Product Review

2016-12-15

I became interested in power line conditioners when George Tice came out with the Power Block and many companies imitated it. The use of transformers was first a necessity, then a faux p as. Now you pay extra for them. The current cutting-edge conditioners are passive. Enter Furutech. The e-TP80 uses special epoxy resins to absorb rather than filter noise (and possibly degrade the AC waveform). From the Furutech website, "GC-303 is a special material that Furutech layers and bonds to the interior bottom-plate of the chassis (see illustration below).

2016-11-15

As an engineer, I find it very gratifying when I review products that apply science to great success in delivering outstanding sound—a difference you can readily hear, provided the overall system can resolve high quality audio. Furutech has been in pursuit of such scientific application to sound reproduction. Their NanoFlux Speaker Cables, NanoFlux Power Cables, and GTX-DR NCF receptacles use a conformal nano-scale coating of their proprietary blend of silver and gold. A nanoparticle is a microscopic particle with at least one dimension less than 100 nm. Furutech applies their nanoparticle silver-gold coating on Ultra-Pure, Ohno Continuous Casting (OCC) conductors to smooth the conducting surface at the nanoparticle level, increasing conductivity.

2016-03-15

Usually, I come to a review with foreknowledge about a product and a set of basic expectations. In this case, I had no first hand prior exposure to Furutech or experience with high-end power receptacles. A very long time ago, before cell phones and audio websites, I replaced the original duplex of my typical post-war suburban ranch house. The old worn duplex was upgraded to a sturdier but not heavy duty, lab grade, or mil spec version from the local hardware store. Furutech specified that in order for their product to reach its full potential, the unit had to actually be installed. Since no one else at Positive Feedback was willing to perform such a task, the review was assigned to me. Thus, the question to be addressed is: What is the effect of Furutech's elite high-end AC receptacle performance package on a real world system such as mine?
Scroll to Top