Rhodium vs Gold AC connectors

In my 300B tube based system I prefer the Furutech Gold/copper AC plugs. Rhodium has always sounded a little too hard akin to (gag) nickel. FWIW.

Hi Sonic_genius, I am sure that outlets are system dependent, I do not know if you are aware that I had the Gold and Rhodium here for complete evauation, the gold was two dimensional sounding, all music was in front of the speakers, no debth, the gold on solid state and tube equipment that I have sounded hard sounding compaired to the Rhodium out let's, also, equipment is only part of it all, the most all this does have to do with is the cables being used, however, what componet's do you have that have the 300B tube's?, and what cables and model do you have, welcome to the thread.

Hy Audiolabyrinth.The best way to evacuate doubts is to try.In the case of testing gtx-d R I think is better that you cook it in the Krell.What could be a good test is trying the gtx-d R vs fpx cu to see what happens using the original´s krell male AC connector.I know that gtxd R has better isolation materials but on the other hand gtx-d R doesn`t have the same base metal conductors of your amp´s plug.So that`s why I insisted about making this try.Sometimes in Hi End audio you verify that cheaper hi end products could work better than higher ones IF they have more sinergy with equipments.Remember that your amp is from 2003?So may be it was designed to work with simpler outlets than the ones you see nowadays.But anyway if you see that with the rhodium outlet works far better than with your copper outlet made in mexico, then I don`t see the need of testing other outlets.Cheers.Raf

Rafael0054, Thankyou, I will put the Furutech GTX-D Rhodium on to the amplifier when it gets here, my amp was made in 2005, however, it's been mostly refurbished with 2014 parts and modifications, also, a due note here, I have studied the wall plug that is oem on the caroll power cord on the krell, as it turns out, it is a 15 amp interpower brass plated plug, about $20.00 plug, it is not phosorus copper, so the fpx cu Furutech will not be a match here for metal, I will be moving toward chanching the plug on the Krell power cord no matter if the Rhodium wpo's work out on the system or not, I did read a wonderful review today saying that the Furutech FI-50 Rhodium wall plug is a match with complete synergy and quality sound with the GTX-D Rhodium wpo, when I do the plug change I do not know yet, I will not have the new GTX-D R until monday or tuesday, then these wpo's take so darn long to break-in, how is what you doing coming along?, do you have some good feed back for me to learn from you as always?

HI Audiolabyrinth.I didn`t know that the original plug was made of brass,I thought it was made of bronze.Anyway If someone elses has tested the gtx d R toghether with FI 50 R in a krell amp with succesful result, then I have nothng to say.Regarding my FI 11 n1 g connector it has reached the 200 hours so I consider it to be broken in.More transparencies appeared, better defined basses and bigger mids.Anyway I must say that most of the improvements came out when I dissambled the cable and cuted the soldered ends (they had a tin surface that made contact with the furutech clamps) I did that after consulting Jim Aud at Purist Audio Design´s custommer support because I suspected that these soldered ends could not make a proper transmission of electricity as the pure copper filaments of cable do.I must say that in the original wattgate connector these soldered ends didn´t make contact with the clamps due to its format.So I´m very happy with the result.Please tell us how improves your system with gtx d R.I Wish you luck in the break in process and of course I learn from you as well.Many thanks for your feed back!It´s allways useful.Cheers.Raf