Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses?


My equipment - Raven Integrated Reflection MK2 tube amp 58wpc. / Lumin A-1 DAC Streamer / Synology NAS / Isotex Aquarius Power Conditioner / Furutech Rhodium Plug / Sonus Faber Amati Homage Tradition speakers.  

I have read thousands of comments on upgraded fuses improving the performance of sound.  I am very open minded but not sold either way.  So, the question I have is....if fuses were so important, than why don't Amplifier companies all install them as OEM equipment?  To me, if they are as good as people say, that would provide companies who use them a competitive advantage?  

Every High End Audio store I go to in Phoenix have told me it does not make a difference and is a waste of money.  For the record, I have fuses purchased at an automotive store for under $10 and I think my sound is awesome.  The Company that built my amp tested the Synergistic Fuses and he emphatically said there was no difference.  

If I were to try a fuse for fun, given my equipment, what would your recommendation be to try?  
willgolf

Showing 10 responses by randy-11

I don't suppose it could possibly be that the top engineers at high-end companies have found that audiofool tweeko crap like magic fuses make no real SQ difference, could it?


the sky is blue because of Rayleigh scattering


not surprisingly, science has answers for that as well as fuses
Yup, you just have to adjust yourself to ignore any of the engineers or scientists who just want to pour cold hard reality on your unicorn fantasies.
if you want a super SQ fuse - take off your tin foil hat and roll it into a phattie then stick that in your fuse socket and let 'er rip
if _there_ is a large sample consisting of people whose subjective experiences all have common descriptions

then that is useful grist for the hypothesis forming mill, but not what any scientist would call data

if you then make sure the sample is statistically valid and uses relevant methodology (such as double blind testing) THEN you have real data  (and would next want to find the mechanistic reasons for the difference)

the former might be akin to what we'd call clinical experience


well just maybe kosst, someone will see a post by you and not waste their $$ on snake oil
Take any amp, have a friend replace it's fuse with a high end fuse or pretend to

then, you listen and guess A or B

do it 20 times and report back

I will give a free liquid-metal filled goop egg interconnect cable to anyone getting it right 19/20 times

or even 18/20