Can someone explain the mechanism(s) that create the differences that are attributed to different brands of fuses?
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Expectation bias is a strong force...Bussman and Littelfuse products may be the only fuses you need, and serious equipment designers like Nelson Pass agree. However, if you can imagine a magical property and apply it to an already working fuse design, and charge multiple times it's actual cost to make a pile of money for yourself, do it! Some people will feel better about themselves by thinking it's money well spent and apply magical results in their little minds. Years ago I got a pile of Synergistic Research fuses from a friend and carefully tested 'em changing direction, etc., recorded the differences between them and standard fuses (of which there were none), and sent them back. Enough for me! |
Not sure. Bought used SR orange for all my components. They are very reasonably priced used, so a low cost tweak. As with other low cost tweaks, if they improve things… great… but don’t A/B. As @mitch2 said, they certainly don’t sound worse. |
Unwise to monkey with stock fuses as a layperson. Wyred4Sound offers fuse upgrades in their upgrade options on the STP SE. Connectors are cheaply built so multiple fuse r/r may loosen up the contacts. Or if you spend enough for nice boards with nice components the fuse will be selected by the engineers. Fuses are safety devices. |
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