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In Reply to: Oh...I'm not worried... posted by AAG on February 13, 2007 at 17:57:19:
You have to install them in the stock fuse-holders which are made of the same or worse crappy metal as are stock fuses themselves. So would this not run the risk of negating or at least minimizing any possible benefits related to the fancy fuse? (I don't really know the answer, just posing the question.) So these remarks should bring on the advent of $100-copper/silver/gold fuse-holders. I can hardly wait to try them.
Follow Ups:
... that I decided to give the (too) high priced fuses a try. Bought a pair for my SET monoblocks and was really surprised. Not "night and day" certainly, but not all that subtle either, in my system at least. Ended up with three more of the things. They work, Nightdoggy. Sorry about that.
It's because I already know that Walker SST smeared on each end of the fuses that serve the output tube power supply in my amps makes an audible positive difference that I too am intrigued by both the fuses and fuseholders made by Acme (see someone else's post here). But each monoblock has 6 individually fused output tubes, so I would need a total of 12 fuses @$30 each plus 12 fuseholders @ $5 each. (Total = $420!) This fact gives me pause. Oh, and also now and then one or another of these fuses will tend to blow. The result is harmless to amp and speaker but also makes me not want to invest in expensive fuses.
Didn't mention it earlier because I didn't want Nightdoggy to blow an aneurism. I use it on the HiFi Tuning fuses as well.I totally agree, BTW, that spending $460 on fuses and fuseholders is a bit much. These things ARE overpriced, IMO.
BTW, the fuses in my amps of which I speak ARE directly in the signal path (we're not talking about a fuse that sits on the primary side of the power transformer), so it's no surprise at all that the quality of the conductors of which they are constructed could affect the sonics.
But the good news is they are only about $5 a pop...However, it is silver plated...not seven nines...I'm waiting on that one too...ha ha...
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