Furutech Flux50 NCF shoutout

@antigrunge2 

Clarity, pin point imaging and soundstaging are attributes of Furutech TCS 31 and their DPS line which I have a full loom of; nothing costing 3X has replaced it yet...

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I use mine to good effect on my 845 SET amp. Tried many power conditioners with amps over the years, always no go for me, transients always impacted, Flux 50 only means to decrease AC line noise with 845 amps and my 104db Klipschorns.

Agreed, they are great. I use 2, 1 on preamp and one on DAC.

I use Furutech GTX-D R NCF outlets and had FPS-55n and FPS-032n with NCF R plugs. I also tried DPS-4.1 with NCF plugs. Clarity and soundstage are definitely the attributes of these power cords but I found the combination of all these cables a bit too much of a good thing. There was a bit of an artificial flavor in the highs. They were all broken in with over 1000 hours (break in with Furutech is long and brutal). It’s all very system dependent.
I sold the cables but still use the outlets. Furutech is definitely good stuff but finding the right balance is key. i now use Nordost Frey 2 on DAC and amp and Heimdall 2 on the streamer. 

If there’s synergy in your system with these cables, it’s great! Happy listening!

I found, over the years, that Furutech accentuates the leading edge at the expense of the "body" of an instrument, giving a "cool-ish" flavor to the sound of components. Harmonic richness is not something that the Furutech endows its products with.

That was back in 2008, so perhaps they’ve improved it. I have had the same experience with the fuses and the NCF outlets I own. I like them, but I'm aware that they - like Nordost - have a great "sound," but both cables are leaner than reality.

I bought an AliExpress version having very good results with the NCF cables.

Well, the construction of the connection point at the filter side failed to clamp the cable enough to secure the cable against being pulled out . The connections were hot glued in place over the cable, so over a period of time and flexing of the cable and filter, the connection would break exposing live wires to short against the sleeve. 

The filter itself looks like an average classic T filter of chokes and caps, so nothing really stellar there, I would conclude the good results acoustically would be due to the cable, but it's very short, some 6" or so, would that make a difference?

Currently both filters are stored, maybe one day will try and find a rubber clamp, so it can hold the cable in place.