Breaking of Furutech's AC connectors...??

Rafael0054, Hi, The Rodium Furutech GTX-D won the position on the tube/solid state hybred digital player, the outlet bring's out all the performance of the Tara labs cobalt power cord with oyaide termination's, yesterday, I tried the Rhodium on the Krell 700cx, do you think I should try the Gold there?, seem's like it would be a wast of time and hard work, The Rodium did NOT sound bright on the amp at all, Rafael, this is not an issue of tubes versus solid state between these two outlet's, but rather sound stage placement, dimensionality,, clarity, and how much can your system handle without sounding harsh with detail of the Rodium outlet, if you answer here, I will elaborate more with you, I do enjoy talking with you.

Hi Audiolabyrinth.
I`m glad that you have arrived to make your choice.I think that if the Krell fpb 700cx sounds great with rhodium, then stay with rhodium.Normally audiophile people try differents products when they don`t get the performance of sound they are looking for or sometimes just for curiosity, but that is not your case I suppose.If it ever happens that you get accustomed to the sound of GTX-D rhodium and you want to have something different , then try the gold.You must take into account that both outlet´s should be broken in to make a fair comparison.According to what you`ve said this matter of rhodium or gold outlets doesn´t depend if they are used in a tube based or an SS system.I suspect then that is all system dependent(each equipment with its preferable outlet)According to sound differences I haven`t tried these outlets, just rhodium vs Gold AC connectors and the diferences were in medium sizes, velvety or silky character, extension in hight frequencies, bigger bass frequencies and depth of soundstage.How many hours have you used the GTX-D R in your system?Can you tell us the changes you notice with the hours of break in?Many thanks for your feed back!Cheers!Raf

Hi Rafael0054, The Furutech GTX-D Gold I bought was cooked for 6 days, and the Rodium version of the same was new out of the box, I put 300 hrs on both at this point,here is what Michaelzay had to say on his thread, Furutech Gold and copper, quote-12-12-14: Michelzay

Last week, I made another experience regarding Rhodium vs. Gold Ac connectors. I put back again my AQ Volcano (Copper) speaker cables (instead of AQ Meteor Silver) and some copper interconnects (instead of AQ SKY silver) that I have. With Fi-11 gold AC connectors, the sound was kind of dark side of warm sound and lacks a little bit the high frequencies. Even though music was alive and resolution details were present and the bass was too much pronounced. Honestly I am not a Bass freak… I put back again my Dynamic Design power cords having FI-11 Rhodium and high frequencies opened up magically with Copper interconnect/speaker cables having wider soundstage. The sound was more neutral and one could hear tiny noises out of the records.

It was a pleasant surprise which confirms the AC connector needs to be matched also with interconnect cables materials and speakers cables. Gold connectors with Silver interconnect/speaker cables and Rhodium connectors with copper interconnect/speaker cables. I continue to be amazed how Power cords and related AC connectors would impressively change my system sound. Of course, AC receptacle play a big role especially matching it with power cords. I use Tesla AC receptacle.

I ordered some Silver and Gold “iego” set AC connectors that I look forward to receive them to make new experiences with Silver connectors and compared them with Furutech. I was told Silver connectors presents the best of Gold and Rhodium, let’s see ...

Rafael0054,
Here is my response, quote,,12-13-14: Audiolabyrinth
Hi Michaelzay, I enjoyed your review and find that I have the same impressions between Gold and Rodium Furutech GTX-D wpo's, my cables are copper!, The Tara labs Zero Gold I/C, Tara labs Omega Gold speaker cables, Tara labs Cobalt power cord that is terminated with oyaide ends, the Rodium is incredible with these cables, I went through a shock factor of the synergy with all of this, The Gold did not have the magical sound stage presatation or the resolution that the Rodium brought out of my cables, you seem to be the first audiophile that knows what he is talking about, has nothing to do with tube or solid state equipment, like you said, rather it has everything to do with cables synergy!, well said Michaelzay, one thing that is most important that I have not said to no one yet, is the fact the Rodium is incredible on the $5,450.00 Tara labs Cobalt power cord that is this,, Another industry first is TARA Labs' propriety annealing process, known as SA-OF8N 99.999999% copper (super-annealed, oxygen-free, eight nines pure copper). This creates a unique, long, unbroken crystal structure called “mono-crystal” which has exquisitely smooth and detailed transfer of frequencies over a very wide bandwidth. pure copper, which is the purest in the cable industry,even more pure than occ copper that is 6-nines,also versus cheaper power cords that I do not use that I had on hand for many comparisons that was not so much of a huge improvement like putting the Rodium on a very good pure copper power cord, cheers.
Audiolabyrinth

Hi rafael0054, yes, the Rodium furutech GTX-D sounds very,very, bright and in your face, like screaming!, with the first 3 to 5 hrs of listening, both Gold and Rhodium go through alot of changes the first 200 hrs, I do not recommend even listening to either of them untill 180 hrs, also, I will add, the seller of the furutech GTX-D Rhodium said that at 250 hrs, I have most of what these do, and that the last 10% to 20% will come at 500 to 700 hrs.., so I thought that my impression's was valid at this point, Raf, I bet I changed out the recepticles atleast 14 times, alot of hard work!, a pain in the ass really,so at this point, I came to a conclusion with the tube/solid state hybred digital player, then, all I needed to do is hear if the Rhodium did the same on the Krell 700cx, to my surprise, The Rhodium had the same sound on the Krell, just not to the magnutude of being on the Tara labs cobalt power cord, but still a incredible huge improvement, one big differnce the Rhodium did to the amp was made the sound stage much bigger with bomb like slam and timberal accuracy and transit speed that was off the chart's, I never heard this on the krell before, it's like I got a much more exspensive amp, so I ask you, do you think it is necessary for me to try the Gold on the amp?, after all the test I have done, and the multiple times of change out of the wpo's, I do not believe I need to hear the Gold on the amp, I might do it one time for you if you think you want to know, alway's a joy to talk to you Rafael0054, cheers.

Rafael0054, Hi, what is your reply to my post to you?