Furutech AC Receptacles

+1 jayctoy!

I personally thought for a long time aftermarket receptacles were a waste. When I built my sound room, I used hospital grade hubbels.
Friend told me about the Furutech GTX. I read the factory specs, pure copper, that made sense, and a industry first. Tried one. 500hrs latter replaced the other four. Just one was far from subtle. IMHO all connectors, wires, fuses,outlets, metal type and purity is a really big deal.

+1 perfectpathtech

Would like to revive this thread as I’m about to purchase a Furutech GTX-D Gold receptacle, with the wall mount and the carbon fiber plate it all adds up to almost $500. My question is how important is the wall mount and the plate? Has anyone experimented and used a generic mount and plate with good results?

It’s my first time to experiment with changing the receptacle so I want to tread carefully as it were. But if it’s really worth getting all 3 (receptacle, mount and plate) I could stretch my budget a bit. 

@chipdelacalzada, IMO the largest and best change you will hear is going to be with the Furutech GTX-D Gold receptacle.
The receptacle, mounts, and plates will be a very minor improvement.

If you go back to page one I was the second person to respond to this thread. Remember:  "Be aware of the extremely long break-in required for the Furutech GTX-D and R/G AC receptacles to settle in and sound good. 300 to 600 hours, but in my opinion well worth the wait. If possible use some other means to break them in other than installation in your audio system".

Also, the suggestion made by hdm:  "Refrigerators and Chest Freezers are still the best home option for burning in receptacles. It has much more to do with the surge when the compressor kicks in, which will very often exceed 15 amps for a very short period of time. This will get you much better results than the continuous operation of an appliance that might draw 5 amps continuously.
2 weeks on each half of the receptacle should get you pretty good results.
Something like the Audiodharma Cable Cooker will be even better; if you have a dealer that has one it is a no brainer to pay a few extra bucks to have them burned in before shipping".