MADE TO BE inserted into a spare
Ethernet or USB-A socket on your
setup, these audio-grade optimisers
are designed to enhance playback
performance of digital and network
music source components by
reducing the noise that can enter
the path of your system. This is
an entirely passive product and
contains Furutech’s NCF (Nano
Crystal Formula) – a crystalline
material that generates negative
ions to reduce static and convert
thermal energy into far infrared.
MANY DEVICES PRODUCE RF
noise that can interfere with the
sound from your audio system.
Mobile phones and computer
systems generate RFI that can be
picked up by your house wiring.
Also, low-quality switched-mode
power supplies, such as those often
supplied with chargers can generate
high-frequency noise that can be
injected back into your ring main
and further pollute the sound.
ALTHOUGH FINE FOR connecting
printers to your PC, computer-grade
USB cables are not really up to the job
for audio applications. They may be
low cost, but using them to connect
your PC to an external DAC can result
in unwanted effects on the data signal
being transmitted. These effects can
manifest themselves as errors in the
digital data stream, which the DAC
in turn has to correct.
