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Finally got around to installing the outlet this last weekend. But before I get into the sonics, I have to comment on the build quality of this thing. Yes, it's expensive, but this is a textbook example of getting what you pay for. Heavy, solid, beautifully finished, and the clamping arrangement for the AC wire is the best I've ever seen. No farting around wrapping the wire around a screw -- just strip, stick the wire in, and tighten the internal clamps down with the screw. Great contact area on the wire, and secure as hell. I was wowed.
Sonically, I'm happy to report that my pre-purchase concern of the rhodium plating adding brightness or forwardness has proven to be of no concern. Cooked it for a week, let it sit for a day, then installed it and let the system play through it overnight before giving it a critical listen. Doesn't do anything I don't like, and offers some nice improvements in microdynamics, bass punch, and harmonic detail over the Maestro. The Maestro itself is a well regarded outlet, and I really liked the sound of it. But after less than 2 years use, the contacts got so loose that it would barely hold the power cord in place. Build quality is not even in the same ballpark as the Furu. The Maestro provided a significant improvement over the contractor-grade outlet it replaced, and I won't say the amount of improvement with the Furu over the Maestro is the same - it's not. More incremental than significant. But the Furu does sound better, and comes across very evenly balanced. Yup, expensive (did I already say that?), but one of those purchases I'm pleased with and feel I got a good value for my money.
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Topic - Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - bcowen 17:27:33 09/19/16 (42)
- Duster, your thoughts - jea48 07:26:04 09/28/16 (2)
- RE: Duster, your thoughts - Duster 13:19:55 09/28/16 (1)
- RE: Duster, your thoughts - jea48 15:15:52 09/28/16 (0)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - mitch2 18:07:31 09/22/16 (0)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - jea48 07:14:10 09/21/16 (0)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - Duster 18:06:24 09/20/16 (32)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - jea48 19:39:36 09/20/16 (28)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - Duster 19:58:32 09/20/16 (27)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - jea48 06:58:20 09/21/16 (26)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - bcowen 14:44:31 09/21/16 (25)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - Duster 15:51:55 09/21/16 (24)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - jea48 07:43:15 09/22/16 (21)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - Duster 12:03:33 09/22/16 (20)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - jea48 14:04:30 09/22/16 (19)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - Duster 15:38:02 09/22/16 (18)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - JKT 12:51:36 09/24/16 (11)
- Not quite.... - alan m. kafton 15:33:53 09/24/16 (10)
- RE: Not quite.... - Duster 19:29:12 09/24/16 (9)
- RE: Not quite.... - InFidelity 09:18:29 12/29/16 (0)
- RE: Not quite.... - bcowen 09:47:53 09/25/16 (7)
- If the Cooper / Cruze outlet.... - alan m. kafton 15:21:56 09/25/16 (1)
- RE: If the Cooper / Cruze outlet.... - bcowen 16:14:08 09/25/16 (0)
- RE: Not quite.... - Duster 13:48:12 09/25/16 (4)
- RE: Not quite.... - bcowen 16:21:30 09/25/16 (3)
- RE: Not quite.... - Duster 17:53:05 09/25/16 (2)
- RE: Not quite.... - Crazy Dave 09:48:38 09/26/16 (1)
- RE: Not quite.... - Duster 12:46:26 09/26/16 (0)
- RE: Receptacle grade specs - cdb 06:14:56 09/23/16 (0)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - jea48 16:54:59 09/22/16 (4)
- RE: 5362 number - cdb 06:23:43 09/23/16 (1)
- RE: 5362 number - jea48 09:34:11 09/24/16 (0)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - Duster 18:05:50 09/22/16 (1)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - alan m. kafton 19:20:42 09/22/16 (0)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - bcowen 18:41:08 09/21/16 (1)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - Duster 11:27:54 09/22/16 (0)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - bcowen 18:50:12 09/20/16 (2)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - Duster 19:30:23 09/20/16 (1)
- RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version) - bcowen 14:50:22 09/21/16 (0)
- So can I ask.... - plugmein 08:20:55 09/20/16 (3)
- RE: So can I ask.... - bcowen 17:58:15 09/20/16 (2)
- Told ya the Rhodium Was a nice improvement : ) - Cougar 20:55:26 09/20/16 (1)
- RE: Told ya the Rhodium Was a nice improvement : ) - bcowen 14:55:12 09/21/16 (0)