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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
aolmrd1241
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"So, the question I have is....if fuses were so important, than why don’t Amplifier companies all install them as OEM equipment?"


I can only speak for Merrill Audio...but, my Veritas mono block amps shipped with Synergistic fuses already installed... some manufacturers are quite aware of sound quality differences with premium parts.Others...not so much.
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georgehifi
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Why don’t amplifier Companies use high end fuses?

Because they know better and are technicians, who build their amps using all the laws of electronics. If you ever find one that doesn’t, that can’t prove why they don’t, steer well clear of his products.
But some may throw these boutique fuses in as bait for a sale. But I guarantee they won’t put in writing the technical reason why it’s there.

Cheers George
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geoffkait
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All the laws of electronics? Georgie, didn’t you get the memo? Laws are meant to be broken. Like a broken record. 😀

elrod
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"So, the question I have is....if fuses were so important, than why don’t Amplifier companies all install them as OEM equipment?"

I suppose the jury is still out about fuses, as are many tweaks in the audiophile world.

That being said, I'm guessing the reason OEM's don't install them is that they don't think it's a make/break point for the vast majority of buyers (so why piss off the bean counters)?
gs5556
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Two reasons: one is that a $100 component is a big cost with respect to the rest of the electronics. That costs more than all the output transistors in a high end high power amplifier.

The second reason (I’m guessing): the fuse makers cannot or will not supply technical data such as time-current curves, interrupt rating, melting, and UL approval numbers. UL file numbers are given to manufacturers and if these fuse makers are relabeling other manufacturers, they are opening themselves for legal action if they use another’s file number. Why would an amp manufacturer get in the middle of that. Again, that’s just a guess.
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