Hmm…I watched all of the videos. Nothing there about fuses? Certain fuses - some not all? Did the distributor say why at all? I assume the question was asked? Is modifying an existing fuse a bad thing, per se? I’d never spend $8000 on a fuse, but I suppose that’s beside the point.
I use/have used Telos, SR and QSA fuses. They all change the sound. QSA the most refined and resolving, Telos the most dynamic and SR the most seductively smooth. When I read your post I immediately listened with a QSA Violet, then stock, then QSA Yellow, then SR Purple, then stock, then QSA Violet all in an Innuos Zen MK3. Each aftermarket fuse was preferred to the stock.
So…how do we take your information about repurposed Bussman fuses? If they get the job done, do we care? Value propositions are personal, not universal. And do we know that SR and Telos don’t do the same?
I’m interested that we don’t damn a product and company with extremely limited information.
The other thought I had was are we all able to purchase the parts required to make a fuse? Or do companies like Bussman produce everything in house? If they make it all in house it would make sense for all of the audiophile fuse people to buy straight from Bussman and modify. A lot cheaper than setting up your own plant, right? Even if you bought them and took them apart for modification and reassembly.