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Maestro vs. Furutech GTX-D Gold AC Outlets

Hi

Am considering the 2 outlets Maestro and Furutech GTX-D Gold. I realise the Furutech costs substantially more. I will be plugging a Krell FPB power amp and into one outlet of the duplex and an Oyaide MTB 6 with SWO DX Ultimo outlets into the other. Power cords are Triode Wire Labs.

At the moment I am using regular UK outlets with a Wireworld Aurora 5.2 into the Oyaide MTB-6 as the Wireworld is the only cable I have with a UK plug.

I am generally happy with the sound except for some sibilance in the leading edge of notes and would like a full bodied, organic sound which is NOT slow, thick or bloated. Treble extension is sufficient at the moment. I don't know how much of this sibilance is due to the Wireworld cable as that is probably the weakest link and I have no means of testing that. I gather so far based on reading that the GTX-D is a fuller sounding cable and the Maestro is more neutral - that's all I have found.

I am not much of a power tweaker and hopefully will only do this once.

Your experience with these outlets much appreciated.

Thanks
mikey8811
lacee
811 posts
 
Here's a bit of an update.
I have now placed the Furutech at the end of an ordinary line,not a dedicated one, and the wiring is 14 guage romex standard house wire,into a standard wall fixture.

What I can now add is that even if you can't run a dedicated line from a 20 amp breaker and use 10 guage wire,you can still improve your sound if you use the Furutech GTX receptacle.
gbmcleod
514 posts
 
just received my Rhodium receptacle. It is unquestionably "crisper"-sounding than the gold, by which I mean transients 'pop' more 0-to-60 than the gold and the overall sound is less 'warm,' but only slightly. I have this on the front end, where I previously had the Gold, and I prefer it. Given that I had a CJ Classic SE as well as an ET3 as the preamps, it's pretty obvious that the Rhodium suits me better. I'm getting another Rhodium for the amp outlet (dedicated). I had considered keeping the gold, but I don't need warmth in my system, unless it comes from the recording. I prefer hearing the ambience of the acoustic environment, as well as the timbre of instruments, along with whatever fullness/body I hear in them in real life. So, back goes the Gold for another rhodium.
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slaw
22,545 posts
 
I've just ordered two Maestro outlets. These will replace two Porter Ports, they replaced two FIM 20 amp outlets. It's been quite a while since I put in the PP outlets, but I can say the sonic benefit was substantial. One major concern I've had with the PP outlets is that they only seem to grip the last 1/4" of the prongs of my power cords. This, to me is unacceptable. I've not read any other end user remark on this and I find it hard to accept that I bought two inferior outlets. I have two separate dedicated lines in my room, one for the front end electronics and the other for the amp, subs. These two lines feed my Shunyata Hydras, a four for the amp/subs, a 6 for the front end equipment. If there is any interest in my findings, I'll post them later.
macdude
187 posts
 
I have the GTX-D rhodium and I agree with Gbmcleod:

It's utterly grain free. Also quite lively sounding with jaw dropping detail retrieval, though it doesn't have the bloom of the Maestro.
lacee
811 posts
 
I replaced all my connections with Furutech rhodium because I use 1970 era tubed amplifiers.
So that was replacing the IEC at the amps, the RCA at the amps, the RCA ends at the interconnect, and the ends of the dedicated power lines going into the power amp and the three speaker ends for the amps, and before going panel to amps, my amps were plugged into a GTX D rhodium.
Keeping it all furutech and rhodium has made for a more detailed and consistant sound than what I had before.
It was a bit pricey,but worth it for me.

I think older tube gear would benefit more from the rhodium ,but who knows, some solid state gear I've owned in the past probably would have benfitted also with a bit of lighting up from the rhodium.
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