This fuse costs £4200

[Dom]

To reduce 'Bottle Neck Distortion' 🤣
Quantum Science Audio Silver Extreme Level UK 13A Fuse.
Perhaps they should be sued because no way they can prove its better than a regular one.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Hey, postage is free, though!

 

[Friesiansam]

Future Shop are one of the snake oil experts.

 

[Gray]

£700 VAT.....on a fuse.
As someone on another forum said - the first thing your newly freed up electricity hits after entering your amp.....is a 40p standard fuse.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Lawks - you mean I need to buy two for every piece of kit?! Better cancel Christmas...

 

[Gray]

To reduce 'Bottle Neck Distortion' 🤣

Don't laugh.
They spent more than 22 years researching bottle neck distortion.
We can't expect them to give the fuses away.

 

[shadders]

Hi,
So, when the fuse blows, what does one feel about it ?
Regards,
Shadders.

 

[Friesiansam]

Don't laugh.
They spent more than 22 years researching bottle neck distortion.
We can't expect them to give the fuses away.

Presumably the "bottle neck" they claim to have spent so much time researching, must be the resistance of the fuse, hence their use of silver. But, if the resistance of the fuse is reduced, surely that means it won't heat up and melt when it should do?

 

[Gray]

Hi,
So, when the fuse blows, what does one feel about it ?
Regards,
Shadders.

You pay £4,200 for something, then spend the rest of your life hoping it will never do its only real job 😆

 

[Gray]

Presumably the "bottle neck" they claim to have spent so much time researching, must be the resistance of the fuse, hence their use of silver. But, if the resistance of the fuse is reduced, surely that means it won't heat up and melt when it should do?

Good point. They can't have it both ways.
In 22+ years, they overlooked the reason fuses need bottle necks 😆

 

[Friesiansam]

Just had a search for reviews, there are lot of eulogising nutters out there, effectively saying the fuse is the best thing since self-buttering, sliced bread...

 

[nopiano]

Hi,
So, when the fuse blows, what does one feel about it ?
Regards,
Shadders.

Broke?! Safe, I suppose, but I don’t recall ever blowing a mains fuse in about fifty years of playing with Hifi. Maybe two internal fuses, with kit that was dodgy, but that’s about it.

 

[abacus]

With the cost of living they have got to make their money somehow 😀

 

[Gray]

What's happened those that say that you should never dismiss anything without trying it?
You know the ones, the ones that say you should always keep an open mind.......

 

[Friesiansam]

What's happened those that say that you should never dismiss anything without trying it?
You know the ones, the ones that say you should always keep an open mind.......

They are probably right but, there are limits...

 

[Gray]

They are probably right but, there are limits...

No, amazingly, to some all posters so far would be regarded as closed-minded, negative types, just jealous that they cannot afford such an item.

An item that if priced at £10 would be a ludicrous proposition.
At £4,200 it's an insanity beyond words.

 

[Gray]

Lawks - you mean I need to but two for every piece of kit?! Better cancel Christmas...

Can honestly say that I haven't spent the cost of this fuse in all the Christmases I've been alive (and, to be clear, I mean all of them in total).

 

[Al ears]

For that sort of money I could put in a dedicated supply for my system and have a good few quid left over....
But it still would be a waste of money...

 

[Gray]

For that sort of money I could put in a dedicated supply for my system and have a good few quid left over....
But bit still would be a waste of money...

But at least you'd be getting some perceived value.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

What's happened those that say that you should never dismiss anything without trying it?
You know the ones, the ones that say you should always keep an open mind.......

I think I've emboldened the relevant words.

Seems to me the important distinction between when a poster reports having experienced something, they aren't necessarily claiming authority (usually) or trying to make money - your recent comment on spring clips being a case in point. But when it's a manufacturer or seller, both of those things are happening - they claim to speak with authority and are after your cash. So higher standards must apply, even if only in the mind of a potential buyer.

If someone were to volunteer to do a double-blind with these fuses at my house, I'd be happy to let them. But I cannot conceive how they could possibly make a difference, let alone one worth thousands.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

I think the other thing with these fuses is the mismatch between what it might reasonably cost to make them and the asking price is of such magnitude that it beggars belief. I'm sure the manufacturers would say that they are amortising the costs of their 'decades of research', and that others would say they are looking to part (rich) fools from their money. I suspect no-one needs ask which way forum sentiment leans!

 

[plastic penguin]

That price is enough to make you blow...ahem...fuse.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

That price is enough to make you blow...ahem...fuse.

That price is enough to make you blow an inheritance...

 

[Friesiansam]

That price is enough to make you blow an inheritance...

So you're scuppered if you inherit a fuse...

 

[Edbostan]

To reduce 'Bottle Neck Distortion' 🤣
Quantum Science Audio Silver Extreme Level UK 13A Fuse.
Perhaps they should be sued because no way they can prove its better than a regular one.

5A would be enough.