speed and openness, along with a beautiful midrange and very nice and accurate bass. Being 100% silver, these are simply wonderful for the highs (but again, that's my system), and for over a decade have been my fuse of choice. Not cheap, but basically right there, price-wise, with the Furutechs and many other high-end fuses.

HiFi Tuning Supreme Silver/Gold fuse: The best of the bunch IMHO, these fuses have the sweetest yet most accurate tonal balance, top-to-bottom that I have heard so far. Same for details and dynamics. Just a very nice fuse but pricey compared to the others listed. All in all, worth the price (again, IMHO.)

I have no experience with Synergistic Research fuses, but they get lots of good comments, so I suspect they are a superb fuse to consider as well. Not the most expensive, but not the cheapest, either.

Audio Magic makes very fine stuff (I own around 10 Pulse Gen Zx units and find them quite helpful), and I have been meaning to get some Nanos from Jerry (who's simply a great guy to work with), and the press I am reading says these may be the best of the bunch, while not exactly breaking the bank. Still, some folks balk at paying more than $60 for a 'simple' fuse, and who can blame them? These are definitely worth a look, no doubt. (If you try them, write a post with your findings, please.)

Not familiar with the Audio Horizons fuses, but hopefully others will be, and that they can offer you (and the rest of us) some guidance and opinions based on their experiences.

Whatever you decide on, let us know how they turn out for you, please.

Best of luck!

Cheers,

WS