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RE: Impressions of the Furutech GTX-D(R) Outlet (non-NCF version)

Posted by jea48 on September 22, 2016 at 07:43:15:
Looks like the same receptacle as the Maestro to me.
$85.00 for the Maestro verses the Cooper bought at Lowes for $3.47.
It's not the intoxicating sweet smelling snake oil treatment and the fancy box that justifies the $85.00 price tag. It's the advertising scam that seems to draw the buyer in.
Quote from Link below:

However, like the heavily modified Acoustic Revive Oyaide R-1 receptacle, the Maestro is also heavily modified. Here's what it says about the Maestro out on the cruzeFIRST website:
"We auditioned everything out there and found that while some outlets worked extremely well in some areas at the end of the day they all did more harm than good by masking and bloating the music. Most of them altered or equalized the sound because of the fancy plating and the mixture of alloys used. In addition, we believe that mechanical resonance and tuning is also important in Audio grade outlets and this is another area where most other outlets fall short."
""The Maestro Outlet" is a simple but effective power outlet made from a high-purity copper/brass alloy mix with no plating. It is 20-amp rated and built to exacting standards. The outlet is then taken through a professional microprocessor controlled deep cryogenic process and then treated with our special coating for RFI / EMI interference rejection and enhanced for mechanical dampening. Finally it is taken through our proprietary break-in process for 2 weeks. The result is an incredible "Bare Passage To The Music Source"."
And how did it sound to the reviewer?

I let my system warm up for a while then put on some LPs for a little listening. So what did the Maestro sound like? Pretty darn good actually. I'll have the full story on these high-performance outlets in the article I'll be writing for Positive Feedback Online, and I'll try to share some more impressions about the Maestro as I get a little more familiar with what it can do.
Steel back strap and all. And just a guess the body and face plate that holds the contacts of the stock cooper duplex receptacle, that retails for $3.47, is made of cheap plastic. Of course the stock receptacle is heavily modified as explained in the quote above.
Just my opinion of course.....
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For anyone interested, I have some used Maestro Outlets for sale for a bargain price of $20.00 each plus shipping. Sorry, I no longer have the box or packaging material the outlets came in. Used, but they look brand new!