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In Reply to: There's little to compare in my system posted by mattcecil1@yahoo.com on April 10, 2007 at 12:20:35:
Thanks, Matt. That's informative.I've been building the AC system one piece at a time, and that's mostly because of $$ and the issue of different tastes and oddly conflicting reviews.
Once I invest in what's expensive for me (that's the Furu level, not the Oyaide!), then I don't want to be swapping it out later nor regretting that I didn't wait 3X as long to pay 2X the price for 1.5X the sonic impact... YOu get the idea.
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Spending $90 on a plug does make me think i have a few screws loose!!!Looks like good things are happening with both these firms. You can't go wrong with Furutech. In the next few weeks I plan to buy new cabling from Chris Venhaus to finalize the power cables for my amp & phono preamp...getting rid of the DH labs Power Plus AC bulk cable finally. I do not look forward to jamming the assembly into an Oyaide P-079 plug & may have to permanently mod the P-079 to accept everything w/o abrasion.
But, it will sound really good afterwards!
Lucky for us that this all may boil to preference on a level. And, if you save a little bit on AC tweaks, you might spend a bit more on room treatments or CD's or food to put in the fridge, etc.
ahhhh, life's little compromises....
matt
Suggests that I'd be better off sticking with Furutech. At best I'd be able to swap in one Oyaide and the rest of ths system would still be the same. I can get in 2 Furus, or one Furu outlet and one plug, or 2-3 Furu plugs to match the existing Furu outlet for that price. Those things do matter where cost IS an item and system synergy is one too!In other matters, I just found out that the brand new Furus have stainless steel backstraps. This is a sonic no-no from what my best informant tells me. A lot of the sound value of these outlets comes from the specific base metal and coatings, then the grip, then the tonality/vibration aspect of the physical construction as a whole. So I'm very convinced that the phosphor bronze that old Furus and all teh Oyaides used is really great and really important. The new Furu is a miss with that steel backstrap.
I may just try to scarf up what I can of older Furu copper outlets while I can...
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