Furutech GTX NCF receptical break in, how long

One thing to be aware of is the Furutech products increase _transparency_, not euphonics. What this means is that, often times, I have used a test song or album that progressively sounded worse as the cables broke in. The dynamic range became smaller and flatter, etc. 

Once I began branching out to other albums in my collection, I was blown away at the reverse happening. 

The cables/metals are going to reveal sound - albums with low LU (loudness units) will properly appear flatter and more "in your face", and albums with high ones (like classical) will grow in dimension. 

Bad cables/metals will often "add" dynamics and weird things that aren't in the music but mask good stuff there is. That's why I totally abandoned WBT. :)

Indeed it's revealing of the source . one main trait this outlet has that I like is it's relentless dynamic burst that can be startling at times but still. Retains musical flow, bit of an enigma at times. I still need another 300+ hrs  I'm at about 500hrs and changes are still occurring . I have a fully burned in AQ Edison outlet which is by no means a slouch by any means and will compare the two as they're in the same duplex.

The outlet is done settling in and took 600-700 hrs to do so! The result is well worth the wait and is flat out what could be considered  essential as it's the best outlet money can buy and does indeed represent the current SOTA. Hard pressed to give it a sound character as it just gets out of the way of the source , It's not fatiguing in anyway, its never dull or overly warm  one would think when judging it's plating (Rhodium) that it will have this sound or that sound and you would be wrong. I could really go on and on about this outlet but for the first time giving thoughts on an addition I'm at a loss for words! In short if you want to upgrade your outlet, skip the rest save your money if need be and get the Furutech GTX-D NCF ! 

Sharing my experience with a recent install of a pair of Furutech GTX-D NCF(R) Duplexes; GTX Wall Frames; and 106-D NCF Outlet Covers.

Having read this thread as well as others regarding break-in for the NCF(R) duplexes, I was expecting a long and wild ride.

This has not been the case. After about 2.5 hours sound quality settled and has incrementally improved since, with the exception of some weirdness with vocals on day 1 and day 2.

I have not experienced the variance others have reported.

I have been playing music through the system for 14 to 16 hours a day followed by a 10 to 8 hour break, though there is some draw through the outlets during the down time.

My system is highly transparent (read: resolving... mentioning this to address a point from earlier in the thread regarding low-resolving systems).

The outlets have about 220 total hours on them (as of now). Assuming 60% playtime, accounts for 132 of the total hours (an approximate figure).

The outlets were in their original packaging. In other words, no prior burn-in.

I have not experienced the variance others have reported.

I have been playing music through the system for 14 to 16 hours a day followed by a 10 to 8 hour break, though there is some draw through the outlets during the down time.

My system is highly transparent (read: resolving... mentioning this to address a point from earlier in the thread regarding low-resolving systems).

The outlets have about 220 total hours on them (as of now). Assuming 60% playtime, accounts for 132 of the total hours (an approximate figure).

May I ask if you have experienced further changes to the sound after 400 hours or so? 220 hours is quite far off the 300 hour mark where I perceived a sudden significant jump in performance with the outlet.

As echoed by others, this GTX-D NCF outlet is the best I’ve experienced in my system. I do not have the privilege of trying other premium outlets but this one combined with good power cords truly transformed my system.