I haven't heard the Furutech, but I own the Xaus and I liked it better than the ExtremePhono Crimson and a number of non-phono-specific interconnects I tried. It had higher resolution than all of them, and the shielding was as good as the Crimson and better than all the others. It was also the most neutral of all of them, with the Crimson a close second. The Crimson was just slightly rolled off on both ends, and I liked it better until I started using cartridges with more extension. For female vocals and jazz, it wouldn't matter as much; the Crimson is a little cheaper.
With a LOMC like your Airy, a continuous run from cartridge clips to RCAs would be even better, if the JMW can accomodate that, and probably wouldn't cost much more than the Xaus.
David
With a LOMC like your Airy, a continuous run from cartridge clips to RCAs would be even better, if the JMW can accomodate that, and probably wouldn't cost much more than the Xaus.
David