OK, so I have to ask. Is this real, or is this a joke?

I’ve done all that stuff, and more. Way more. The $71 QSA blue fuse is better than any $500 power cord, interconnect, Pod, spring, panel, you name it. By all accounts this holds true for Yellow and Violet, etc. If you heard the Blue you would not be making such comments. This stuff is good enough I will be trading in my Blue towards a Yellow for the Herron, a Violet for the Blackhawk, and one set of each of the three stones for wherever they work best.

Of all the stuff demo’d at Chuxpona 21 the one I wish the most we had compared was the QSA fuse. It is easily the best tweak for the money, and this is coming from a guy who knows his tweaks.

Mike at tweekgeeks.com says the same on his site. He knows what he’s talking about. We both do. Best $71 you will ever spend. Period.

I don't know why it is people are so willing and eager to believe every new box is worth five grand more than the last box, yet refuse to entertain the possibility something new can be even better. Oh well. Too bad. It does me not the least bit of harm. Personally, I rather enjoy having a system that walks all over much more expensive rigs, for reasons nobody can understand. I get a real kick out of it. 

It is the poor souls who fail to try because they fall for these comments from those who do not know. Those are the ones I feel sorry for. Oh well. As it has been, so shall it ever be. Until you yourself decide otherwise.

If it's a joke.....it's in poor taste, and an expensive one. ;)

You going for a ride in a car missing one front wheel? Think it might be dangerous? But, you are an idiot for never trying it first.

"Your pathetic analogy is absurd and completely non pertinent to the topic … as is your presence on this forum. If you think your imagined “knowledge” trumps what I, and the other posters observe, you are delusional."

Actually, for most of us, the analogy is spot on.  We can't try everything that is claimed to 'work'--we have neither the time, nor the money. So some improvement that on the face of it seems absurd will have to wait for those modifications that seem to make sense.  I have $500-$2000 I want to use to improve my system, say. Should I squander it on stuff like this--how about new tubes? or a pre-amp?  or a pile of CDs?   I personally consider lots of things to be stupid and useless that I feel no need to experiment with.   Heroin, for example (Do I listen to those who scoff at me for not trying it?)  Sweat lodges.  Elixirs of all kinds. A new washing machine. And I ignore them despite the fact that their ads tell me this product will change my life.  I don't think any of us are really bothered by those who claim that of course, this hi-end product will only 'work' on systems much more expensive than ours, or only for those with the Golden Ear, or only for sound engineers.   As for those who claim that skeptics have no business commenting here, your religion must be pretty shaky to be challenged by an apostate or two.