Playback Design with Hifi tuning fuse


Has anyone upgraded the stock fuse to Hifi Tuning fuse ? What is the fuse rating.

My country is 220V. The MPS-5 comes with stock glass fuse of rating 0.5A slow blow. So far, when I replace the glass fuse with Hifi tuning fuses (fast blow), Bussmann ceramic fuses (slow blow), all 0.5A, and all fuses are blown open. Then when I put back the 0.5A glass fuse back, it is OK. Very strange...

I am told that I should use a fuse of at least 1.5A (which means I need to buy a 2A fuse as 1.5A is uncommon). What is your experience ?
huikenny

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Huikenny,

i have all my fuses replaced for high end ditos (Wadia 381, Barefoot MM27, Rives Audio PARC). Indeed i think it is first now i really benefit from it along with another rather cheap upgrade (Essential audiotools - Noise Eater). All of the fuses are slow blow. Ofcourse you should find the correct fuse(s) for you application, and try to change all of them.
I notice a significant increase in clarity/ transparency. The readability and dynamical contrast are more precisely rendered. I perceive a more lifelike rendition of voices and instruments than before.
I think this is perhaps the cheapest mod we can do.
Don't know if it matters (for you that is!), but this also makes me notice different things with different power chords.