Analog 2024/06
A new easy-to-use power box from Furutech that brings out high-quality
performance from your system
Audio commentator Mr. Saburo Ubukata for Analog Magazine Japan
A new easy-to-use power box from Furutech that brings out high-quality
performance from your system
Audio commentator Mr. Saburo Ubukata for Analog Magazine Japan
Japoński Furutech idzie za ciosem i po zasilającym Project V1 rozbudowuje portfolio o topowe łączówki Project V1 RCA i XLR.
A thorough investigation of two models of Furutech power
distributors and power cords to test their performance and
expressive capabilities.
(Compared to the previous models) I was astonished by the drastic overall changes.
The frequency response has broadened, extending cleanly to the higher ranges, and
the mid and high frequencies exhibit crisp transients with clear contours. The
accompaniment guitar excels in attack, with sparkling arpeggios. The bass has
improved in resolution and damping; bass instruments display clearer motion.
Cryogenic treatment is key to almost every Furutech cable and connector, as is the promise of exceptional build and finish quality [HFN Mar ’18]. With cables, of course, the material engineering can easily be quantified, but with the Japanese brand’s ‘noise busting’ NCF Clear Line plugs – supplied with RCA and XLR terminations for insertion into unused audio inputs – the science can easily lose some clarity. Prices are £205 for each RCA-equipped plug and £260 for the bigger male and female XLR derivatives.
Balanced interconnects
require an additional conductor
within the screened cable, which
is not needed with a standard
unbalanced one. Such a cable is
intended for use with balanced XLR
connectors to accommodate the
standard and inverted audio signals
from the source equipment with
respect to the earth.
개인적으로 케이블의 고급스러움, 완성도,
값어치 등을 결정하는 것은 단자라고 생각한
다. 음악을 듣기 전, 아니 스피커, 앰프, 소스
기기 등 여러 오디오 기기에 연결하는 데까지
그 케이블의 첫인상을 결정하는 것이 단자이
기에 단자의 완성도는 케이블을 선택하는 데
상당한 지분을 차지한다. 단자가 한눈에 보
기에도 귀금속처럼 반짝반짝 고급스럽거나,
오디오에 연결할 때 기분 좋은 연결감을 제
공한다거나 하면 무척 기분이 좋아지는 것은
오디오파일만 아는 즐거움이다. 물론 연결
후 음질의 고하가 케이블을 판단하는 최종
영역이겠지만 말이다.
“The meticulous craftsmanship of a convenient power supply box
and the allure of power cables that enhance the reproduction
capabilities of audio equipment.”
Furutech. A front-rank, top o’ the heap high-end audio headquartered in Japan. I’ve followed their products for many years now, and for very good reasons: Furutech builds really great products of the finest materials, and is always operating out at the edge of the possibilities of research and development in the audio arts. Meticulous to a fault, and sensitive to the prospects of finely tuned materials science, they are constantly creating fascinating new, nuanced designs. Their work is always industrial art.
O tym, że czas jest pojęciem tyleż względnym, co abstrakcyjnym wspominaliśmy już kilkukrotnie. I niby głoszone bądź co bądź przez nas samych tezy mamy niejako zapisane w DNA, więc powinniśmy być odpowiednio zaimpregnowani na powyższe zjawiska a tym czasem po raz kolejny złapaliśmy się na tym, że pozorne okamgnienie trwało zdecydowanie dłużej aniżeli by się mogło wydawać.